IMPORTANT KITCHEN TIPS N TRICKS | Useful Kitchen Hacks And Tricks-PART-1 2017

hey guys welcome to cook with Nancy ifyou're new to my channel or you haven't subscribed already please go ahead andsubscribe right now today I'm gonna show you guys useful kitchen hacks tips andtricks these are things that I learned over years working at the kitchen andI'm doing two parts this is the part one and I will soon share with you guys parttwo knife is one of the most important tool in the kitchen if you want tomaintain the sharpness and the lifespan of the knife you have to make sure everytime you cut something or wash your knife you have to clean them right awaywith the paper towel or the kitchen towel and make sure you do not dish washthem most of the knives are not dishwasher proof and because of thedetergent they get worn out and also once you finish with the cleaning process youhave to put them back where it belongs like a stand or the knife holder thatway you can maintain the lifespan of the knife and the sharpness to peel aginger always use a spoon by holding the head of the spoon and just scoop it fromtop to bottom this is the easiest way to peel the ginger instead of using thepeeler to get a maximum juice out of the lemon or the lime u always make sure youmassage well on the countertop or any firm area and then just squeeze out thelemon juice or lime juice in a bowl let way you get the maximum juice out of it onceyou're done squeezing out lime juice on lemon juice do not throw them away thisis the best way to clean your cutting board it's especially wooden board byadding this little bit salt now rub them nicely on the cutting board both side ifyou're using both side and then clean it with paper towel now that once that isdone I'm going to add one teaspoon of olive oil or any oil and then rub it allover your cutting wood this maintains your cutting board and also seals yourcutting board this way you can use this for a longer period of time to check thefreshness of egg fill the pot with water halfway through and place the eggs that youwant to check if the eggs doesn't float and it's inside the water it's good to gothose are fresh but if the egg starts floating all the way up that has to bediscarded immediately because those are spoiled ones to maintain the freshnessof chili whether it's a green chilli on red chillisnap out the stem from the chiles and then place them in a ziploc bag andstore it at a frigerator this way the chiles would remain fresh for a longerperiod of time to store any kind of greens including spinach kale all thegreen onions all you have to do is remove any tribe or rotten ones from thebunch of greens that you would like to store and then use the kitchen towelthat is wet and excess water is squeezed out you can also use muslin cloth now coverthis up and then place it in a plastic bag or even a ziplock bagthis helps to maintain the freshness of the greens till the next use when youbuy avocados there is two ways to check if it's ripe one is dark green coloroutside a second way to check is when it touch the stem on top it will be so softand movable this way you can find out avocado even your screen most of thetime we buy cream or sauce any kind of sauce that is used and we have leftoverthat needs to be refrigerated sometimes you will see there is a mode that is onthe rim of the cap to avoid this use cling wrap on the mount of thebottle or the container and cover it up every time you use the sauce or anythingthat needs to be refrigerated change the cling wrap that way it maintains thefreshness till the expiry date we need cut okra/ lady's fingeryour knife tends to get very sticky and also when cook the vegetable it tends to bevery soggy if you want to avoid the stickiness and also to make the vegetablecrispy when you fry them all u have to do is cut half a lemon and rub it overyour life before you cut Okra and go ahead and cit all okra you will notsee any stickiness and okra will be crispy when you fry them as you seethere is no stickiness in my knife the easiest way to peel the garlic and alsoseparate the garlic from the whole bulb place it in a glass jar and cover itshake it well for a couple of seconds and open the lid and see the garlic isseparated from the bulb now we will go aheadremove the garlic peel the same method place it in a glass jar and shake it forcouple of seconds now you can see the garlic is separated from the peel these are few kitchen hacks that I learned over years I hope you enjoyed it pleasesubscribe to my channel if you like it and I will see you soon in my next videotill then take a guy's life.