14 best cooking tips from 25 years really easier

Real Simple has been advice for years – to be precise to be precise – and although not all of our tips were slam -dark, we want the vast majority of our hands to do better hosts, organizers, chefs and more. Nevertheless, it is almost impossible to comb 25 years of rewarding guidance and to consolidate it in one place so far.

In honor of our silver anniversary, we looked for the archives to bring you the smartest, most effective and most surprising tips directly on our pages. This summary, which focuses specifically on our best cooking and entertaining advice, will tell why you should always relax an onion before hacking it like a cake like a professional, and much more.

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Start with a clean slate

If you organize a large holiday or dinner party, do everything to have an empty trash can, a dishwasher, a rinsing and a dish when guests arrive. (This is an excellent task for children or anyone who does not cook.) With a clear area, you can waste in the garbage, plate in the dishwasher and the crispy pans that soak immediately.

Relax your onions

When you chop an onion, tear it faster than Sarah McLachlans Aspca commercial, the light bulb cools for about an hour for about an hour. The coolness takes some spines from the sulfur compounds that are responsible for the reaction.

Set your buffet for success

In order to run the line smoothly, stacking plates at the beginning and the cutlery and napkins on the dining table, says Elizabeth van Lierde, author of author of Entertaining every day.

Make a dessert board

For a practically no Effort finisher who will be liked, assemble a dessert board that makes cheese and sausage products with baked goods bought in the shop.

Bake the cake on the lowest rack

Don't be ruined to a good dessert. For a golden brown soil crust, place your cake shell on the lowest rack every time, in which most stoves tend to concentrate.

Store brown sugar with an orange peel

You can leave out some frustration by having this rock-hard brick made of brown sugar against the counter-or you can save your granite. We choose the latter! Add an orange peeling. The moisture helps the sugar overnight. Or take the preventive approach and add a peeling in a newly opened bag.

Serve cake like a professional

It is difficult to lift this first disc out without making a chaos. Start cutting two, says Jason Shreber, author of author of Fruit cakewho learned this trick by Martha Stewart. Then you have scope to get in there. (Two cake tips! We clearly love cake!)

Buy enough cheese

Plan when building a sausage board for a party 2 to 4 ounces cheese per person – less if the cheese is part of a larger spread, more if it is the bark of the ball.

Poot eggs in the microwave

Breakfast in less than a minute? It is possible if you follow this method of Steph Chen, the founder of Anyday, a microwave cookware: put half a cup of water in a microwave -related bowl and crack in an egg to ensure that it is under immersed. Microwave for 40 seconds or until the egg yolk is cooked.

Mickenous ingredients

Before you measure honey, syrup or other sticky substances, run hot water on the inside of the measuring spoon or the cup and do not dry it off. Instead of holding on to the sides, the liquid will easily get wherever possible. A small splash of oil also works.

Soak the soaking of white fish

Help clear the fishy or icy taste of your fresh or thawed fillets by soaking the pieces in a wide, flat bowl for about 20 minutes. (Proteins in dairy products can help neutralize certain smells.) Try it with cod, flounder or even salmon.

Add champagne a raisin

Start blowing flat in five seconds, let a raisin in the open bottle and all the last graves from carbon dioxide that are left in the wine, adhere to the smelled surface of the fruit and then release them again as tiny bubbles.

Pare down your knives

You can do almost all kitchen tasks with only three good knives. You need a chef's knife to make cutting, chopping and patches. A shoe knife to peel fruits and vegetables; And a jagged knife to cut tomatoes and bread.

Use a rubber band to open stubborn glasses

Lift your hand when you ever (and lost) a fight with a cucumber glass. Yes, thought it. Skip the fight and wrap a wide rubber band around the lid. The rubber band helps you get a good grip and make your hands a little more upholstery.