Fruit Stains
Fruit Stains Remove fruit or berry stains from your hands by cleaning them with vinegar.
Tips
Meat Tenderizer
Meat Tenderizer As a tenderizer for tough meat or game, make a marinade in the proportion of half a cup of your favorite vinegar to a cup of heated liquid, such as bouillon; or for steak, you may prefer to a mix of vinegar and oil, rubbed in well and allowed to stand for two […]
Flavor Booster
Flavor Booster Perk up a can of soup, gravy or sauce with a teaspoon of your favorite specialty vinegar. It adds flavor and taster fresher.
Frying Doughnuts
Frying Doughnuts Before frying doughnuts, add ½ teaspoon of vinegar to hot oil to prevent doughnuts soaking up extra grease. Use caution when adding the vinegar to the hot oil.
Fruit and Vegetable Wash
Fruit and Vegetable Wash Add 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar to 1 pint water and use to wash fresh fruits and vegetables, then rinse thoroughly. Research has shown that vinegar helps kill bacteria on fruits and vegetables.
Freshen Vegetables
Freshen Vegetables Freshen up slightly wilted vegetables by soaking them in cold water and vinegar.
Keeping Potatoes White
Keeping Potatoes White A teaspoon of white distilled or cider vinegar added to the water in which you boil potatoes will keep them nice and white. You can keep peeled potatoes from turning dark by covering them with water and adding 2 teaspoons of vinegar.
Boiling Eggs
Boiling Eggs When boiling an egg and it’s cracked, a little vinegar in the water will keep the white from running out.
Cake Icing
Cake Icing Cake icing can be prevented from becoming sugary if a little vinegar is added to the ingredients before cooking. The same is true when making homemade candy.
Cooking Fish
Cooking Fish Try soaking fish in vinegar and water before cooking it. It will be sweeter, more tender and hold its shape better. When boiling or poaching fish, a tablespoon of vinegar added to the water will keep it from crumbling so easily.