More often than not, what happens is that we get less of what we expect, whether it is shopping online or in a store. However, it also happens that some people are very lucky. It doesn't matter if you get two ice cream cones in the same package, bump into an egg with three yolks, or super long fries - you are already winning the food lottery without even knowing you are playing it.

Giant lettuce that will last for a very long time

This is such a cool salad that it even grew a head and legs! 😄

"Found the perfect crystal of salt inside a package of sea salt"

In a parallel reality, this crystal of salt would be sprinkled with microscopic potato chips 🥔

"This banana is the size of my forearm"

Not just a banana, but a real banana! Although any banana will be a "banana" if you have tiny forearms 🍌happened

"A miracle!"

Inside the ice cream package, there were two cones and another small piece. Sweet twins! 🍦🍦

"A giant lemon from our tree"

Most often, such lemons are almost entirely composed of a rind with a small proportion of pulp 🍋

"There were no seeds in this butternut pumpkin"

The author of the photo said that he first encountered a pumpkin, inside of which there were no seeds.

A pumpkin that didn't want to breed at all 🎃

“My friend's chicken laid a huge egg with an egg of the usual size inside.”

Poor chicken, it must have been hard for her.

This is reported to happen when one egg hits another during the formation of eggs in the hen.

This chocolate egg has two layers of chocolate

Photo author: “I was wondering why I was suddenly unable to break a chocolate egg. I didn't want it to fly into 1000 pieces, so I took a bite. A double layer of chocolate, under which there was a surprise! Best Manufacturing Error! I had a package with three chocolate eggs, two of which were like this ” 🥚 + 🍫

This incident happened in Austria, and we would recommend the author of the photo to urgently buy a lottery ticket.

"I have grown a little kukuruzka Under my corn on the cob leaves"

picture Author first section cob, and then surprised such a reaction 🌽

Now imagine the size of these fries

"Ron Weasley, have you turned your wand into fries again ?!" 🦰✨

"Today I broke an egg with three yolks inside!"

A double yolk is not found so often, and a triple yolk is very rare. Congratulations on your triplets! 🥚

"This pizza is much more filling than shown on the box"

Pizza made at the end of the work shift, when still left a lot of toppings, but you have only one base for pizza 🍕

possible that someone got a pizza on which toppings are not it was absolutely 🟡

Kiwi mutant

Double Kiwi, which you can not only gorge on, but also confuse it with ginger root 🥝

"This morning I didn't have an avocado, but pure pleasure!"

It could only be better if the bone was made of gold. Although in this case, we would immediately begin to dream of an avocado with a large bone .. 🥑

Mother Nature did a great job on this cabbage.

Then you could show this photo to your child with the words: "It was in this cabbage that we found you" 🥬

"Behold the King of Flakes"

Some people manage to sell such things on the Internet for very good money. We need to send it to the cereal maker so they can start breeding it 😉

Double banana

As much as we admire the taste of food, the visual component is also an important part, because in fact people “love” with their eyes and the better the food looks, the more likely we will taste it. But some individuals don't seem to care what their food looks like and whether the ingredients are combined with each other - they eat it and manage to have fun.

Hmmm ... Pizza?

Do you also think that such food is contraindicated for normal people?

Blueberry Waffle, Spicy Chicken Cutlet, and Expired Maple Syrup. Delicious!

"A friend of mine just paid real money for it in one of the restaurants in Milan."

“My girlfriend made veggie hot dog sausages. I threw them away "

"It's time for my lovely dinner."

"I tried to make an omelet for my flatmate."

"Breakfast!"

"Horrible traditional dish that my family calls" Easter loaf "(served cold)"

"The steak my brother made for me"

"We cooked fried chicken stuffed with lime"

"I love to eat bread and mashed potatoes, but people tell me it's not okay."

"My boyfriend asked me to make him macaroni and cheese"

Sausage pizza that turned into a tentacle monster

“Smoker's lung? No. An alcoholic's liver? Nope. My teriyaki chicken? Yeah "

Instant noodles, melted marshmallows and chocolate sauce. Yami!

Nutella and pizza with pickled herring

Each of us from time to time needs prompts that open our eyes, helping to notice (as it turns out), almost obvious things. And culinary life hacks are just one of them. We want to share with you some tricky tips regarding food preparation, which were kindly told to the whole Internet by kind people who are ready to share their experience and knowledge with others.

If you want to fry meat or cutlets from a particular side, but they always tend to turn over, then ordinary forks can be used as an anchor

ATTENTION: be careful when touching the forks, as they can become very hot depending on the cooking time 🍴

“Chips in the microwave! Slice the potatoes as thin as possible, sprinkle a plate with oil, arrange the potato slices, sprinkle with salt and your favorite spices. Cook in the microwave for 3-4 minutes, then turn over and cook for another 2-3 minutes. ”

Just want to warn you that this is not as easy as it might seem, but the presence of a shredder will greatly speed up and simplify this process.

Cooking times may vary depending on the amount of potatoes you cut and the microwave power. If done right, it really tastes good.

"A tea strainer is perfect if you need to evenly sprinkle the surface with flour, cornstarch or powdered sugar"

Just fill the tea strainer with the powder of interest, and shake it vigorously over the dish you want to sprinkle 🌨️

Of course, you can just take a pinch with your hand, but then the ingredient will not be applied evenly, and besides, you will stain your fingers in the powder, and the powder in what may be on your fingers, for example, water.

"Wrap lettuce stuffing sandwich / burger on the one hand, to at meal time, it does not fall on the other hand,"

If you, too, rebuild your sandwich / burger after each bite, your pain is familiar to us 🍔

users also suggested in the comments, you can simply cut the filling smaller, then it will not try to "run away" from you.

"I will never throw away potato skins again!"

If you are interested in the question of why, in this case, you cannot immediately eat potatoes with a peel, then everything is simple - hardly anyone will be delighted with the hard peel in mashed potatoes 🥣

When asked if it tastes good, the author of the photo replied: “It tastes like fried potatoes, texture crispy! "

How to peel potatoes with a toilet brush attached to a drill

First of all, you will need to attach a toilet brush (clean!) To the drill. Empty the potatoes into a bucket, filling it about half full with water. Then turn on the drill, gently sliding it from side to side. The authors of the method continued to pour water from the hose throughout the cleaning, so that the dirty water was poured out, and the bucket was gradually filled with clean water. After that, you just need to pour the peeled potatoes into the pan, which can already be cooked 🥔

"If you add fresh pineapple juice or crushed pineapple in the marinade for the meat, it will not only give the meat a natural sweetness, but also make it softer,"

The main thing is not to leave the meat in a marinade for a long time (not more than 2 hours), as pineapple acid over time can turn it into "meat puree" 🍍

“To keep the cake fresh, add slices of bread to the cut area, securing them with toothpicks.”

Interesting method because after 30 minutes the bread will absorb the molecules of the cake and will taste sweet. The bread keeps the cake fresh, and the cake turns the bread into cake. Endless cake! 🍰

Although who are we kidding, of course, there will be no cake left 😉

“We had mashed potatoes and decided to fry them. An amazing appetizer came out. ”

In fact, this is a fairly common dish for Hungary, where it is called“ gombóc, but most often it comes with a sweet filling.

Photo author: “I made the mashed potatoes relatively thick and put them in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Then I rolled the mashed potatoes into separate balls, and put them in the freezer for another hour. Then he rolled each ball in flour, and rolled them twice in an egg and bread crumbs, and then fried in vegetable oil " 🟤

“Cooking fish fillets? Use ultraviolet light to easily see the remaining tiny bones, even those that you tried to remove, but they accidentally broke off. ”

Advice is good for everyone, except that not all people have ultraviolet light at home, but if you are very fond of fish, then it might be worth considering buying an ultraviolet lamp or flashlight 🔦

“If you want to make muffins, donuts or other filled baked goods, use a syringe without a needle. Syringes are easier to use than piping bags and are reusable and cheap! "

Advice: it is better not to use syringes found in the park for this, otherwise, you may start to hear colors 😉

Also, if you are doing this in front of someone's eyes, then, just in case, it is better to explain that you are just injecting the filling, and don't try to poison anyone or they might call the police.

“What do I do when my baking dish is too big?”

For this life hack it is better to use a thicker foil, but if you do not have one, you can fold the usual one several times.

Sleight of hand, some foil and no cheating ⬜

 Cook potatoes and chicken on the same pallet, separating them with a wire rack. Thus you will save time and fat dripping from the chicken to the potatoes, make it even tastier

Before using this method, do not forget to lubricate the bit with oil grate, which will facilitate its cleaning after cooking🍗🍟

After cookingnot hurt also pour water grate, which should already will turn off towards the end of your dinner.

“My sister did this so that the ladle would not fall into the bowl.”

Now guests can freely pour their drinks, and they will not have to climb their hands into the common bowl every time the ladle slips into it.

This tip is also great for other liquids that occasionally need to be poured into smaller containers.

“Grate a piece of toasted bread if you run out of bread crumbs”

Perhaps, to someone this may seem like advice from the series: “Out of ice cubes? Freeze some water! ”, But in fact, not everyone can guess before this 🍞

Also, this advice is perfect for those who need very little bread crumbs, and it makes no sense for them to buy a whole package.