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.

For many, cooking is a dark forest and only a book with step-by-step recipes can make it at least a little easier to walk through it. However, this does not always help and people still make cooking oversights and mistakes.

“The knife slipped off the coconut when I tried to open it. Damaged the table, broke the knife and ruined the cutting board. "

"How can I become a pastry chef if even the cookie dough I can't make properly?"

“I turned away for a minute, and she did it. There were 20 glasses of raw rice. "

"Breaking News: A local idiot dropped spaghetti on the bed."

"A friend of mine writes," I think I bought a marinade bag instead of a chicken bake sleeve. "

"Something tells me that my refrigerator is freezing too much."

"Fortunately, I'm fine ..."

"I just wanted dumplings"

"Breakfast completely failed"

"I think I overdid it a little."

Even the grill was surprised by these spoiled burgers

“I've been fighting ants in the kitchen for the last couple of days and didn't think to check the cereal box. These little brown things are ants that I had a chance to taste a little. "

“This is the height of stupidity. I covered my ham with a plastic lid and put it in the oven. I could have burned down the whole house! "

“I made lasagne for lunch. Here is the result "

"I thought putting chocolate truffles in brownies was a good idea ..."

“My mom and I were making lasagna from scratch for more than 3 hours, and then a light bulb exploded, sprinkling fragments on our dish.”

"During the holidays, my sister tried to make a mint dessert using a perforated pizza pan."

Waking up can be difficult at times. But the fragments on the floor are very invigorating

Looking at it, you can only feel pain

The guy was carrying his hot food to the TV, but suddenly his fingers got hot and he fell, breaking through the wall with his head

“I usually wait for the plate to cool down, or put on oven mitts, but today I decided to turn on the cold water, put my fingers under it, took a hot plate and carried it to the TV, when suddenly my fingertips expressed a strong protest.”