Tips for Tools and Ovens
Dark cookie sheets are best for baking meats or potatoes. Light cookie sheets will help cookies not burn.
In a microwave oven, round dishes heat food more evenly than a square one. Rectangular dishes will cook food on the ends more and the inside less, so half the food is overcooked or undercooked.
Always turn the pot or pan handle to the side so the hot food cannot be pulled down by a child or knocked over by anyone. Lots of kids have been horribly burned this way.
Pre-heat an electric oven for ten minutes before cooking. A gas oven does not need to be pre-heated because the flame comes on immediately.
To prevent food from sticking, heat the frying pan, then add oil.
You can tell if a pan is hot enough for cooking by getting your fingers wet and flicking them at the inside of the pan. If they sizzle and bounce around the pan is ready.
Make your microwave popcorn more buttery by cooking it for 20 to 30 seconds less than normal.
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