To cut marshmallow cleanly

To cut marshmallow cleanly, dip your knife in icing sugar or cold water each time you make a cut.

Removing tight rings

If a ring on your finger becomes too tight, try one of the following to remove it:

1. Wash your hands in hot water then rub the finger with soap and work the ring along the finger until it comes off.
2. Rub  olive oil or an oily handcream along the finger and move the ring along past the knuckle
3. Spray the ring with a commercial window cleaner and move it along the finger (Make sure there is no raw skin as these cleaners contain alcohol and will sting)

How to make crisp breadcrumbs

Crisp breadcrumbs can be made from stale bread and used in a crisp topping for a variety of savoury dishes, such as macaroni cheese, cottage pie. …Read more

Traditional Kiwi Christmas dinner

It often seems odd that in the middle of summer in New Zealand we sit down to a hot roast dinner on Christmas Day.  This tradition probably began with the early settlers in the 19th century who wanted to recreate memories of midwinter Christmas at ‘home’ in England. 

The traditional Christmas dinner hasn’t  lost its popularity even though today there are lots of ways to serve festive food at Christmas, including barbecues and cold meals for outdoor eating. 

For those who want to try a traditional Christmas dinner though, here’s a main menu to try.  Its really not too hard to do. …Read more

How to make soft breadcrumbs

Soft breadcrumbs are useful to use up stale bread and can be frozen and used later. you can use them for  stuffing for poultry and for bread and butter pudding …Read more

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