These come to mind as I am doing things. Some, I don’t think are are anything that I have to show or tell anyone until I am showing people things and they ask what did you do there. Since I started they galleyporthole, I have started to write them down. I hope they help.

1. Burn a pan badly. Put it back on the heat cover it with baking soda, add a bit of water to wet the soda when it starts to steam, add more water. Simmer for 5 minutes. That should soften the scorched bottom of your pan.
2. If you are doing a dish like sweet and sour that has a coated meat that will be covered in a sauce. Mix flour and corn starch in equal measures, mix then dredge your meat. The corn starch alone will be hard when fried, the flour may not stick as well as you want it to, and become soft. The combination will adhere to the meat and be soft enough to chew.
3. If you are making fresh fruit pies that have a lot of juice, blueberry, some apples, rhubard. Add a tablespoon of tapioca to the fruit. It will absorb the juice and take on the color of the fruit to be undetectable.
4. If you are making apple pies and do not want to have an empty domed top, Heat a frying pan and add your seasoned apples heat just until the juice starts to come out of the apples. Fill your crust and add the top and bake.