EXCLUSIVE: Ten (10) Important Kitchen Tips

2 min readJul 7, 2020

Ten (10) Important Kitchen Tips.

Never store onions and potatoes in the same place. They both produce a gas that causes either of them to spoil quickly.
Put two or three orange leaves in your hot cooking oil on the stove. Let the leaves turn black before removing them. Your cooking oil becomes aromatic thereby giving your food a nice taste.
To avoid feeling a burning sensation on your hands after cutting pepper with bare hand, scrub your hands with salt and red oil then wash them.
If you happen to over salt a pot of soup, just drop in a peeled potato. The potato will absorb the excess salt.
If your soup or stew goes sour while warming it, add little piece of charcoal and remove after warming. The taste will come back.
Never put citrus fruits (oranges, lemon etc) or tomatoes in the refrigerator. The low temperature degrades the aroma and flavour of these fruits.
When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to keep them from getting stinky.
If your salt is becoming lumpy, put a few grains of rice in it to absorb excess moisture.
To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked previously, cook a 1/4" piece of ginger in the oil. It will remove any remaining flavour.
When cooking beans put a whole unpeeled potato or a carrot in the pot. It helps in drawing out excess gas.

Enjoy your kitchens!

Tapiwa Zuze