30 Priceless Cooking Tips That Were Passed Down To People By Their Parents, Grandparents, And Great-Grandparents

(enters the voice of experience) Yup, it does work. I have done this, and it works well.

there is just enough. That was one of my husbands grandmothers secrets too.

It's not about enough.. it's about waste.. grandmother, depression era...

The wrapper is also usually made of parchment paper, so if the wrapper doesn't have enough butter you can use the wrapper itself to line a pan.

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Back in the day butter wrappers were made from greaseproof paper, much less stiff than than modern foil-coated stuff. Also, refrigeration wasn't always universal and time from store to larder would have been much longer before cars and supermarkets were so dominant, all adding up to leaving a lot more butter on the wrapper. And if one wrapper is not enough use two!

My grand-mother used to save the butter wrappers too, but she used to line the baking dishes with several wrappers so the cake wouldn't stick to the dish

The only way I can see there being butter left on the wrapper is if the butter is used straight from the wrapper rather than putting it in some kind of dish.

There is. Or use more than one.

You never tried it. And it might be good. Or bad. Thanks for that.

Macaroni and cheese never seems to taste quite as good when you reheat it until I learned about adding some cream cheese and a little more cream to make it creamy again.

Cheddar, bacon and sour cream.

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Cream cheese is so good for so many things.

Queso fresco. *chef's kiss*

Buttermilk in mashed potatoes is good as well instead of milk.

Exactly! The person trying to pluck that lovely experience right out of our lives is a real donut.

Not sure what all the fuss is about. The first part of my comment ("This.") was agreeing with you. The rest was obviously a joke about the posting we're commenting on ("This will prevent leaks and sogginess."). None of it was a personal attack.

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This. And if your bottom's all soggy, better tighten up on that dip, babe, and stop blaming the bread! Some people.

...unless it's a child's birthday cake

Right?!!! Does anyone actually use only one clove??

We always triple our garlic!

You can almost never use too much garlic in a recipe that calls for it. Even using it in some that don’t call for garlic adds flavor!

I double the garlic in every recipe.

Yes every time. Mum gets angry that I don't let her in the kitchen when I am cooking, I'm her carer. She wants to help but leaves bowls and plates everywhere, I lose my cool and my zen cooking space I need to clean as I go before each step.

I used to say "clean as you go", it relates to everything, not just cooking.

AGREED! My husband never mastered this. He would spend an hour cleaning up after making something. I have the dishes done by meal time, so the only thing that needs to happen is plates and silverware in the dishwasher.

Lost a wife over this logic...

In ALL the kitchens!!!

You would loose all the toxic chemicals in the ink and the paper.