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@thatsmuzik2570
Жыл бұрын
@cleanfreakgermaphobe Like the potato peeling hack..can see where that would save a ton of time as long as you get it on the stove in time. Curious how long you had to boil whole potatoes? Mine were always cut. If you get an early start, I can see where that would be very helpful.
@deborahbailey292
Жыл бұрын
I've done the parchment paper cupcake liner hack for a few years, great for cheddar Bay biscuits, etc.fits perfectly, easy to remove, 👍
@Mary-mr4jr
Жыл бұрын
At least it would be pretty clean.
@cjlaity1
Жыл бұрын
How do you save time peeling the potatoes if you first have to cut them, then boil them then soak them in ice water? You could have peeled ten times as many potatoes in that time.
@dizziechef9502
Жыл бұрын
Thank you . I’ve not purchased these but I will.
I wouldn't eat a potato that's been through the dish washer anyway. The dish washing liquid or powder was not meant to be consumed and it's bound to penitrate the potato during the process.
@diedlinddado6841
Жыл бұрын
That is very true.
@WonderfullyMade_Lex
Жыл бұрын
💯% my immediate thought.
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
That's why I picked a hack that has you wrap it in foil first. The potato wasn't wet or damp and I think it protects it. Just like when you put a potato in the campfire...
@dougwilliams1625
Жыл бұрын
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@TheSweet79firebird
Жыл бұрын
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe it's faster to microwave cut in half potato on a plate with plastic wrap and a small amount of water for 10 minutes. You can even season it before microwaving it and it comes out awesome...
I really like how you just immediately started the video without any intro, music or excess talk. Thank you
@rachelceasar-metoyer4851
Жыл бұрын
i do as well...all the extra is too much....get to the point plzzz...n u do thank you!!!
@mrcryptozoic817
8 ай бұрын
Especially no "How's it goin' guys" !
My cousin from Germany was here visiting and she showed me that if you wet the parchment paper it will fold nicer into a mold Worked beautifully!
Professional baker here: I never grease the sides of a cake pan. Why? As my instructor said in culinary school, “you can’t climb a greasy pole.” Just use paper in the bottom and run a knife around the edge.
@maryhartwig6816
Жыл бұрын
Or line just the bottom of your cake pan with waxed paper cut to size. Old farmers hack. When cake is done and still hot, remove paper.
@mistylee717
Жыл бұрын
@@maryhartwig6816 yes. By “paper” I meant parchment paper. Sorry about that. Wax will do in a pinch though. .
@ddempsey9642
10 ай бұрын
@@maryhartwig6816 But chunks can fall off when 'still hot'. Better to let cake cool a bit first.
Martha Stewart taught us years ago that wadding your parchment paper will easily get it to fit into any shaped container. Works great.
You want to leave some of the parchment in the loaf pan longer to use as handles. It makes it easier to remove the loaf from the pan :)
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
Great idea, I’ll try it next time!
@loisruthstrom8143
Жыл бұрын
That's great idea!!! 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@Heartwing37
Жыл бұрын
Great tips thank you!
@padmas1394
Жыл бұрын
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@jenniferjivan6351
Жыл бұрын
Such clever ideas ❤😂
I've never cooked a potato in a dishwasher, but (having in my youth been both a mechanic and a truck driver) have cooked many things on an engine manifold. Just make SURE you keep your engine WELL degreased and the foil VERY TIGHT so you don't poison yourself! On a funny note, I remember a frightened woman at a gas station asking me why my Buick was whistling and steam coming from one corner of the hood. She didn't believe me when I told her "Because my tea is ready."
@id10t98
Жыл бұрын
If you want a hot lunch in Alaska that's about the only way to get it.
@stevedallas4942
Жыл бұрын
@@id10t98 I miss the old school air cleaners that were on carburetors. ...flip it upside down, cover with foil...cooked up a frozen pizza great!😃
@id10t98
Жыл бұрын
@@stevedallas4942 I've had many a can of soup off an exhaust manifold!
Cupcake liners are way cheaper than using parchment paper. Cupcake liners are called that for a reason, they work!
I have an easier faster hack for lining anything with parchment paper. Crumble the sheet into a ball. Crunch crunch. Unroll it, and it will lay flat. I’ve used this method in loaf pans and on cookie sheets.
"Peeling potatoes takes too long", goes on an even longer prep time hack..lol
One other hack I use -- when you scrape things off your cutting board, use the back of your knife so you aren't compromising the sharpness of the blade when you most need it.
i actually like the paper towel idea
I will use that cupcake liner hack. I saw a recipe recently that needed a tall cupcake liner. I was taken aback when I saw the price of the ones used in the recipe. This will work perfectly.
I make my potatoes with skin. It’s where the vitamins lay. But I don’t use a baking potato for boiled potatoes.
Don’t cut those sides off the parchment paper. They make great handles to remove the product from the pan.
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but an even quicker and foolproof way to line and baking pan is to scrunch your parchment paper up and then line the tin. Some people dampen it, but I never need to. It makes it so easy to shape it into the corners and have it lie flat. The overhang at the top sits better and it's easier to pour your batter without the paper folding in and getting messed up.
@fineweaver
Жыл бұрын
The look on my husband's face when I ripped off a length of parchment paper and then immediately scrunched up in a ball 🤣
@brandylou9132
Жыл бұрын
@@fineweaver lol, did he run because he thought you were going after him with the ball?
@moseleereadingroom8267
Жыл бұрын
@@fineweaver Jim
@parislynn1506
Жыл бұрын
Too much time consuming for the parchment muffin cupcake tin.
@clairelivefreeordie2551
Жыл бұрын
@@parislynn1506 I agree 👍
If you want parchment paper to stay in any shaped tin, just crumple it up into a ball then smooth it out flat, and it will line any shaped tin - just press it into the side. Also, the potato thing isn't a bad idea, but a vegetable peeler is much easier and ultimately less work.
@im1who84u
Жыл бұрын
I can't remember the last time I peeled potatoes. I just wash them and use them skins and all, even for mashed potatoes, potato salad... However......... If I did want to peel them I would use my Johnny Apple Peeler and think it might do the job depending on the size and shape of the potatoes.
@skerplatd
Жыл бұрын
Crumpling the paper works great and doesn't leave leaky corners like the cut out method shown.
@tommysanta2750
Жыл бұрын
That was always my problem wit
@Nancy-zk9dj
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I crumple the parchment paper. A few drops of water helps hold it in place
@Nancy-zk9dj
Жыл бұрын
@im1who84u Me too. That was lot of water used just to get the peel off.
If you wet your parchment completely, it will form into any pan easily. Squeeze out excess water first. Works every time
If you will crumble the parchment paper up in a ball a couple of times.. you can then mold it to fit lots of containers of different sizes. THANKS FOR INFO.
we buy the brawny paper towels that are cut multiple times, they're freaking great, we legit use about 1/3 as many paper towels - they're cut longwise and long ways so you end up with square sheets
The ice bath method for the potatoes can also be used to remove the shell from boiled eggs.
@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer
Жыл бұрын
Ya, but you can't cut a circle in it first ;-D
@teresapack4788
4 ай бұрын
Doesn't work for me
The ice potato peel is genius. Honestly I never peel potatoes and mash boil and soup them with skins. But it was a genius hack.
You don't cut four squares out of the corners of your paper. You cut a diagonal line on each corner up to the length of the square (height of pan) and then those pieces crisscross over each other in your pan so that nothing touches the pan.
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
Much easier to clean and no grease added to the food. I’d also add, better for the environment than an aerosol spray.
I’ve been doing the parchment paper muffin tin liner hack and I love it! Yes, you can buy the parchment paper muffin cups, but it’s a pricier way to go.
I use a ceramic muffin pan, sprayed with Pam, to bake muffins, mini meatloaves, or breakfast cups. Everything comes out perfectly browned. No paper for me.
@brandyrupert6341
Жыл бұрын
I just got a ceramic baking set and I LOVE it!
@rsoubiea
Жыл бұрын
i use PAM too not paper! 👍
I like the cutting of the paper towel roll, especially for a single person or someone who lives in a tiny place where counter area is limited. It could probably be hung with a toilet paper roll holder that holds a single roll and is mounted. The kind with an open end. 👍🏼
@22lyric
Жыл бұрын
Although you might want to mount under the sink so no one wonders why you have toilet paper in your kitchen.
@loisruthstrom8143
Жыл бұрын
@ Jude Kay The open ended holders have a fairly subtle style. If the material matches the faucet or better yet, the cabinet hardware, it should look kitchen- like enough. As long as it's mounted under the cabinet next to the sink and people are told that the paper towels are a half roll, it should be fine. Other people can adapt. 👍🧻
@conniepleasantnails
Жыл бұрын
@@22lyric 😂🧻💕
@TexasLadyS
Жыл бұрын
They make paper towels that are perforated to be torn into quarter sheets so you can achieve the same result without having to cut the roll.
@doob7pooh519
Жыл бұрын
I buy the select-a-size paper towels, tear off the smallest size, and from there just tear off only as much as I need. That works great and saves even more paper.
Love the paper towel hack. I always split the sheets in half anyway, but this hack is better. I'll try the ricing hack for potatoes too.
@soraidadiaz9108
Жыл бұрын
I do with Clorox wipes. 1/2 I put into a ziplock bag and keep it in my car. And the other half goes into a glass jar right next to my bathroom sink. I give my sink and toilet a touch of every night.
I can't imagine anyone eating a spud that was "cooked" in a dishwasher!
@cindyhart3351
Жыл бұрын
Me either!
@ajuniorlover88
Жыл бұрын
Not with the chemicals.
@MsLouisVee
Жыл бұрын
🤮🤮🤮
@dancingtrout6719
Жыл бұрын
unless you crash landed into the mountains on a jet and there was nothing too eat,,??? her her hee he ...ha ha
@christineewing3492
Жыл бұрын
@@dancingtrout6719 Hilarious! Maybe ...
In the late 80s I heard about dishwasher cooking. Someone successfully did a fish. An egg will soft boil. The food was sealed in a container while the dishwasher ran so there was no chance of contamination. I agree it’s a fail and my husband and I still laugh about the effort.
Crumble your parchment then un crunch to position it in tin.
I scrunch the parchment paper and it is then flexible and fits all shapes easily. 😊
To save on paper towels I use reusable napkins. I keep a basket full of them near my paper towels. You can make them yourself. But I have found them on 90% holiday clearance. My laundry room is right off my kitchen so I just throw them as used in the washer. I have cut my paper towel usage down to maybe 1 roll per month.
Pro tip for parchment paper that will not conform to containers: cut to needed size then ball it up, 'crinkling' it thoroughly. Now it will sit where you put it.
I would definitely do the parchment paper in both loaf pan and muffin tins and will try the hack about scoring the potatoes in the middle and boiling/water bath to remove the skin. Thanks for posting.
@ddempsey9642
10 ай бұрын
Many of us enjoy eating potatoes with the skins left on - more flavour & nutrition! ☘️
Since you seem to like potatoes, I got the best hack for you. Yep! Frozen potatoes, by Ore-Ida called Home Style, steam and mash. Throw them in microwave for 10 minutes. You can mash them or not. They come cubed. Use them in potato salad, mash them, use in casseroles, very easy and much better than any of the hacks I saw in your video.
@marjimdas
Жыл бұрын
That probably wouldn't work for someone who enjoys cooking from scratch. But it's handy in a pinch I guess.
@ddempsey9642
10 ай бұрын
Not practical for whole families due to cost & time shopping for next lot.
If you are using parchment paper to line a cookie sheet, meatloaf pan, or anything just crunch up the paper in a ball and wet it with cold water under the kitchen sink. Then roll it out onto pan. Works great. You can mold it then. Also ysed for cooking meat in oven.
Cooking potatoe in dish washer. I wouldn’t even try
I haven't peeled a potato since I was in my late teens, since I learned about the nutrients that are in potato skin. I'm now in my early 60s.
Peeling potatoes takes forever? My Dad regularly used to have me peel potatoes and begin the cooking process before he got home from work. I was 10-years old and I never thought of it as a difficult, or laborious, process. For reference, we needed enough potatoes for my Dad, my four brothers, and me.
Definitely NOT the dishwasher potato.
I learned to boil the potatoes and peel the skin off from my grandmother. I use it primarily to make potato salad but I’m sure it would would work for mashed potato’s, too. I also use strips instead of a sheet of parchment paper in my loaf pans. All I’m really trying to do is remove the loaf easily from the pan and lining the pan with two wide parchment strips (each placed crosswise at each end) does the trick. I do like your hack of molding the squares of parchment on a glass and placing in the muffin tins. I’m going to give it a try the next time I make muffins or rolls. Thanks for the tips!
5:21 I like the folding cutting board, but just wondering how long it will last before it fails at the bend points.
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
So far it’s been several months and no problems. I still love it. Especially for cutting juicy things.
Definitely the muffin hack that’s pretty brilliant. Wish I had thought of it
I’m liking the cupcake liner!
Very informative ! Enjoyed all your tips. Thank you
I just bought the foldable cutting board! Glad it's available in India , and that too for a very reasonable price! Thank you! Subscribed!
I love the bag sealing with water bottle. I use too much Bounty, so I would also do the paper towels hack as well as the pound cake pan with parchment paper.
Wow I wish knew the paper towel hack. When 2 yrs ago during the toilet paper shortage
Thanks there was a few great hacks I can use everyday. Just loved them. 💕
If you want to save money on paper towels, purchase a set of 6 wash cloths, and keep a clean one at the kitchen sink. We begin each day with a fresh cloth and put the soiled one in the laundry. We've found that about half of our paper towel use was simply for drying clean things. Use the cloth for that instead. We reserve paper towel usage for wiping up and discarding messes.
With the loaf pan, u can just use water. I use water when baking cookies on a baking sheet and parchment paper. Love the muffin hack.
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for that tip! I like the idea of using water instead of cooking spray.
@kelleywyskiel8513
Жыл бұрын
That’s brilliant. I was thinking the oil defeated my use of parchment paper in the first place so water will be fantastic. In my mind adding spray before a liner means I now have to wash a dish I wouldn’t have had to scrub by using a liner on it. Thank you.
@carolelazier2437
Жыл бұрын
I love love love using parchment paper in baking. Clean up is a breeze. I like the water idea; oiling the pan defeats the purpose of the parchment. I slowly add the batter and spread it around to flatten the paper; I’m definitely going to try water!
No potato in the dishwasher geee. Yes on the muffin hack it's great for bread.
Remember how big the paper towels USED to be? Can't believe they weren't changed a long time ago. Awhile back my husband would tear several paper towels in half (the new smaller ones) I realized I could get away with the small squares most of the time. So I cut up a bunch with a scissors. But cutting the whole roll is a GREAT idea! Thank you!
@Gabi-lt4mx
Жыл бұрын
Why not use toilet paper instead? Already the right size. 😂
@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer
Жыл бұрын
I do things like your husband sometimes or if the towel just had some water on it from me washing my hands I'd leave the wet paper towel on the counter and re-use it...sometimes more than once.
My mom has ALWAYS peeled potatoes this way!!! And I love the paper towel hack!
The paper towel hack I have been doing now 4 many months n we save money buying paper towels. Great hack.🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
Love the muffin pan hack, with the parchment paper!
I've read that vitamins are found in the peels of potatoes, so I no longer peel them. Wendy's doesn't peel its fries anymore either. And they taste fine.
@bouncedancer
Жыл бұрын
The peels are also where you find the solanine, the poison that is naturally in potato peels and green potatoes.
I bake bread every other week. I saw somewhere to run your parchment paper under the faucet and then shake it out. It forms into my glass bread pans perfectly.
Interesting video. Potato hack in dishwasher, NOPE. Muffin tin parchment as a backup option, yes.
Thank you for sharing :-) I like the paper towel idea. As for conforming parchment paper to baking pans, I use metal clips at 4 sides and fold the paper as I go, like a piece of fabric.
1:15 Scrunch the paper under warm water for easier forming and a "crinkle" look! But the clean lines might be more appealing, if less cooperative.
Not too crazy about the cutting board. I really like scoring the potato to peel the skin off!!! I like the parchment paper hacks also. I already grease my pan then put the paper in. It's so nice and easy. I'll be saving these ideas. Thank you!!
You can just wet the parchment paper under a faucet to line the baking dish with sides.
I’m shocked that you’ve never made or eaten fried jacket potatoes! You boil the potatoes about 20 mins or until done and then drain and place in the fridge for a day. Next peel if you wish or leave the peel and thickly slice and fry in bacon or ham fat or olive oil, whatever oil you like. Best fried potatoes ever! I love a cooked fried potatoes over a raw fried potatoes any day. But you can’t slice cooked potatoes too thin or have a mushy mess in your skillet.
Totally love the potatoes peeling hack. Loved it. Ty.
I never peel potatoes. Most of the nutrition and fiber is in the skin.
@bouncedancer
Жыл бұрын
It also has the highest concentration of solanine, the poison that is naturally in potato peels and green potatoes.
I’ve been using the parchment paper in my muffin tins for awhile now and FYI. If you bake scrambled eggs in them it doesn’t stick. The egg just slides right out and it’s an easy clean up.
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that tip!
Love the muffin tin anesthetics and ease of hack
For the parchment paper in the loaf pan why not use another similar pan to press the paper into the form of the pan?
I just use water to hold my parchment paper in the pan - costs nothing and it’s easy with just water
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
Yes next time we’ll use water only
If you have 2 bread or cake pans that nest in one another then place paper over one then nest the other in it slowly. You may do the paper as a square or turn slightly to a diamond to see which works best.
I made two loafs of banana bread this week and do the parchment the way she said not to do it. But I just use the batter to hold down the paper lol it works every time
I do like half paper towel idea.
@cindyhart3351
Жыл бұрын
Me too!
the potato dishwasher thing works just like rinsing your lettuce in the toilet.
@ddempsey9642
10 ай бұрын
Just put them in the cistern instead - more hygienic and easily dispensed.
I actually like the paper towel hack for my craft room but not for the kitchen. I usually take a stack and cut them in half. It never occurred to me to cut the roll in half. Thanks.
I've used the paper towel hack for a long time. Difference is that I place the rolls in opposite directions so that as one unrolls, the other one rolls up. Thus keeping the rolls neat. This hack is especially useful if you have mistakenly purchased the old standard rolls with square sheets.
Interesting tips but it's faster to just peel potato skin... and just as fast to mash 'em using a hand blender. Been doing this for ages!
Using parchment paper in baking pans- I lightly very very lightly wet it first- flip it over n put it in the pan n it stays. Never an issue 4 me.
I knew about the potato hack that you slice around it but the muffin tin and parchment paper, I didn't. I also love your cutting board.
I've tried to cut the paper towel roll, but in my opinion it just made a mess; and the knife was extra sharp. So what I do instead is, I purchase the roles that have not as wide sheets of paper that have a perforated cut out every 4-inches. Sometimes I use the rolls that are 12 inches wide before the perforated line. I then separate them & stack them up and cut them. But depending on the brand, you may end up using more.
Like the parchment paper for the cupcake/ muffin pan
I like the potato peel hack. Definitely will try it. For the parchment paper in a bread pan - I cut a piece that’s just barely the length inside bottom, and cut it long enough to reach over both edges of the pan. The ends aren’t necessary. I put olive oil on my hands and rub both sides of the parchment, along with the ends of my glass pan. Then after it’s baked, run a knife along the end edges and lift it out with the paper that hangs over the sides. It’s easy and saves on parchment.
@mrcryptozoic817
8 ай бұрын
Look up "par boiling". It's how you peel tomatoes too.
For me personally, it is just easier to peel the potatoes.
@carolelazier2437
Жыл бұрын
Lol for me it’s easier to NOT peel them. I like the skin on! 😆😆
@wahnemahardin4417
Жыл бұрын
I boil my potatoes like that when I make potato salad.. For everything else, I peel them.
For the parchment paper in a pan I use clips (can be cloth pins) to clip the paper around the pan. It keeps the parchment paper in place till I add the recipe to the pan. Then remove clips and bake.
@wahnemahardin4417
Жыл бұрын
I really like that idea. Very clever!! Thank you for the tip!!
I will try them and see witch ones I like thank you for your ideas enjoy watching them too love new ideas. Have a blessed day.
If you wet the parchment paper it is more workable
Ty I'll be trying your muffin parchment liners. Ty
I definitely like the muffin pan and parchment paper
I love the potato peeling hack but yeah I can imagine it taking a lOT longer, I can make mashed potatoes in less than 30 min, boiling the water as I peel before chopping them into cubes, so probably will give it a shot but that's a long wait to boil whole potatoes
I've been buying some paper towels at Walmart that can be torn off in half sizes, which we've probably all seen, but these are also perforated so the half sheet can then also be torn in half easily... same result as cutting the roll in half as you did.
If I may ask, what brand is your stove?
@CleanFreakGermaphobe
Жыл бұрын
It’s from GE Cafe and I love it! So easy to clean and keep clean.
I found it easier to get parchment paper to stick when the pan is wet, especially on baking sheets.
Vut a slice off the top of the bag and use it to tie the bag.
@Aurora3242
Жыл бұрын
I do that all the time. If it's something we use often - then twist it a few times then fold back the top, encasing it. Stays every time.
@loisruthstrom8143
Жыл бұрын
I save the twist ties from the produce bags. I use them for crackers, pasta, cookies and for the one that got lost from the bread. Paper clips work for chip bags in a pinch. I learned that substitute teaching when the kids brought unfinished snacks to the classroom to eat after school. Two bigger clips work for big chip bags. 😀👍
I don't get what the big deal is about peeling potatoes. I make mash potatoes all the time in the winter and I do five pound bags when I do. It takes about 15 mins.
Love cupcake liners.. ty
I will be doing the parchment paper in the cup ale pans and the bread pan. Thanks
Love the cupcake, muffin hack! 🎉
Thanks for the tips, I love the boiled potato skin removal hack. I plan to eat the potato skins after by making them fried and crispy
@nancybarrett6266
Жыл бұрын
@laura320 me too ✋ pls explain how we're going to make this happen? I'm so excited I just checked and I have some potatoes just sitting there waiting, so after the potatoes are boiled how are going to fried them 😋 Ya'll beautiful people just know so much & share such amazing ideas. I'm new to this cooking thing & I'm loving it. I love reading the comments tks for sharing.
Thanks for a great video! I'll never buy cupcake liners again. Instead of spraying parchment paper with Pam to help it hug the pans, you can also spray with plain water. Get it done before it dries, but no cleanup and no grease left behind.