Food

Radish leaves are source of calcium, iron, magnesium, folate, vitamin A, C, K, other nutrients and fiber. They have detoxifying properties as well.... more »

Bananas placed next to other fruits cause accelerated ripening. You can take advantage of this after buying or harvesting fruits, which are not ripe yet.... more »

A beef steak can be much more tender if you turn it over on the frying pan approximately once in 30 seconds.... more »

If you add one tea spoon of lemon juice to three egg whites before whisking them, the foam will be stiffer and will look almost like whipped cream.... more »

There are thousands of recipes for liquid marinades. Many ingredients are used in them. Most frequently it is a mixture of salty ingredients, acid ingredients, oil, herbs and spices.... more »

When you slice an onion, you break up onion cells. Various compounds get released and a chain of chemical reactions follows. At the end, there is sulfuric acid mixed with the water in your eyes. Your body responds with adding more water into the eyes in form of tears. Those tears dilute the sulfuric acid and wash it away. There are several methods to prevent sulfuric acid from irritating your eyes.... more »

To get the smell of garlic off your fingers, rub them on the tap of your kitchen sink, or any other stainless steel surface.... more »

Add about 50 grains of raw rice to the salt shaker. Then close the perforation and shake up the salt shaker so that the rice gets equally distributed in the salt shaker.... more »

There are several smart ideas, which you can apply to the simple procedure of boiling eggs.

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Most risotto recipes contain instructions like this:

Add stock in small increments. Stir constantly until the batch has been absorbed, then add another batch. Continue until the rice mixture is creamy.... more »