Quick tips for the kitchen

Here are some recent tips from @Fooddotcom to help you in the kitchen:

• Sauce too thin? Mix in a cornstarch slurry: For every cup of sauce, mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water, stir into sauce to thicken.

• Like white wine to stay ice cold, but not all watered down? Freeze green grapes and pop a few in your glass instead of ice.

• Like shrimp? Stop overcooking it. Slightly curved = undercooked, curled into a C = perfect, twisted O-shape = overcooked.

• Peel garlic like a chef. Whack cloves on side with a knife. Peel comes right off and you're halfway to minced garlic.

• Is your microwave dirty with baked on bits? Zap a bowl of water with lemon for one minute and then easily wipe it all off.

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