{"id":57849,"date":"2017-08-18T19:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T09:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=57849"},"modified":"2017-08-18T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T02:56:13","slug":"kitchen-hacks-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/kitchen-hacks-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Hacks Tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1d4AtD7s9rM?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>\nIf you&#8217;re like me you watch &#8216;life-changing hack&#8217; videos while thinking &#8216;I&#8217;m sure that it won&#8217;t work&#8217;.  Some &#8216;hacks&#8217; are so bad that they are not even worth trying.  But there are others that are interesting.  In this series I am putting kitchen hacks to the test to see if they are a HIT or a MYTH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The hacks tested today are listed below, watch the video to see the results, they might surprise you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen hack 1 <\/h2>\n<p>Hack: Instead of cutting a lemon to get a squeeze of lemon juice poke it with a skewer to keep the rest of the lemon fresh.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"squeeze of lemon\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57854\" data-wp-pid=\"57854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen hack 2<\/h2>\n<p>Hack: Don&#8217;t over-mix cake batter once you&#8217;ve added the flour<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kitchne-hack-tested-overmix-cake-batter-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"over-mix cake batter\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57853\" data-wp-pid=\"57853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kitchne-hack-tested-overmix-cake-batter.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kitchne-hack-tested-overmix-cake-batter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kitchne-hack-tested-overmix-cake-batter-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen hack 3<\/h2>\n<p>Hack: Can you fix split buttercream by adding more icing sugar?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/how-to-fix-split-buttercream-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"how to fix split buttercream\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57852\" data-wp-pid=\"57852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/how-to-fix-split-buttercream.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/how-to-fix-split-buttercream-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/how-to-fix-split-buttercream-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen hack 4<\/h2>\n<p>Hack: Use a hairdryer on warm setting to make a buttercream cake shiny like fondant<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hairdryer-a-cake-to-make-it-shiny-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen hacks ann reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57851\" data-wp-pid=\"57851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hairdryer-a-cake-to-make-it-shiny.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hairdryer-a-cake-to-make-it-shiny-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hairdryer-a-cake-to-make-it-shiny-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen hack 5<\/h2>\n<p>Hack: Use plastic wrap inside your piping bags to save money.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/piping-bags-plastic-wrap-hack-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"plastic wrap in piping bag hack\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57855\" data-wp-pid=\"57855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/piping-bags-plastic-wrap-hack.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/piping-bags-plastic-wrap-hack-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/piping-bags-plastic-wrap-hack-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/kitchen-hacks-tested\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"squeeze of lemon\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lemon-kitchne-hack-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"57854\" \/><\/a><p>&nbsp; If you&#8217;re like me you watch &#8216;life-changing hack&#8217; videos while thinking &#8216;I&#8217;m sure that it won&#8217;t work&#8217;. Some &#8216;hacks&#8217; are so bad that they are not even worth trying. But there are others that are interesting. In this series I am putting kitchen hacks to the test to see if they are a HIT or a MYTH. The hacks tested today are listed below, watch the video to see the results, they might surprise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,2632],"tags":[2620,2837,31,2836,2835,2778,952,2834,2636],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57849"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57862,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57849\/revisions\/57862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}