As long as you think outside the box, many things can yield unexpected rewards. This is also true for kitchen life, for example, these little tips:
1. For a large bottle of unfinished drink, storing it upside down prevents it from going flat.
2. When cleaning black fungus, add some flour to the water, and the fungus will be washed exceptionally clean.
3. For a regular iron pan, first heat the pan, add a small amount of oil, then pour out the hot oil. After that, pour in cold oil, and it becomes a non-stick pan, perfect for frying fish or dumplings without sticking.
4. When making pork or beef chops, soak the meat in cola for 10 minutes before cooking or frying. The meat will be tender and delicious, with no residual cola taste.
5. When steaming rice, add a few drops of raw oil to the pot and stir it. The resulting rice will be separate and non-sticky.
6. Beat eggs into a bowl, add a little warm water and mix well. When pouring into a hot wok, add a little wine. This makes the scrambled eggs fluffy, fresh, and delicious.
7. When washing grapes, add some starch and rub them gently. This will make your grapes sparkling clean.
8. When boiling dumplings, make sure to add enough water. After the water boils, add a small amount of salt, stir it, and then add the dumplings. This increases the gluten's toughness, preventing the dumplings from sticking to each other or the pot, resulting in clear broth and fragrant dumplings.
9. Steam walnuts for 10 minutes, then take them out and place them in cold water before cracking them open. This allows you to get the whole walnut kernel out intact.