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Find out if an egg is boiled or not without cracking it
As a non cooked egg is fluid inside we can make use of the rotational energy stored there. Put an egg on your desk and rotate it fast (like a gyro). Then apruptly stop it with a finger, then release ...
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Find out if an egg is boiled or not without cracking it
What's with all those complicated answers? There's a very easy way to check, one that I always use when I don't know if an egg is boiled or not:
Simply put the egg on a flat surface and spin it fast. ...
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How can I eat my bagel when I lack a knife to cut it?
Knives are useful tools for cutting bagels and applying delicious spreads such as peanut butter or cream cheese, but luckily if you are missing this implement, you can still enjoy your bagel with 3 ...
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Quick and dirty substitute for cream in coffee?
Ice cream is always a good option. Vanilla ice cream is probably the most straightforward.
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How do I easily divide dough into thirds?
Another trick: make an evenly roll, lay it down in a S-form and push it together. It works quite well after a bit of practice. Main advantage: you can add more "loops" to make 4, 5, and more parts. ...
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How to peel an orange?
That question has been asked on cooking.stackexchange before, and the answer by Jolenealaska (and originally by blogger E is for Eat) quite qualifies as a life hack:
Basically, you cut off both ends ...
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How to keep bread fresher for longer
It's all about location, location, location!
There are a couple of things that will aid the growth of mold and bacteria and it is best to try and prevent these conditions being met in order to ...
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Quick and dirty substitute for cream in coffee?
Milk. Can't even imagine why you'd want to put cream (or "creamer", whatever that is) into coffee. If your coffee needs "flavour", I suggest getting better coffee.
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Mixing coffee without a spoon
Pour solid ingredients into a cup
Pour about a third of a cup full of liquid into the cup
Swirl cup gently until mixed
Fill cup with remainder of liquid
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How can I sharpen a knife?
One way is using the bottom of a ceramic plate or cup.
On the bottom of some of these, you'll find unglazed ceramic where it's been cut, using this you can rub the blade of the knife along this ...
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How to quickly peel a bag of potatoes
The Super Peeler
Warning: only do this outside
This method takes some time to prepare, but you only have to prepare it once and every other time you do it, it will be ready.
You need a bucket, a hose, ...
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Removing Pepper Juice From Eyes
For quick pain alleviation, put a cold, wet rag on the eye. This won't last, but what will is washing your eye out with milk. Get about a fluid ounce of milk (if you have a shot glass, fill that up). ...
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How to eat loud food (chips, celery) quietly
Make sure your mouth is closed completely. You can bite slowly, which might sound quieter, though it is really just enlongating the sound.
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How do I easily divide dough into thirds?
You could measure it out using your hand. Roll out the dough to be close to the width of three hands, and then cut each piece at the width of your hand. It is fairly easy to make an even roll, and the ...
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How can I eat my bagel when I lack a knife to cut it?
If you can find some dental floss or thread, you can use that to cut the bagel. Wrap it around the circumference (as in picture), then cross ends and pull through. Bagel ready for the toaster.
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How can I neatly eat messy food without "common" utensils?
The best way to avoid sticky fingers while dining is to use this ubiquitous and easy to use tool:
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How can I confirm if meat is cooked without a thermometer?
The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat, by Elise on Simply Recipes
Raw:
Open the palm of your hand. Relax the hand. Take the index finger of
your other hand and push on the fleshy ...
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How to eat loud food (chips, celery) quietly
This trick only really works with chips, and might also be a bit unappetizing. Put the chip in your mouth, and don't bite it right away. Let it soften a little from your saliva. It won't taste quite ...
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How to transport single servings of powdered drink mixes
This is exactly what a baby formula dispenser is for. They normally have three separated compartments with a top that you can rotate to easily empty the contents of a single compartment.
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Quick and dirty substitute for cream in coffee?
There's a whole world of shelf-stable milk products and milk alternatives. Keep one or two on hand for when you run out of fresh milk. Just be sure to rotate your stock, most last a few months.
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How to open a bag of rice sealed with string
There is a "right" and a "wrong" side to start. Note that the seam is typically made with one string, which is exactly the reason it's so easy to unravel.
Look at the side with the loops. You'll ...
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How to clean out a peanut butter jar for recycling?
To help you get the remainings more easily out of the glass, there are silicone scrapers available in different shapes and sizes. They work quite well. Actually it works a lot better than you could do ...
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Mixing coffee without a spoon
Use some other utensil. Or some object, such as a chopstick, straw. Or pour the mixture back and forth between two styrofoam cups until it's blended.
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Find out if an egg is boiled or not without cracking it
Option 1) Put the egg in water. A raw egg will have a tiny stream of air bubbles.
Option 2) Shine a strong flashlight through it. A raw egg will show light all the way through.
Option 3) Spin it on ...
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How can I get rid of the tiny fish-bone stuck in my throat upon eating fish?
A very easy method I've found is to eat marshmallows. You can use several mini ones or one or two big ones. Chew the marshmallows in your mouth, so that it becomes a sticky glob. Then swallow the glob....
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How to peel an orange?
I really like the Tupperware Orange Peeler. It is used by dragging the hook end around the orange skin, which opens the peel up all the way to the flesh of the orange. Then it's a simple matter of ...
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How to keep bread fresher for longer
Use the freezer. It works well. I know you said you don't like to do that, but that's what I do.
Whenever we buy bread, whatever kind it is, if it has been out a couple of days I put it in the ...
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Fastest way to boil water?
Use electric kettle (it takes only 1-2 minutes to boil the water).
If it's still too long, use the microwave for around 30 seconds to 1 minute (on high power). But be careful as water boiled in a ...
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How do I apply cold solid spreads (butter/cheese) evenly on breads/sandwiches in a short time?
This is how I do it:
Get a knife and cut thin slices of butter.
Lay the butter slices on the bread, if the air in the room is warm the butter will become more soft for several minutes
If the air in ...
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Removing Pepper Juice From Eyes
Remove, pepper juice no.
Deactivate pepper juice effects, yes!
A method that I've personally seen work in an extreme case is :
Mash bananas and rub onto affected areas - typically eyes and area ...
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