The ideal solution is to make a second batch, and omit the salt, then combine the two batches and freeze half for later use.
For soup or stew, add cut raw potatoes and discard once they have cooked and absorbed the salt.
Too Sharp
Make a second batch - same as "Too Salty".
Soften the taste by adding a teaspoon of sugar.
Too Sweet
Add salt.
If it is a main dish or vegetable, add a teaspoon of vinegar.
Curdled Mayonnaise
Start over with another egg yolk and add the curdled mayonnaise drop by drop.
Curdled Hollandaise
Remove sauce from heat and beat in 1 teaspoon of hot water, a few drops at a time. Do not return to heat. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Pale Gravy
Color with a few drops of Kitchen Bouquet or soya sauce.
To avoid the problem in the first place, brown the flour well before adding the liquid. This also helps prevent lumpy gravy.
Add some instant coffee right out of the bottle.
Thick Gravy
Stir in a little more liquid.
Thin Gravy
Mix water and flour, or cornstarch, into a smooth paste. Add gradually, stirring constantly and bring to a boil.
Try instant potato flakes instead of flour.
Gravy-Smooth as Silk
Keep a jar with a mixture of equal parts of flour and cornstarch. Put 3 or 4 tablespoons of this mixture into another jar and add some water. Shake and, in a few minutes, you will have a smooth paste for gravy. Adding a sprinkle of salt to the flour cornstarch mixture will prevent the gravy from becoming lumpy.
Greasy Gravy
A small amount of baking soda may be added if it is quite greasy.
Wilted Vegetables
Pick off the brown parts of fresh vegetables that are wilted or blemished. Sprinkle with cold water and wrap in a paper towel and refrigerate for an hour or so.
A clean sponge kept in your vegetable bin of your refrigerator will absorb excess moisture.
Salads
Never use metal for mixing salads. Wood, china or glass should be used.
Whipping Cream
Chill the cream, bowl and beater before whipping.
Set bowl of cream into a bowl of ice while you are whipping.
Add a white of an egg. Chill and then whip.
Gradually adding 3 or 4 drops of lemon juice while whipping will stiffen cream.
Cream whipped ahead of time will not separate if you add some unflavored gelatin. (1/4 tsp. per cup of cream).
Hard as a Rock Brown Sugar
Soften by placing a slice of soft bread in the package and closing tightly. After a couple of hours the brown sugar will be soft again.
Place in the microwave for 20 seconds.
Moldy Cheese
After opening a block of cheese, store in aluminum foil. The cheese will remain fresh and will not go moldy.
To keep cheese from getting moldy, grate or cut it into small pieces and freeze it in a tight container or plastic bag. Cheese thaws very quickly.
Icing Too Thin
Too much liquid in your icing and no more icing sugar try adding graham cracker crumbs and stir to the right consistency. The icing will take on a nut-like flavor.
Thawing Meat
Place the meat in a sealed plastic bag and drop into a pan of very warm water.
To quickly separate frozen bacon, heat a metal spatula over the stove burner and slide it under each slice to separate it from the other.
Ground Beef
Never over handle patties and never press of flatten them during cooking.
For a juicier hamburger patty add 1/2 cup of water to 1 lb. ground beef.
Placing an indentation in the middle of the patty will help it cook faster, The indentation will disappear as the hamburger cooks.
Bacon
To prevent bacon from curling dip the bacon in cold water before cooking.
Sausages
Sausages will not crack if rolled in flour before cooking.
Potatoes
To cut down the cooking time of baked potatoes, boil the potatoes on the top of the stove in salted water for about 10 minutes and then pop into a very hot oven.
To prevent potatoes from budding, put an apple in the bag.
Over-cooked potatoes can become soggy when the milk is added. Sprinkle with dry powdered milk for the fluffiest mashed potatoes.
When making potato salad, add the dressing while the potatoes are still warm to achieve the best flavor.
Homemade french fries will be crispier if the raw potatoes are soaked in cold water for a 1/2 hour before cooking.
Empty Soup Can
An empty soup can is a handy kitchen gadget. Cut both ends out of the can and it can used as a cookie or biscuit cutter. It's also great for chopping cooked vegetables such as potatoes.
Onions
Before chopping refrigerate.
Peel under cold running water or rinse hands under cold water periodically while chopping.
To cut even onion rings, slice the onion before peeling, then slip the peel off the onion.
Garlic
Add a little salt when chopping garlic and the pieces will not stick to your knife or cutting board. Then pulverize it with the top of the knife to make it dissolve.
Microwave for 15 seconds and the skins will slip right off.
Shaving Chocolate
Chocolate shaved with your vegetable peeler is much easier and quicker than using a knife.
Melting Chocolate
Grease the pot you are going to melt it in and the chocolate will not stick.
Pasta
To prevent pasta boiling over rub the inside of the pot with vegetable oil.
Cleaning Vegetables
Add a handful of salt to the water used for cleaning vegetable such as spinach, beet greens, etc. This will help remove the grit.
Cooking Cauliflower
Adding a small amount of milk will keep the cauliflower white.
Boiling Vegetables
Enhance the natural flavor by adding a teaspoon of sugar. Works especially good for corn on the cob.
Vegetables grown underground (potatoes, carrots, etc.) should be started with cold water. Above ground vegetables (beans, peas, etc.) boiling water should be used.
To prevent color loss don't cover vegetables when cooking.
Raisins or Berries
When using raisins or berries in a recipe put them in a paper bag with flour and shake to coat. This will keep them suspended in the batter and they will not sink to the bottom during baking.
Preventing Cakes from Sticking
After removing a cake from the oven place the pan on a wet towel to cool.
Keeping Homemade Bread Crust Soft
When baking bread put a dish of water in the oven with the bread.
Fudge Softball Stage
Boil until the mixture makes a very soft ball when a small amount is dropped in cold water.
Pumpkin Pie Topping
Before adding your pumpkin filling, spread a layer of mini marshmallows or large marshmallows cut in pieces over the pie crust and then add filling. As the pie cooks the marshmallows will rise to the top making a delicious topping.
Marshmallows
Use scissors rubbed with butter or margarine to cut marshmallows.
Placing a mini marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone will prevent the cone from dripping.
To prevent marshmallows from drying out, freeze them.
Cooking Rice
Rice will cook much better in a pot that is low and wide rather than one that is narrow and high.
Add 1 tsp. of lemon juice per quart of water to achieve fluffier and whiter rice.
Baking Muffins
When baking muffins, fill one of the muffin tin holes with water. This will prevent the muffins from scorching.
