Tips and tricks for amateur cooks from the experts:

Too much sugar.  This time add salt.  Most people like a bit of sugar in their spaghetti.  If you have too much sugar into the sauce or into any main dish, just add a little vinegar or calamansi juice.

Too much salt.  Just add a few slices of raw potato when you have placed too much salt into your stew.  Take them out as soon as they have cooked and absorbed the salt, if you don't want to have your family see potatoes with their fish.

For mashed potatoes.  When potatoes are overcooked, they will become soggy after you mash them and when you add the milk.  The best-tasting mashed potatoes are fluffy. To keep them that way add powdered milk.  You will then have the fluffiest mashed potatoes according to experts.

Clog salt shakers.  Salt in salt shakers get clogged.  Add a few grains of rice inside the shaker to keep them flowing free.  Clogging is said to caused by moisture.  Wrap a piece of aluminum foil tightly  around the shaker when not in use, the foil will keep the dampness out of the salt.

Catsup bottle problem.  Just insert a plastic drinking straw, push it to the very bottom of the bottle, and then remove.

Serving tea.  Instead  of using plain sugar to sweeten the beverage, add a lemon drop or mint candy, they Will melt easily, and will give you a better taste.  Don't forget to place your tea bag in hot water first, to draw out the flavor, before adding ice and cold water.

Other HANDY Household Hints:

Egg white can do this?  To remove gum on clothing use egg white.  With a tooth brush brush egg white onto gum.  Let sit for fifteen minutes and then laundry the item normally.

Vinegar cut the grease.  keep a bottle of white vinegar within easy reach.  When your counter tops, walls or your stove becomes spattered with grease, spray and wipe it with a clean dry rug.  Vinegar cuts the grease and becomes a nice shine.  Try it!

Coke also remove grease.  Empty a can of coke with a load of greasy washcloths.  Add detergent, and run through a regular wash cycle.  It will keep loosen grease stains.

To clean cutting board.  Rub cutting boards- plastic or wood with calamansi halves or lemon.  Use some coarse salt for stubborn stains to scrub the board clean. Rinse well and dry.

Salt Clean Artificial flowers.  Pour some fine salt into a paper bag and add flowers.  Sake vigorously and salt will absorb all the dust and dirt and leave you artificial flowers looking like new.

To clean small-neck bottle and vases.  Put a little rice and warm soapy water inside the shake well; and then rinse.

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Resource: Women's Journal