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Kitchen Tips

• Add Ingredients Prepared Before Starting to Cook
  • "Have ingredients prepared before starting to cook."
• Cutting Knives
  • "A blunt knife is more dangerous than a sharp one. Always keep your knives sharp."
• Cleaning While Cooking
  • "Clean while you're cooking. While."
• Garlic
  • "It often doesn’t work out great if you add your chopped/minced garlic to hot oil/butter first."
• Cooking Bacon
  • "Cooking Bacon in the oven is easier to perfect and clean up."
• Salt and Acid
  • "Sometimes when you think something needs more salt, what it really needs is acid - lemon juice, vinegar, etc."
• Following Instructions vs. Heart
  • "You follow instructions when baking. You follow your heart when cooking."
• Carbon Steel Skillets
  • "Carbon Steel Skillets (or cast iron) are the way to go."
• Fruits and Veggies
  • "Not all fruits and veggies need to be immediately refrigerated. If they aren’t at the grocery store, they’ll probably be fine on your kitchen counter."
• Watch "Salt Fat Acid Heat" on Netflix
  • "Really enjoyable show and taught me a great deal more about how to cook than any cookbook could."
• Vanilla
  • "If the recipe has Vanilla in it, use more than specified."
• Tomatoes and Bread Knife
  • "Nothing cuts tomatoes like a bread knife or any sharp serrated knife."

Kitchen Renovation Tips

• Clean as You Go
  • "Clean as you go."
• Prepare Ingredients Before Starting
  • "Have ingredients prepared before starting to cook."
• Use Italian Pasta Dishes for Simple Cooking
  • "A great way to start cooking more simply is to practice with Italian pasta dishes."
• Minimal Ingredient Recipes
  • "Be suspicious of recipes that have lots of ingredients."
• Matfer Bourgeat and De Buyer
  • "Matfer Bourgeat is the best. De Buyer also good."
• Wire Cutters
  • "Use wire cutters with a slot for cutting 6-32 screws to trim screws for wall faceplates."

Cockroach Infestation Tips

• German Cockroaches
  • "German cockroaches nest and can be hard to get rid of."
• Boric Acid
  • "Boric acid is effective against cockroaches."
• Deep Cleaning
  • "Deep clean EVERYTHING and EVERYWHERE to prevent cockroaches."

Comebacks to Misogynistic Comments

• Creative Comebacks
  • "Arm your daughters/female relatives with some creative comebacks."
• Ignoring Bullies
  • "The best 'comeback' is to ignore him entirely."
• Humorous Responces
  • "Comebacks are about engaging in a battle of wits."

Handling Kitchen Interruptions

• Set Boundaries
  • "You have no obligation to her and your belongings. No means no!"
• Shared Appliances
  • "Never give your kitchen help or allow them to ruin appliances."
• Kitchen Help
  • "She can learn to cook at her place."
• ABS (Always Be Suspicious)
  • "Be suspicious of recipes with lots of ingredients."

Tile Drilling and Screw Shortening Tips

• Tile Drilling
  • "Don’t chip or drill close to the edge of the tile."
• Shorten Screws
  • "Shorten the screws or file them down to avoid damaging the tile."
• Practical Solutions
  • "Cut down screw length rather than altering tile."

These highlighted comments from Reddit provide a range of tips from cooking and kitchen renovation to handling pests and comebacks to misogynistic remarks.