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Tips for Keeping Fruits Fresh After Peeling

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Peeled fruits often turn brown and spoil quickly, so how can we preserve their freshness? Preserve with food wrap If you are concerned that lemon juice may affect the original taste of the fruit, you can use food wrap to wrap the peeled fruit. This method helps limit the fruit’s contact with air to maintain its fresh, sweet taste and prevent it from drying out. After peeling and cutting the fruit into bite-sized pieces, place the fruit in a food container or plate, then wrap it tightly with food wrap and store in a cool place until ready to eat. This method can keep the fruit fresh for about 3 – 4 hours. You can apply this method to most types of fruits, from juicy fruits like watermelon, papaya, dragon fruit, to pulpy fruits like durian, grapefruit, jackfruit, or crisp fruits like apple, pear, coconut,… Preserve fruits in cold water In addition to the above methods, you can also preserve peeled fruits by soaking them in cold water. This method helps keep the freshly cut fruit

How to boil various types of meat (chicken, duck, pork) using warm water instead of boiling water, ensuring the skin remains intact, tender, and delicious.

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Pork, chicken, and duck liver have a common characteristic of firm, slow-cooked texture from the outside to the inside. When cooked at high heat, the meat decomposes and forms nitrites, which create poisonous substances in the broth. Furthermore, meat and bones contain calcium, which can make the boiling water sour and less delicious. Boiling meat also requires a temperature of at least 15 minutes or more. Therefore, boiling meat in continuous boiling water often makes the broth sour and lose its flavor. Therefore, the experience of restaurants is not to use water at 100 degrees to boil meat and only use water at around 80 degrees. This allows the meat to slowly cook, both on the outside and inside. Moreover, to make the meat sweet, it is necessary to retain the nutrients in the meat rather than letting them dissolve in the broth. Especially when boiling chicken and duck liver, it is highly recommended not to rupture them. High heat and boiling can cause the skin of poultry to becom

3 Unexpected Small Actions That Waste Your Money

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Saving money is not a simple task, especially when you always need to spend to cover your daily life. You may find it difficult to achieve your saving goals if you overlook the small actions that unintentionally waste money every day. Small, seemingly harmless actions can have a significant impact on your savings – Photo: Shutterstock The Business Insider recently listed three common actions that many people do every day but often overlook, which unintentionally throw money out the window. Here are those three actions. 1. Wasting leftover food According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, an average household in the US spent $4,000 on food in 2014. Official statistics, however, showed that Americans usually throw away 25% of the food they buy each year. If you also have the habit of throwing away a lot of leftover food like the majority of Americans, you are wasting an average of $1,000 per year. $1,000 is a significant amount if you consider what you can do with it:

Best and Most Accurate Time and Lunar Calendar for 7/12/2023, Check Auspicious and Inauspicious Times

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View the Lunar Calendar on December 7th, 2023 – See Good and Bad Hours on December 7th, 2023 Thursday, December 7th, 2023, which is the 25th day of the 10th lunar month, is the day of Kỷ Hợi, the month of Quý Hợi, the year of Quý Mão. Incompatible ages with the day: Tân Tị, Đinh Tị. For those who depart to the Northeast, they will encounter Hỷ deity, bringing joy and good luck. For those who depart to the South, they will encounter Tài deity, receiving wealth and money. This day is good for praying for wealth, opening ceremonies, and weddings. Avoid lawsuits, construction of houses, excavation, and ground-breaking. See good and bad hours on December 7th, 2023 * Hoàng đạo (good hours) 1 am-3 am (Ất Sửu): Ngọc Đường. 7 am-9 am (Mậu Thìn): Tư Mệnh. 11 am-1 pm (Canh Ngọ): Thanh Long. 1 pm-3 pm (Tân Mùi): Minh Đường. 7 pm-9 pm (Giáp Tuất): Kim Quỹ. 9 pm-11 pm (Ất Hợi): Bảo Quang. * Hắc đạo (bad hours) 11 pm-1 am (Giáp Tý): Bạch Hổ. 3 am-5 am (Bính Dần): Thiên Lao. 5 am-7

Signs to Stop Using a Water Heater: Don’t Ignore These Warning Signs

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Components of hot and cold water tanks are prone to rust Components of hot and cold water tanks that are prone to rust can include the connecting wires. The reason for this is that these components are mainly made of metal, and they are in a high moisture environment, often in contact with water, such as bathrooms and toilets. Therefore, over time, it is inevitable that they will rust. The rusting of the connecting wires can cause them to break, snap, and leak water, posing a danger to users when using hot and cold water tanks. In addition to the connecting wires, other components such as temperature adjustment knobs or screws and bolts need to be examined and replaced if they are rusting. Leakage from hot and cold water tanks also poses a risk of accidents In addition to electrical leakage, leakage of water from hot and cold water tanks also poses a significant risk of accidents. Currently, it mainly occurs in the water inlet area and pipe connections. If the water pipe is leakin

Remember these tips to keep your bathroom clean and shiny

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Vu Thuy Hang’s family is currently living in a small apartment with one shared bathroom (including a shower and toilet). When deciding to live here, Ms. Hang was worried that having only one bathroom would be inconvenient and there would be no place to store items. “However, everything is fine in its own way,” the nail technician in Sweden shared. Some ways that Ms. Hang has applied to keep her small bathroom clean and organized: 1. Do not place personal hygiene items outside the sink area The purpose is to keep everything dry and airy. The bathroom is about 6 square meters. It has a small window, and Ms. Hang placed a plant pot there to create a fresh and airy feeling. 2. Create a cabinet right behind the mirror Behind the mirror above the sink, Ms. Hang made a cabinet to store personal hygiene items in order to save space. Since she doesn’t need a dressing table, she also puts her cosmetics in the cabinet, which is very convenient. 3. Put all items in the cabinet The c

How to arrange ‘Day Awake Night Sleep’ Firework Flowers

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Ms. Ha Le is famous on social media with her “million-view” flower arrangement videos. She considers the gun flower to be one of the most difficult flowers to arrange. Once in the vase, if you want the flowers to stay fresh for about 3-4 days, you will need to spend quite a bit of time with the soaking process. In the picture, Ms. Ha is arranging a deep purple King of Siam gun flower. Ha Le After buying the flowers, the first step is to cut the bottom of the stems and soak them in a bucket of water overnight. Ms. Ha divides the flowers into 2 parts: she ties a string at both ends to keep the stems straight; the remaining part is left natural to create a soft, curvy shape. In the picture is a purple gun flower. Ha Le When arranging, choose the most curved branch and lean it against the vase wall to make the branch naturally bend downwards. Then insert the slightly curved branches on top. Ha Le Arrange the flowers from bottom to top like this to create a focal poi