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The Irish are the world's biggest consumers of tea, averaging 3kg or 1500 cups consumed per person, per year.
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To soothe tired eyes, keep slices of potato or cucumber over your eyelids.
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| Always break lettuce in pieces; never cut it with a knife. |
| Oversalted soup, curries or vegetables? Add cut, raw potatoes and discard them once they have cooked and absorbed the salt. |
| Chopped fruit and nuts will disperse more evenly in cake batter if they're lightly floured before adding them. |
| Drop fresh celery leaves in the pot while cooking shrimp to destroy the odor. |
| Cook potatoes and other root vegetables in their jackets to prevent loss of vitamins and minerals. |
| Salt is all that is needed to preserve lemons but adding and experimenting with spices gives them warm, aromatic flavours. |
| Using preserving sugar to make preserves, jams and jellies reduces the amount of scum. |
| Coriander has a warm, spicy flavour which goes well with lemons, calamansies and clementines. |
| Cloves and other fiery spices are combined with kumquats to make a perfect accompaniment for baked ham. |
| Rice will not be sticky if you add a few drops of lemon juice before cooking. |
| Air bubbles in jelly can be prevented by tilting the mould to an angle while pouring the jelly into it. |
| To keep garlic skin from sticking to your fingers, soak the garlic flakes ina cupful of water for five minutes before peeling. |
| When frying whole mushrooms, add a teaspoon of lemon juice to the butter. This will prevent them from breaking apart. |
| Add a little milk to onions while frying/sauteing. This will help retain a rich colour and prevent them from burning. |
| Crushed cornflakes or sieved coarse semolina are good alternatives for breadcrumbs. |
| For fluffy and shapely omelettes, add a little flour while beating the eggs. |
| Cut potato chips will not stick to each other and will turn out more crispy when fried, if immersed in ice cold water or brine for five minutes. |
| Curd will set faster if dry red chillies are added to the warm milk. |
| When boiling unpeeled potatoes, add a teaspoon of salt to the water. This will prevent the potatoes from cracking open. |
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