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While making pastries,keep a couple of plastic bags handy for use,in case the telephone rings while you are busy preparing the pastries

Rub a little mustard powder on your hands after handling onions or fish,this gets rid of all the lingering smells

Instead of deep frying cashews roast them,they will taste better and remain fresh

To clean rusty knives stick the blades into an onion and leave for sometime

To keep garlic skins from sticking to hands soak them in water for 5 min before peeling