Cooking - Helpful Hints by:Chris Zaaiman

Here are some hints that you might find useful.

- Do not discard over-ripe bananas. Slice and sprinkle it with lemon juice. Freeze it to use later for milk shakes, puddings or banana bread. It will blacken if you refrigerate it.

- If you only need a few drops of lemon juice, puncture a lemon with a toothpick and squeeze out the amount needed. Replace the toothpick. If the lemon is cut, it won't last as long.

- Fresh ginger will stay fresh for months in a freezer if you wrap it tightly in foil.

- To separate the leaves of a round lettuce, hit the core end sharply against the kitchen counter top. The core can be pulled out and the leaves will separate without tearing into strips.

Here is a tasty fish recipe which you can try:

4 cod fillets, skinned

Salt and pepper to taste

150ml dry white wine

lemon, sliced

6 tablespoons mayonnaise

4 tablespoons lemon juice

50g capers, chopped

Place the fish in a frying pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the wine and lemon slices, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Remove the fish from the pan, reserving 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquor, and leave to cool.

Mix together the mayonnaise, lemon juice and reserved liquor.

Stir in the capers.

Place the fish in a serving dish and top with the caper sauce. Serve cold.

Serves 4

About the author

Chris Zaaiman is an ardent "amateur" cook at home. For more cooking recipes and tips you can visit http://www.marketshelf.com/cooking.

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