Works For Me Wednesday: Cooking Spray

Jill asks “What is a tried and true way to keep waffles from sticking?”

Well Jill, according to Alton Brown of  The Food Network’s Good Eats (LOVE HIM) the key is cooking spray. Just last week, on his show he did an entire episode on waffles. He gave a whole technical explanation as to why cooking spray works better than anything else – interesting, but too much information! Here is his recipe for basic waffles.

Did you know that there are plenty of other uses for cooking spray?

• Spray your food containers with non-stick cooking spray when storing tomato sauce meals – this will prevent the staining.
• Spray your grater to keep the cheese from sticking to the grater.
• To keep snow from sticking to your shovel, spray the shovel with non-stick cooking spray before you begin and spraying the chute of a snow blower will prevent snow from clogging up the chute.
• To keep cut grass from sticking to your lawnmower blades while cutting grass, simply spray the blades before you begin mowing.
• To dry nail polish quickly, spray wet nails with cooking oil.
• Easily remove soap scum from sink, tub, and tiles, by wiping with no stick cooking oil after your initial cleaning. Spray a little oil on a clean dry cloth and polish fixtures. Soap scum and dirt will wipe right off. Rinse with water and dry with a clean cloth.
• Spraying your candle holders with cooking oil will keep melted wax from sticking to them for easy clean up.
• You can easily avoid hard to remove debris from sticking to your car wheels by spraying a little non-stick cooking spray on them after they have been cleaned. Next time you have to clean the wheels, the dirt should wipe off without a lot of elbow grease.
• Remove paint and grease from your hands. Use non-stick cooking spray to do the job. Work it in well and rinse. Wash again with soap and water.

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