Author: Claire

Welcome to Kitchein! My name is Claire and I am a full-time Chef. Here at Kitchein, we offer the best tips and guide you need for your kitchen. We are here to support everyone that loves to either eat or cook. What category do you fall under? We are also fully aware of and understand the importance of kitchen safety in our homes.

Best Meat Grinder for Home Use [Electric & Manual]

With the best meat grinder for home use, making burgers, sausages, or meatballs produces the best results. From electrical meat grinders to manual meat grinders such as basic cast-iron, stainless-steel, or heavy-duty meat grinders and everything in between, we’ve tested different meat grinders to help you decide on the seven best meat grinders for home use, along with some tips …

How to Use a Manual Meat Grinder

Manual meat grinders are an affordable and ideal option for those who would like to get a little more involved in their grinding. Whether you use a basic cast-iron, stainless-steel, or heavy-duty meat grinder, there are a lot of upsides to using these simple hand-operated machines. However, using them can sometimes seem a little difficult as they require a little …

How to Ripen Bananas in an Hour

Bananas are multi-purpose as they can be used for numerous things and can also be eaten raw. It’s not surprising when you get the green unripe bananas from the market and cannot just wait for the slow ripening process of the banana to take place. Thus, you want to ripen bananas in an hour to bake or make that sweetened smoothie …

How to Ripen Banana Without a Paper Bag

You can ripen banana without a paper bag with various other ways such as baking them in the oven, microwaving, wrapping them in a foil, putting them in the air fryer, or placing them in warm areas.  You probably already know you can use a paper bag to ripen a banana, but for some reason you don’t want to use …

What Cannot be Used to Dry Utensils?

What cannot be used to dry utensils? According to experts, a paper towel, dish towel, or moist napkin cannot be used to dry utensils as they could contaminate the surface of the utensils with bacteria. For some reason, you might need to quickly dry your utensils after washing them so you could use them right away. You might also be …

How Long Can Rice Stay in Rice Cooker?

How long can rice stay in rice cooker? Well, for experts, 6-12 hours to avoid discoloration, dryness, flavor loss, or exposure to bacteria. For some reason, you have to leave your rice in the cooker. Perhaps, you cooked too much rice or received an emergency call. Would it be safe in the cooker overnight or for how long? The answer …

How to Soundproof a Dishwasher [Get Quiet dB]

The loud noise from the dishwasher is the least expected problem that just showed up and it’s getting so bad as you cannot even concentrate on any other thing at that moment. Well, what you want to do is “soundproof a dishwasher”. Most times you have to wear your ear protectors just because you want to make use of your …

Can You Put a Glass Bowl in the Oven?

Can you put a glass bowl in the oven? Putting a glass bowl in the oven to reheat the leftovers of the delicious meal you made last night seems like the logical thing to do. But before you do that you need to be sure if it’s safe to do so, as a wrong decision could have disastrous consequences for …

Does a Coffee Maker Boil Water?

Does a coffee maker boil water? Boiling water using a coffee maker is always tempting, especially if you don’t have a stove to boil. Coffee makers make water hot but don’t go up the range of the boiling point of water therefore they can only make water hot but not steamy or boiling. Does a coffee maker boil water? It …