HOW TO EXTRACT COCONUT MILK

Nowadays, with so many artificial flavours and colorings in the market for all sort of dishes, the need for home-made coconut milk seem to be on the decline, after all, who would not want things the easy way? However, if you want to get the real thing, below is a step-by-step guide on getting a rich and nutrient-laden coconut milk.
 
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
3 dry (brown) coconuts
Warm water
Grate or blender
Cheese cloth
METHOD:
1. Break open the coconut with a blunt metalic object, for instance, hammer.
2. With a blunt knife, prize off the flesh from the dried shell.
3. Wash and cut the flesh into smaller pieces, put in a blender and shredd into a fine pulp. Traditionally, this step is usually done with grate. To make it easier, you can use a blender.
4. Pour the smooth mixture into a bowl. Add 4 glasses of warm water and allow for 30 minutes.
5. With the use of cheese cloth or seive with very fine mesh, squeeze out the milk from the pulp.
6. If the squeezed pulp still feels creamy, you can add more water to it and repeat step 5 till the milk becomes thinner. However, to have a richer milk, ensure that water added is not too much.
Your coconut milk is ready. This can be enough to cook four cups of rice with.

WHAT TO DO WHEN CHEWING GUM STICKS TO YOUR FABRIC

It can be very annoying, and embarrassing to perhaps dress up to the nines to an occasion, only to find out that you had mistakenly sat on gum left behind by kids. Below is a proven method to remove the stuck gum. It works for almost every kind of fabric.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
A towel
Ice block

METHOD
1. Lay out the fabric on a towel, with the affected part up.
2. Lay a block of ice on the stuck gum on the fabric
3. After some minutes, try to peel off the gum.
4. The iceblock will harden the gum and make it  very easy for you to pull off from the cloth, with no trace left behind.

HOW TO REMOVE BANANA SAP STAINS FROM KNIFE

Unripe banana and plantain oozes a sticky sap which turns brown on exposure to air. This could be very annoying after using knifes to peel banana/plantain. It can ruin the look of utensils and render them unpleasant to work with as the sap could stick to the palms. In addition, it could be very difficult to wash off ordinarily with water and soap. However, the following is a very easy and fool-proof method to clean saps from utensils. This works for almost every sap.

What you will need

Oil - olive oil, vegetable oil or any oil available.

Detergent

Water

Scrubbing foam or light sponge

Method:

Rub the oil in on the stained utensil. Work the oil gently on the stains. As this is done, you will notice the sap getting 'dissolved' by the oil. Add detergent and rub gently with the foam. Rinse with the water. Your utensil is back in shape with all trace of the sap gone.