Which Kitchen Rituals Did You Learn From Your Mother?

Don't add salt to beans until it's almost done.
Mom says the beans will cook forever if you did otherwise.I've never tried to find out.

Always mix your ofo with palm oil before adding it to the soup or else it will be lumpy.
Ofo is a soup thickener.
This is true
I've tried doing this without heading moms  advice.
If you sprinkle it in a little at a time,no problems but if you pour it in,it will be lumps of ofo all over the place, nasty.

When you get a burn while cooking or baking just rub salt and palm oil on it and it will heal faster
Even here in America I still do that ROFL.

always buy the ripest tomatoes, u will never have to use tomato paste.

my aunty always wanted me to wear foundation while cooking, i was like no way but later my dermatologist confirmed that the heat from the pots can actually darken your skin or break u out, and foundation protects your skin. "weird but works for me sha"

handles of pots should NEVER EVER stick out

Only if you use bleaching cream
Which heat?
do you cook in a fiery furnace like nebuchadnezzar

why cook, when you have a maid ?  

Interesting thread and most of what has been said here i knew them from both parents.

@osisi

my aunty is very light skinned, plus my dermatologist confirmed what she said. but i do cook a lot

Don't use my fingers to taste or test the food especially if others are going to eat from it
Don't taste with the same spoon that i am stirring the food with
Kitchen and sink must be cleaned before sharing food
Keep the stove clean, ALWAYS
 *my favorite*  (when caught wiping my hands on my clothes) - "u don't have an apron or kitchen a towel"

My dad taught me how not to "carve" the yam LOL. He taught me the proper way to peel a yam
My dad taught me how to fry beans
My mom taught me to sieve the tomatoes to cut down on frying time to boiling time before I cook my stew
My mom taught me how to cook this very spicy rice. I don't know the name I just know how to cook it. She probably made it up. I just call it mommy's rice

 

@Topic

Anyways, Mum says: Never use Onions when making Onugbu soup.

another good tip

add some sliced onions into the pot of soup after cooking and cover it for extra flavour.

Pls dont try to put Onions ooo. Once I tried (was experimenting though) and the soup tasted like

Nsala Soup mix with egusi soup and pepper soup.   _{i wont try it again!}

And as for the Stock fish, I think you're right. However If its the Cord (not Tusk!!) type of Stock Fish then u need not to soak it.

don't talk while you are putting the bitterleaf in onugbu (bitterleaf) soup, if not the soup will be bitter

Really?
Osisi is right though, let it soften first

My mom taught me that.

Never heard of this. . . .might try it.
But how do you know its still acidic?

I have put onions in my onugbu several times but I don't eat it
I don't eat swallow