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Place hardened brown sugar in a bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and seal with foil or plastic wrap. Allow to stand at room temperature overnight or until the sugar softens.

To get nice crispy browned fried chicken, coat the chicken with flour and then make sure when frying that the chicken is not overcrowed in the pan. Overcrowding causes uneven cooking and browning.

If you run out of brown sugar unexpectedly, mix a cup of granulated sugar with two tablespoons of molasses to make your own.

Do not use aluminum, iron, or copper pans when cooking rhubarb because its high acidity reacts with these metals, discoloring the pans and the rhubarb.

Speed up ripening of under-ripe tomatoes by placing them in a brown paper bag and storing them overnight in a dark area.

Place an apple in a brown paper bag along with bananas, cantaloupe, tomatoes, or avocados to speed up their ripening. Apples give of ethylene gas, which speeds the ripening process.