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To revive stale bread, line the bottom of a rice cooker with parchment paper, add water, place the bread inside, close the lid and press cook once it pops up. In the test, the bottom got quite hot while the top stayed cool, so the texture wasn't quite as good as freshly baked.
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Alternatively, use a regular oven: place a cup of water inside alongside the bread to create steam. For small toaster ovens, cover the bread with foil to prevent burning, or lightly mist the surface with water before baking.
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The test showed the crust warmed up a bit, but the inside still tasted like day-old bread — not as miraculous as claimed online, with results varying depending on bread thickness and oven heat.
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To make minced garlic with plastic wrap, place peeled garlic on a cutting board, cover with a sheet of wrap, then repeatedly pound it with the whole roll of wrap until it turns into a paste, and simply lift off the wrap.
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In practice the result wasn't as fine as expected, since the garlic tends to slide to the sides instead of mashing evenly; it's better to sandwich the garlic between two layers of wrap, or pound it with a flat-bottomed pan for a smoother, easier-to-clean result.
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To cook a precisely soft-boiled egg, place the eggs and an egg-doneness gadget together in a pot of water that covers the eggs, then bring to a boil and watch the gadget change from clear to white to gauge doneness.
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Watch the gadget's whitening level: taking the egg out when it's almost but not fully white gives a jammy/soft-boiled result, while fully white indicates it's more cooked through; in the test, changes started appearing around the two-minute mark, so eggs should be tested and removed at different whiteness stages.
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Without the gadget, a similar jammy egg can be achieved the traditional way: boil for about four minutes, then let it sit off the heat in the hot water for about two more minutes.
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To make quick garlic bread, halve a whole garlic bulb crosswise, sprinkle the cut side with salt, drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil and bake for about 15 minutes.
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Once roasted and softened, squeeze or scrape the garlic out and spread it directly onto bread; season with a little more salt, olive oil and pepper to taste, and optionally pan-fry the bread briefly for extra flavor.
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Final verdict: this quick garlic bread turned out fragrant and delicious, making it the most successful hack tested in the video.
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