Save Sticky Photographs by Soaking Them in Lukewarm Water

In case your old album of photos has been damaged, whether stuck together or by spilling some sticky liquid, don't panic. All you need is lukewarm water to save the day, says WikiHow.

Soak any that are stuck together. Water will not harm most photographs, as exposure to water is actually part of the chemical development process for conventional photographs. If photographs have stuck together: soak the photographs for at least an hour in lukewarm water. Gently peel apart.

Once you peel them apart, it's best to hang them on a line to dry, being careful to put a single clip on one corner. The same method also works if the photos are drenched with a sticky liquid, although some substances like coffee, tea, grape juice and wine don't come off easily.

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Don't Trouble Soaking Grains for Time Savings or Taste 2014

Don't Trouble Soaking Grains for Time Savings or Taste 2014

Typical cooking wisdom tells us to soak grains like barley or steel-minimize oats overnight to make them prepare dinner more rapidly and presumably produce higher results. Critical Eats' exams, nevertheless, counsel you possibly can just skip that step and cook dinner them straight from dry.

Daniel Gritzer cooked side-by-side grains that were unsoaked, ones that were soaked overnight, and ones soaked overnight with salt. His tests included whole-grain barley, pearl barley, and steel-cut oatmeal. He concludes:

Well, mainly that soaking grains isn't necessarily going to speed things up, and salting doesn't seem to make a (salt-)lick of difference. And when soaking does help, as in the case of pearled barley, it doesn't always look pretty. If you don't care about appearances and are desperate to knock 15 minutes off the time it takes to cook polished grain, go for it. I, for one, will just accept my grains as they are and wait patiently for them to do their thing.

So if you forget the overnight soak, don't worry. You can still cook those grains with little detriment in terms of time or flavor. However, one reason you might want to consider soaking grains is to possibly make them more digestible. Your call.

Do I Have to Soak My Grains? | Severe Eats

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