INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Garlic is the spice of life, so take two cloves and peel off their skin. Even if you bought pre-peeled garlic, you'll have to help out the ginger. A sharp knife scrapes away its skin, and all you need is a small portion as big as your thumb. Unlike your thumb, slice or grate the ginger to break it down. You can't get away from the stove no matter how you try to use your seeds. Again, high heat risks burning your spices before you get them out of the pan. Let the pan rest on the heat for a minute or two until it becomes warm. Beyond that, you may end up fleeing home due to charred spice smells. Throw the garlic and ginger into the dry pan. The toasty aroma of crisping spices may make you hungry, but you'll be all right. Hang on and watch the spices, because in a few minutes they'll turn golden brown. Remove the pan from heat and get the spices out. Add in a teaspoon of whole fenugreek seeds. You'll also need four dried red chilis, two fresh red chilis, and two tablespoons of tomato puree. Season with a tablespoon of turmeric, half a tablespoon of sea salt, three tablespoons of peanut oil, a small bunch of fresh coriander, one teaspoon of black peppercorns, four cloves, two teaspoons of coriander seeds, two teaspoons of fennel seeds, and the garlic and ginger. A food processor may not be the tool you expected to use to finish your food. Nonetheless, it is the easiest way to combine all the ingredients. Blend them down into a smooth paste. When you're done having fun watching it swirl, add the paste to any meat you cook.

SUMMARY: Peel garlic and ginger. Set a frying pan over medium-high heat. Toast the garlic and ginger to a golden brown. Place the ingredients in a food processor. Grind the ingredients in the food processor.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Most bottles will be covered by a label and you may want to remove that label so that your message in a bottle is not mistaken for trash. To remove the label, place the bottle in hot water and let it sit for at least one hour. The hot water will loosen the glue on the label and make it easy for you to peel the label off. You may need to scrape some of the glue off of the bottle. Fill the inside of the bottle with warm soapy water and cover the opening of the bottle with your hand. Gently shake the bottle up and down for at least 30 seconds to remove any substances from the inside of the bottle. Pour out the soapy water and rinse the inside of the bottle with warm water. Once you have removed the label and cleaned the inside, place the bottle upside down in a strainer and allow it to dry. It will take about one hour for the inside of the bottle to completely dry, depending on the temperature in the room. You can also allow the inside of the bottle to dry overnight. To dry the inside of the bottle more quickly, place it in the oven on low heat at 150F (65.6C) for approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Be cautious when removing the bottle from the oven and allow it to cool off before continuing with the process. Another alternative for drying the inside of the bottle is rolling up a paper towel lengthwise and placing it inside of the bottle. Be sure to leave a portion of the paper towel on the outside of the bottle so that it can be easily removed.

SUMMARY: Remove the label (optional). Clean the bottle. Dry the bottle.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your left foot should be flat on the ground while you should only touch the ground with the toes of your right foot. Slide and bring up your right foot. Lift it about half a foot (15 cm) in the air, with your knee lifted up a bit. The position of your left foot should remain the same. Drag your left foot back about the distance of its own length while your right foot remains lifted in the air. Plant your right foot on the ground while lifting your left foot back to its toes. This will make it easier to lift your left foot in the next step. Now just repeat the same motion with alternate legs. Slide and bring your left foot up. Lift it about half a foot (.3 meters) in the air, with your knee lifted up a bit. Your right foot should remain in the same position. Drag your right foot back about the distance of its own length while your left foot remains lifted in the air. Plant your left foot on the ground while lifting your right foot back to its toes. This will make it easier to lift your right foot in the next step. Keep sliding one foot up while moving the other back until you've mastered the incredible "Running Man" dance move.

SUMMARY: Stand with your left foot about a foot (.3 meters) in front of your right. Lift your right foot. Drag your left foot back. Plant your right foot. Lift your left foot. Drag your right foot back. Plant your left foot. Continue alternating feet.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: "First in, first out," also known as "FIFO," is a common catchphrase used in restaurant kitchens to make sure that the food stays fresh, wherever it is stored. Restaurants go through so much product that every truck delivery usually means that there are only one or two items that have to be rotated forward. For the home cook, this means that canned goods, boxed goods, and other non-perishable supplies should be dated with the date bought. This ensures that a newer item isn't being opened first. Keep your cabinets, your refrigerator, and all your food storage spaces organized to make sure you know where everything is, and what's the most fresh. if you've got three open jars of peanut butter, something's going to spoil. Fruit should be left to ripen on the counter, either out in the open or loosely in an open plastic bag to promote ripening. Once fruit has reached its desired level of ripeness, put it into the refrigerator to extend the life of the fruit. Bananas produce ethylene, which speeds up the ripening process of other fruits, so you can take advantage of this property and store them in a plastic bag together with a fruit that needs to ripen. This is an excellent technique for avocados as well. Never pack fruit into air-tight containers on the counter, or they will quickly spoil. Keep an eye out for signs of bruising or over-ripeness and remove rotten fruit quickly to avoid spoiling the rest. Be wary of fruit flies, which are attracted to fruit that's spoiled or in the the process of spoiling. Remnants should always be discarded quickly. If you develop a problem with fruit flies, start storing your fruit in the fridge. Rice, oatmeal, quinoa, and other dry grains can be kept in your kitchen cabinets in tight, sealed containers. Glass jars, plastic tupperware containers, and any other lidded storage is perfect for storing these bulk items in cabinets or on the counter. This goes for dried beans as well. If you store rice and other grains in plastic bags, be wary of meal worms. These can be perfectly fine ways of storing rice, but small holes can allow meal worms and moths to breed, ruining large amounts of food. It's always best to keep them in tightly sealed jars. If it grows under the ground, it doesn't need to go into the refrigerator. Potatoes, onions, and garlic should be kept in cool, dark, and dry places, not in the refrigerator. If you want to keep them in anything, a loose paper bag is perfectly fine. If you've purchased some freshly baked, crusty bread, keep it in a paper bag out on the counter to keep it as fresh as possible. Bread on the counter, properly stored, should be good for 3-5 days, which extends to 7-14 days in the refrigerator. It's also fine to refrigerate or freeze bread, especially soft sandwich bread, to extend the life. If you live in a particularly humid place, soft breads will mold very quickly if left out, and bread is easy to defrost in the toaster. If you keep bread on the counter, never keep it in a plastic bag. This promotes mold.

SUMMARY:
Use the FIFO system. Store produce on the counter if it needs to ripen. Store rice and other grains in sealed containers. Store root vegetables in paper bags. Store fresh bread in paper bags on the counter.