Q: Turn on a gas grill and toss thin pieces of meat or vegetables on the grate. You can usually cook an entire meal within minutes, as long as you have space on the grill. For example, grill shrimp skewers and place a basket of asparagus and peppers to one side of the grill. Although you can cook food on a charcoal grill, it will take time to light the grill and heat the briquettes. Water and stock conduct heat so pour enough liquid to barely cover the bottom of the pan. Once it starts simmering, add your food and put the lid on. The food will become tender once it's finished cooking. Then if you want to blanch it, you can scoop out the food and submerge it in ice water to stop it from cooking further. To practice this technique, heat chopped vegetables in a skillet over medium heat. Add a splash of vegetable or chicken stock along with a drizzle of oil or melted butter and seasoning. Once the stock has cooked off, the vegetables should be tender. Chop food into bite-sized pieces and cook it over high heat on the stove instead of sticking it in a low-temperature oven. Stir-frying will give the food a rich flavor and you can easily throw together a one-pot meal. For example, instead of roasting an entire chicken, use boneless skinless chicken pieces and stir fry them with veggies. The microwave isn't just for reheating leftovers. You can quickly cook side dishes or toast nuts for a small meal. This can also free up space on your stove so you can work on other parts of a meal. For example, cook broccoli florets in the microwave while you grill chicken tenders. Although a slow cooker isn't fast, it does free you up to do other things while your meal is cooking. If you like the convenience of a one-pot meal, try making it in a pressure cooker, since this dramatically cuts down on cooking time.  Some pressure-cookers have delayed start options, so you can program it to start cooking when you're not home. Always read the manufacturer's directions when cooking with your appliances. If you put a lid on your dish, you'll trap hot air in the pan and prevent cooler air from coming into contact with the food. This will help your water boil faster or make your soups and sauces heat quickly. If you want to see what's going on inside the dish while the lid is on, use a clear, glass lid. If you crowd a skillet or pan with too many ingredients, they'll take longer to cook. Try to use a wide or shallow pan so more of the food is exposed to the heat source. If you're cooking something on a baking sheet, consider dividing the food between 2 sheets so heat can circulate between the food better. This is especially important if you're cooking something that releases moisture, such as mushrooms. They need room in the pan for moisture to evaporate or else they'll become mushy.
A: Cook food on a gas grill. Blanch or steam food on the stovetop. Stir-fry food instead of roasting or braising. Use your microwave to cook, reheat, or toast food. Make meals in a slow cooker or pressure cooker for a hands-off method. Use a lid when you're heating water, soup, or sauce. Cook food in shallow pans to help it cook faster.

Q: Buy or borrow a field guide that focuses on plants in your region or climate. Compare the plant descriptions and pictures to your tree leaf, then follow up the most likely matches with online research. Tree identification sites help users identify tree by entering its characteristics and comparing the results to the thousands of tree species in their database. Use the notes you wrote and pictures you took of your leaf to utilize any of these popular tree ID sites:  What Tree is This?: https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/  USDA Plant Database: https://plants.usda.gov/java/  Leaf ID: http://www.leaf-id.com/  Identify By Leaf: https://www.oplin.org/tree/leaf/byleaf.html  Discover Life: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Trees Much like identification websites, smartphone apps work by allowing the user to write descriptions about the tree leaf they have discovered and find the most likely match. Some apps even allow the user to take pictures of the leaf and compare it to others in the app database. Try one of the following popular Plant ID apps:  Leafsnap Virginia Tech Tree ID What Tree is That? PictureThis PlantNet Botany Buddy Someone who has spent years studying plants might be able to help you identify your plant by the leaves. Bring a photo of the tree leaf to a gardening specialist at a plant nursery or a botanist to get a professional opinion on what the plant is.  Most colleges and universities have a department of biology with at least a few plant specialists. If you don't have any botanists or gardening specialists in your area, try posting your question on a message board for plant enthusiasts.
A: Search for your leaf in a tree field guide. Try using a tree identification website. Try using a plant ID app. Visit a local plant nursery or botanist.

Q: Look for green peanuts anytime between June and September at your local farmer's market or grocery store. If you live in the Southeast where peanuts are grown, you may notice signs during the summer that advertise fresh peanuts being sold at roadside farm stands.  Purchase roughly two pounds of fresh peanuts to boil. Fresh, green peanuts do not last for longer than a few weeks, so make sure not to buy more than you can boil within that time period. Look for fresh peanuts with a firm, brown shell and a strong nutty smell. Green peanuts do not actually look green. Their name refers to the fact that they have been recently harvested and not dried. Use a vegetable brush to gently scrub away any dirt that remains on the peanut shells. Scoop up a handful of peanuts at a time from the bucket of water and gently scrub the shells as they rest in the palm of your hand. Place the scrubbed peanuts into a colander for rinsing. Repeat this process until all the peanuts have been scrubbed.  You can use a dish-washing brush if you don’t have a vegetable brush handy. Your hands could be submerged in the water for a long period of time, so consider wearing rubber gloves to protect your skin.
A: Purchase green peanuts from a farmer's market, farm stand, or grocery store. Scrub the peanuts with a brush and add them to a colander.

Q: If the zipper is stuck, then rubbing wax or grease onto the zipper may help to loosen it and make it easier to open and close. Get a candle or some Crisco and rub it along the length of the zipper on both sides. Then, try to open and close the zipper. The zipper pull should move easily now. Be careful not to get the wax or grease onto the surrounding fabric. If you have a zipper pull that simply will not stay up, then attaching a keyring or safety pin to the zipper pull can help to keep it in place. If you use a keyring, then you can loop the keyring around the jeans button when the zipper is up. If you use a safety pin, then you can insert the pin through the fabric near your zipper when the pull is up. Another option is to spray some hairspray onto your zipper to prevent it from sliding down as easily. Spray hairspray along the length of the closed zipper teeth. This should make them tacky enough that the zipper will not keep sliding down. that is beyond repair. If the zipper is so broken that you cannot fix it, then you will likely need to replace it. Get a replacement zipper that is the same size and color as the original. Then, remove the old zipper with a seam ripper and sew in the new zipper.
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Use wax or grease to unstick a zipper. Add a keyring or safety pin to prevent a zipper from unzipping. Replace a zipper