10 Foods You've Been Eating Wrong

I know there are dozens of these "Foods You've Been Eating Wrong" lists on the internet, but these are tricks we actually use in our family on a regular basis. Hope you find them as helpful as we do! 

1. Baked potatoes. You know what's great for scraping the curved contours of a baked potato? Hint: not a fork! Spoons leave the delicious potato innards intact and also allow you to scrap the curved peel so that you can enjoy every last crumb
2. Shredded BBQ/Sloppy Joe. Anyone who's tried to eat shredded BBQ on a bun knows that most of the meat ends up on the plate. The remedy? Use a hot dog bun instead. Keeps the BBQ nicely contained in one place.
3. Cupcakes. Tired of getting icing on your nose? Slice the cupcake in half and invert the top half to create a cupcake sandwich - frosting between two layers of delicious cake. No more icing nose! 
4. Salads. Salads are annoying. The lettuce leaves tend to be inconveniently sized and shaped.  Forks can only stab 1-2 ingredients at a time, so you never get to enjoy the blend created by all the flavors.  And exactly how are you supposed to eat the croutons - do you try to stab them with your fork or balance them atop a forkful of other ingredients? End the madness by chopping all the ingredients into bits, then toss the lot with some salad dressing and eat the finished product with a spoon.
5. Popcorn. Pour your popcorn into a big beverage cup and tip it into your mouth as if you're drinking. No more buttery hands!  
6. Sliced apples. Stop using bitter lemon juice to keep apple slices from browning - orange juice works just as well, and doesn't leave a bitter after-taste.
7. Oreos.  There is no satisfying way to dunk an Oreo without getting your fingers milky. Except there is! Insert the prongs of a fork into the mysterious white pasty stuff in the middle, then use your fork to dunk the cookie all the way into the milk. So satisfying!
8. Bacon. Who needs the mess of cooking bacon on a griddle? Who wants to waste 30mins baking it in an oven? Solution: cut raw bacon into 1" pieces, then cook the pieces in a saucepan. Stir by swirling the pan and use a lid to keep the grease from making a mess. When done, pour the bacon pieces onto paper towels to drain and enjoy your bitesized bacon bits.
9. Tacos. Wrap the ingredients - lettuce, salsa, meat, cheese, sour cream - in a small corn tortilla, then insert the rolled tortilla in the taco shell. The tortilla adds taste and prevents mess.
10. Lunchmeat sandwiches. Dangle your lunchmeat off the edges of a slice of bread, place your condiments in the middle, place your condiments - lettuce, tomato, cheese, etc. in the middle of the slice - then fold your lunchmeat over the condiments. Not only does this prevent your condiments from moving around, but you'll get lunchmeat in every bite - even the corners.