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Useful Tips And Tricks...; From my time as a House Husband...
Topic Started: Nov 8 2004, 09:08 AM (108 Views)
kloister
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Fudgie's 'Fronk'...

Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle and you'll get perfectly shaped pancakes every time.

To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard boiling.

To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.

To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop.

Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato based sauces and there won't be any stains.

When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

If you accidentally over salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix me up"

Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.

Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.

Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it.

When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness.

To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh, but if it rises to the surface, throw it away.

Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.

Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer.
* Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china.
* Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
* Polish jewellery. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewellery for two minutes.
* Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).

My way: Put your jewellery, vases, and thermos in the toilet. Add some Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of problems at once.
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parrrrtay
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kloister
Nov 8 2004, 09:08 AM
My way: Put your jewellery, vases, and thermos in the toilet. Add some Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of problems at once.

I think this could be a Jam overdose in process!?! B)
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kloister
Nov 8 2004, 09:08 AM
Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

What?? Perhaps you shall have me over one day... there is not such a thing as left-over wine in my presents. :happy
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You must really like potatoes. They seem to solve just about everything. I wonder if they use that to make Febreeze...nah, it smells too nice.
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Fudgie
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Kloister’s Way
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Fudgie’s Way
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for pity’s sake. You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway.

Kloister’s Way
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

Fudgie’s Way
Buy instant potato and keep it in the cupboard for up to a year.

Kloister’s Way
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking tin, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

Fudgie’s Way
Woolworth's sell cakes. They even do decorated versions.

Kloister’s Way
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a potato slice.

Fudgie’s Way
If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's tough. Please recite with me Fudgie’s motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes."

Kloister’s Way
Wrap celery in aluminium foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.

Fudgie’s Way
It could keep forever. Who eats it?

Kloister’s Way
Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield beautiful glossy finish.

Fudgie’s
Sara Lee frozen pie directions do not include brushing any egg white over the crust.

Kloister’s Way
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

Fudgie’s Way
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and drop it in 8 ounces of vodka. Drink the vodka. You might still have the headache, but who cares?

Kloister’s Way
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Fudgie’s Way
Why do I have a man?

Kloister’s Way
Freeze leftover wine into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

Fudgie’s Way
Leftover wine????
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Caer Rialis
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You know, if you nuke M&M's in a microwave for exactly three second, the chocolate inside melts and it tastes quite good.

But you must only set the timer to three. Two is not enough, four is too much, five is way off!
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tsrill
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Instead of polishing silverwear, put it in water, together with some aluminium foil. Add caustic soda and leave in a well-ventilated place until clean.

If you have trouble cutting icecream, heat your knife or whatever you are using. Don't use the microwave for heating, though.

My kitchen has only two taboo's:

That does belong in this dish
That does not belong in this dish

It's amazing what you can get away with without seriously poisoning your taste senses
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kloister
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caer_rialis
Nov 12 2004, 01:15 PM
You know, if you nuke M&M's in a microwave for exactly three second, the chocolate inside melts and it tastes quite good.

But you must only set the timer to three. Two is not enough, four is too much, five is way off!

Why do I suddenly have the urge to...'RUN AWAY'...
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kloister
Nov 12 2004, 06:52 AM
Why do I suddenly have the urge to...'RUN AWAY'...

Well, if you do leave them in for more than THREE seconds, they explode! The mess is very, very bad
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Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three...

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The mess is very, very bad


You can achieve the same result by frying eggs in the microwave, so I have heard :)
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Michu1984
Nov 11 2004, 05:06 PM
You must really like potatoes. They seem to solve just about everything. I wonder if they use that to make Febreeze...nah, it smells too nice.

Febreze's origins



Febreeze once come down from on high, bathed in pure light and say, "Be ye not afraid, I am in all things without odor. Seek me there." and as if by a miracle, Febreeze would manifest itself upon us again.


so there!
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