Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 > >>Martha's way #1: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in > the bottom of a > sugar > >>cone to prevent ice cream drips. > >>> > >>My way: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom > of the cone, for > >>Pete's sake, you are probably lying on the couch > with your feet up > eating > >>it anyway. > >>> > >>Martha's way #2: Use a meat baster to " squeeze " > your pancake batter > >>onto the hot griddle and you'll get perfectly > shaped pancakes every > time. > >>> > >>My way: Buy the precooked kind you nuke in the > microwave for 30 > >>seconds. The hard part is getting them out of the > plastic bag. > >>> > >>Martha's way #3: To keep potatoes from budding, > place an apple in the > >>bag with the potatoes. > >>> > >>My way: Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix and keep > it in the pantry > for up > >>to a year. > >>> > >>Martha's way #4: To prevent egg shells from > cracking, add a pinch of > >>salt to the water before hard boiling. > >>> > >>My way: Who cares if they crack, aren't you going > to take the shells > >>off anyway? > >>> > >>Martha's way #5: 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. > >>> > >>My way: Sleep with the lemons in between the > mattress and box springs. > >>> > >>Martha's way #6: 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. > >>> > >>My way: Eat at Chili's every night and avoid > cooking. > >>> > >>Martha's way #7: Spray your Tupperware with > nonstick cooking spray > >>before pouring in tomato based sauces and there > won't be any stains. > >>> > >>My way: Feed your garbage disposal and there won't > be any leftovers. > >>> > >>Martha's way #8: 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. > >>> > >>My way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it > for you. > >>> > >>Martha's way #9: 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 " > >>> > >>My way: If you over salt a dish while you are > cooking, that's too damn > >>bad. My motto: I made it and you will eat it and I > don't care how bad > >>it tastes. > >>> > >>Martha's way #10: Wrap celery in aluminum foil > when putting in the > >>refrigerator and it will keep for weeks. > >>> > >>My way: Celery? Never heard of the stuff. > >>> > >>Martha's way #11: Brush some beaten egg white over > pie crust before > >>baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish. > >>> > >>My way: The Mrs. frozen pie directions do > not include brushing > >>egg whites over the crust and so I don't do it. > >>> > >>Martha's way #12: Place a slice of apple in > hardened brown sugar to > >>soften it. > >>> > >>My Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be " soft " ? > >>> > >>Martha's way #13: When boiling corn on the cob, > add a pinch of sugar > to > >>help bring out the corn's natural sweetness. > >>> > >>My Way: The only kind of corn I buy comes in a > can. > >>> > >>Martha's way #14: 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. > >>> > >>My way: Eat, cook, or use the egg anyway. If you > feel bad later, you > >>will know it wasn't fresh. > >>> > >>Martha's way #15: Cure for headaches: Take a lime, > cut it in half and > >>rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go > away. > >>> > >>My way: Martha, dear, the only reason this works > is because you can't > >>rub a lime on your forehead without getting lime > juice in your eye, > and > >>then the problem isn't the headache anymore, it is > because you are now > > >>blind. > >>> > >>Martha's way #16: Don't throw out all that > leftover wine. Freeze into > >>ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces. > >>> > >>My way: Leftover wine? > >>> > >>Martha's way #17: If you have a problem opening > jars: Try using latex > >>dishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that > makes opening jars > >>easy. > >>> > >>My way: Go ask the very cute neighbor to do it. > >>> > >>Martha's way #18: Potatoes will take food stains > off your fingers. > Just > >>slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse > with water. > >>> > >>My way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing the > anti-bacterial soap > >>in the handy dispenser next to my sink. > >>> > >>Martha's way #19: 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 jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into > a glass of water > and > >>immerse the jewelry 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 jewelry, vases, and thermos in > the toilet. Add some > >>Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of > problems at once. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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