Comments on: 26 Kitchen Tips: Timeless Wisdom Collection

By: mjb

mjb — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Wow – this is excellent, reminds me of tips from my grandma decades ago.
I’m a single dad of two girls – this is priceless domain knowledge about cooking and home ec!

By: Dougall

Dougall — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:31:36 +0000

I always like tips! Sharing hard won knowledge is a great pleasure. Here’s what I do with cheese: We often buy large sticks of cheese (about eight inches long) as they are a lot cheaper (in Canada anyway) but if they end up going bad before they are used up – not much saving there!

To preserve cheese best:
1. Don’t touch cheese you don’t use – hold it by the package, and cut through the cheese and the plastic with a sharp knife – you can then slice the piece you have cut off. I’ve found that if you handle it, or expose it to the air when you don’t need to, it will go mouldy faster.
2. If you are grating cheese, uncover enough to grate, and hold the rest of the stick by the wrapper.
3. To keep it fresh, keep it in a freezer bag, and squeeze out the air before re-sealing it.

Also, if you are cooking with cheese, add a little dry mustard. It brings back the cheese flavour, which can be muted by heating.

By: TipNut

TipNut — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:49:15 +0000

megz they're smaller in width than regular hangers and have clips on top (or a full clamp) to hold pants. You can see some examples in Google Images here.

By: TipNut

TipNut — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:46:48 +0000

No problem Penny, I deleted your comment as requested .

By: Penny

Penny — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:23:40 +0000

noted, my poor knee-jerk reaction. please delete my comment as it was inappropriate. cheers.

By: megz

megz — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:17:03 +0000

I like these! I’ve had strawberries with sour cream and brown sugar, recipe from an old cook book… they were very good. Will have to try with grapes next time.

One question though, what is a trouser hanger?

By: TipNut

TipNut — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:22:48 +0000

Hi Penny, I’ve presented these just as they are: tips from the 40’s and 50’s shared by women. That’s what life was back then and that’s what women did–share household/kitchen tips with each other. I don’t feel the need to present them as something that they’re not (to make them politically correct or clearly gender friendly), but nowhere did I say these are just for women, they’re for everyone to enjoy .

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:59:05 +0000

**comment deleted as requested

By: Mama Bear

Mama Bear — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:51:14 +0000

These are GREAT! Thank you!

By: Chris | HealthyGaming

Chris | HealthyGaming — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:34:28 +0000

Thanks, nice post! I’m really curious to try that peanut butter orange trick!