Posted on 03/24/2017 7:48:03 AM PDT by Jamestown1630
The make tile to look lie wood flooring now, that could be an option as well.
The potato thing has never worked for me either.
Here’s my ‘kitchen’ problem: my produce drawers are too small.
For what? 108 bulbs. The other day I bought 12 bulb plants that had been horribly forced, with the foliage very leggy and long and sorry blooms, so nobody bought them. Got 12 for 12.99 including tax.
Now I have 36 hyacinth, 36 daffodil and 50 tulip bulbs @ $.10/each. They’re dirted in for the photosynthesis to finish, then I’ll cut the tops off and.... buy another fridge to house these bulbs or put them in the ground now?
I know, busted, guilty, not a ‘kitchen’ problem, and will cross-ask the gardening thread when it appears.
If the weather isn’t ready to plant, maybe you could wrap them up really good, in several layers of newspaper, and they could stand the shelf above the bin?
Good points. Be sure to test the Swiffer on a small area. I found that it knocked off the sheen of oil-based painted floors. I use diluted janitorial ammonia (non-sudsing)instead for damp mopping.
Have kept cottage cheese upside down on a plate for 30 years. Plate in case it leaks out.
Reconstituting brown sugar that has turned brick hard.
Place the [plastic] bag containing the brown sugar in a slightly larger ziplock bag. Dampen (but not to the point of dripping) a folded paper towel and place it in the area outside the brown sugar bag but inside the ziplock bag. Be sure that the brown sugar bag is open. Zip the bag and set it in the cabinet.
Within a day or two, the brown sugar will be softened. If the sugar has not softened enough, open the ziplock and check the dampness. If necessary, re-dampen the paper towel, seal the bag and let it set another day or two.
Try a teaspoon of sugar in a salty dish, Test it, Then maybe another. Works for me.
Or, if you need to use brown sugar immediately....
place in microwave safe bowl, cover with damp paper/regular towel and microwave....checking every 20 seconds, or so.
I put hardened brown sugar in the microwave, softens it right up.
Don’t you have a “seal” aka “stop vacuuming and seal now” button on your vacuum sealer? I reseal delicate stuff such as potato chips all the time, and I watch for when the bag starts to look like it might start crushing, and hit the “seal” button at that point.
You just got to make sure to pay attention and have a hand ready to hit the button. (unlike what did last weekend, holding the bag with one hand, and grabbing my coffee with the other, while the vacuum was working...)
Thanks for that. I threw away a box the other day :-(
I think this little guy does the same trick - it has good reviews and I’m thinking of getting one:
http://www.heloise.com/
I remember Heloise! I used to read her column in the Washington Star or Post - can’t recall which paper carried her here.
Re: diy wood kitchen countertops.
Since the advent of CAD drafting systems the old wooden drafting boards have been retired. Well constructed of kilned dried woods, perfectly flat and dimensionally stable. Standard six foot lengths and and 42” widths about an 1 1/4” thick. Spent many a late night laying down lead and ink on those.
You might be able to find some at a drafting supply store. If they don’t have them it’s likely they know who grabbed them up.
I still have one stored in my unheated potting shed. After 10 years it has not warped or lost its finish. Almost all were a blond wood with a durable finish which I can’t recall at the moment. Great for a project such as yours.
Thanx. Power Dissolver is awesome!
I have Prime, so the single bottle DPD would be great for me. The Carbon Off is overnight & not listed for glass. I like a lot less *dwell time*.
OTOH: I saw Goo-Gone on the *also bought* line. Gonna try that next time and see if it works.
The listing mentioned VOC. No odor or very little odor w/DPD. I like the citrus odor of Goo-Gone. When I’ve used GG, I have noticed it smears and needs extra detergent after.
Which leads me to wonder about home-made orange peel & vinegar cleaner. Never thought about it for baked on food/grease in tough places. May make some soon and give it a try.
Maybe I do and just don’t know about it thanks!
Easy-off and other oven cleaners are nasty lye based products.
Recently discovered Krud Kutter, my new go to heavy degreaser all purpose cleaner.
For heavy deposits, spray on, let the chemicals work for a few minutes, wipe off or scrubb with 3M green pads or brass brisle brush ( won't harm porcelain finish of stove top or enameled cast iron cook ware. Non-toxic and bio-degradable, comes in gallon jugs for re-fills.
Walmart and Wegmans carry it.
These products are a blessing for cooks. My aunt made a delicious peach cobbler. She used the same large glass baking dish each time it was made. She always complained that in order to really clean the ‘pan’ created more of a time consuming hassle than making the delicious creation.
Made a friend for life when my neighbor found her years old white enamel range was cleaned of the grease accumulated after years of cooking. She was thrilled when a bottle of the stuff was offered as a gift :-) LOL, suggested she might feel generous enough to remember me in her will put my name on the range when the time came. JOKING, of course!
Now in a nursing home, she’s not seen ‘her kitchen’ in over a year. In her 90’s and a birthday coming in July, racking my brain to give her a gift that would be something really special.
This product found at WALMART as well in the dish soap aisle. Spray squirt bottle.
With the solid shelving in refrigerators and those crispers, it’s almost impossible to completely clean up spills. I just bought a Frigidaire a month ago and ordered one that had those old-fashioned grill-like shelves. Spills easy to see and easy to get to before they congeal into a solid mass of disgusting.
Of course, the salesman shrugged and said “My grandmother has one of these in her garage.”
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