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Sat 10 May, 2008 06:31 pm
Tip One: Last night I cooked something that had melted sugar in it. The roasting pan was a disaster. Rock hard, baked-on gook that was also a little sticky. I soaked the pan for a while, to little benefit. Then I did something I hadn't done for a long time. Forgot all about it, but then it came back to me. I poured a fair amount of dishwashing liquid in the pan, added some water, and boiled the concoction. I watched while the water got darker and darker as the gook on the bottom came up. Turned off the stove, dumped the water, and there was the pan that still needed to be washed but not scrubbed.
Note: If you try this, keep an eye on the boiling soap. It can bubble over mighty fast.
Tip Two: If you make a garden salad and you have leftover salad, you can keep it in the bowl and refrigerate it. Just put a saucer face down under the salad. It will catch all the liquid, so the salad stays nice and crisp. Then when you want the rest of the salad, just drain the liquid out from under the saucer.
Tip Three: When you take off a bandage, bandaid, whatever, you're left with that black sticky mark which shows the outline of the bandage. Cold cream gets this off. Rub in the cream. Then rub off the mark.
I don't know whether these tips are original or not. I think I made them up, but there may be nine zillion others who made up the same thing. I hope they help.
I'd like to hear about what you've come up with to make life at home a bit easier--so give.
another thing you can do with a burnt pan is put some water in the pan and add a used sheet of Bounce. Leave it overnight and in the morning use the Bounce sheet to scrub it completely clean.
Mame, Thanks for the tip. Does it have to be a used sheet?
Roberta wrote:Mame, Thanks for the tip. Does it have to be a used sheet?
why waste a new one? just use it in the dryer then throw it in the pan
used works, so it's recycling and reusing
Hey, cool thread. I'm always looking for good tips and ways to use something twice.
Made some BBQ ribs last night in the rotisserie and since my BBQ sauce is made with brown sugar, I've got the stuck on going big time. I have to do some laundry today and I'm gonna try the used dryer sheet thing. That's the first time I've ever heard of that one Mame.
Thanks you guys :-D
Oh damn, I just noticed it has to be a bounce sheet and I'm out of bounce. Ah well, next time.
Would it have to be Bounce?
Anyway, on a similar thread, Noddy mentioned decanting bleach into a squeeze bottle to keep it handy. I finally emptied a ketchup bottle, and it works just great. I use powdered milk, and quickly sterilize the pitcher between uses. Other uses as well.
Mame wrote:Roberta wrote:Mame, Thanks for the tip. Does it have to be a used sheet?
why waste a new one? just use it in the dryer then throw it in the pan
used works, so it's recycling and reusing
Mame, I guess this depends on how often a person does the laundry.
Thanks, Roger. I don't use bleach all that often, but I can think of other things that would work in a ketchup bottle. Good idea.
Montana, Glad you like the idea for the thread. You like using things twice. I must ruminate on this. I'm sure I've got something.
Yup, always looking for ways to save
Got one for you, Montana.
I use paper twice. I don't know how relevant this is to someone who's not in my line of work, but here it is. I get lots of hard copy manuscripts even though I edit online. I use the white side of the manuscript pages for things I print out for myself, such as recipes, info from the Net, etc. Why use a clean sheet of paper if no one is going to see it but me.
I do the same thing with the using both sides of the paper.
I also stopped using pens, unless I have to fill out an important document. Pencils only for me and I have my electric pencil shapener nice and handy on my desk.
Dollar store is one of my best friends
There are very few things I won't scrimp on, which are cars, computer, and meat, although I will try my best to catch them on sale.
Groundhogs chewing up your pastures and making dangerous holes? Empty the powder from 3 shotgun shells into a small sammich bag and put in a 2 ft length of cannon fuse. (You can buy cannon fuse at a gunshop) Bury the bag in one of the groundhog holes with the cannon fuse sticking out .Then cover with dirt so that only a few inches of the cannon fuse are sticking out. Light the cannon fuse and the smoke and gases from the shell powder will permeate the groundhogs hole and
1kill him outright or
2Most likely, Mr groundhog will come barreling out of his other hole, at which time you can dispatch him with your shotgun.
Save the shell primers , because you never know when you need a detonator around the house.
use one cup of vinegar in your rinse cycle instead of fabric softener.
Not only does it work BETTER, it is cheaper and safer for our environment
sticky stuff on your tile floor?
run a wash cloth under warm water, ring it out a bit, then just place it on top of the sticky spot.
In a few minutes you can just wipe it up with out spreading it.
Especially if it is sugary like frozen juice..fruit .. etc
one we are doing now..
save on your dryer useage
Get a small metal rack and hang up your wash clothes, under ware , socks, towels and other small things to dry instead of running them in the dryer.
Okay, it doesn't have to be Bounce - just a dryer sheet. And used is good.
Cleaning a microwave:
If someone in your home has made a mess inside your microwave and everything's stuck on really hard, put a really wet a rag (not sopping, though) on the glass plate and microwave for a few minutes. Leave the door shut and wait for the rag to cool down. Then squeeze it out and wipe out the microwave - should come off like a charm.
If your water is going to boil over, put a little knob of butter into it (or a bit of cold water will do, too)...
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