Comments on: Handy Hints for Wednesday ~ 34 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alice http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-24034 Alice Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:50:54 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-24034 A bit late here, but if you peel onions standing by a flame (candle or gas stove burner on) the gas the onion emits will be burned off in the air and you won't cry. This really works, too. I've done it ever since Martha Stewart showed how on her television show. Does Nancy wear a bathing suit or go au naturel when she peels onions submerged in water? A bit late here, but if you peel onions standing by a flame (candle or gas stove burner on) the gas the onion emits will be burned off in the air and you won’t cry. This really works, too. I’ve done it ever since Martha Stewart showed how on her television show. Does Nancy wear a bathing suit or go au naturel when she peels onions submerged in water?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23978 Grannymar Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23978 Judy, How did I miss you? I never keep onions in the fridge for fear of them tainting everything else. Judy,

How did I miss you? I never keep onions in the fridge for fear of them tainting everything else.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23977 Grannymar Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:26:54 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23977 @Magpie - You sure got the girls going today! :lol: @Nancy - Don't go spending all Roy's pension on Saran Wrap! :roll: @Joe - Thanks sunshine! :D @WWW - What a picture you paint! :lol: @Magpie - You sure got the girls going today! :lol:

@Nancy - Don’t go spending all Roy’s pension on Saran Wrap! :roll:

@Joe - Thanks sunshine! :D

@WWW - What a picture you paint! :lol:

]]> By: kenju http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23976 kenju Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:17:53 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23976 I keep onions in the fridge and they don't bother me so much. I keep onions in the fridge and they don’t bother me so much.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23975 wisewebwoman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:33:58 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23975 OK, I'm sitting on my pincushion, wearing my inside out sweater, with one hand underwater peeling an onion, the other is pulling thread through my hot cake and I've sprayed myself with lavender, what's next? XO WWW OK, I’m sitting on my pincushion, wearing my inside out sweater, with one hand underwater peeling an onion, the other is pulling thread through my hot cake and I’ve sprayed myself with lavender, what’s next?
XO
WWW

]]> By: Little Links - Wednesday July 1st 2009 | Joe Scanlon http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23974 Little Links - Wednesday July 1st 2009 | Joe Scanlon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:23 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23974 [...] more great hints from Grannymar. What do i do about noisy birds waking me up at 4.30 in the morning? I can haz [...] [...] more great hints from Grannymar. What do i do about noisy birds waking me up at 4.30 in the morning? I can haz [...]

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23973 Nancy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:24:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23973 Grannymar, Your suggestions are OK, but Magpie's are PRICELESS!!! How many sticks of spaghetti do you think are in one pound? I use the thin kind so I suppose there are about 300. Now wrap each stick in Saran Wrap and your day is shot.. It would take about 8 hours and 12 boxes of Saran Wrap to do this EASY "Helpful Hint". Plus.....trying to see the spaghetti sticks and finding the end of the Saran Wrap through your mask and snorkel just might make your task even more difficult. Grannymar,

Your suggestions are OK, but Magpie’s are PRICELESS!!!

How many sticks of spaghetti do you think are in one pound? I use the thin kind so I suppose there are about 300. Now wrap each stick in Saran Wrap and your day is shot.. It would take about 8 hours and 12 boxes of Saran Wrap to do this EASY “Helpful Hint”.

Plus…..trying to see the spaghetti sticks and finding the end of the Saran Wrap through your mask and snorkel just might make your task even more difficult.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23971 Magpie11 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:15:41 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23971 I got the face mask and goggles idea from Gardeners' Question Time and it was a serious suggestion used by someone's daughter. Have just come across this: To prolong the shelf life of uncooked spaghetti wrap each stick in cling film (Saran wrap) before storage. then you need only take out the exact number of sticks you need. I got the face mask and goggles idea from Gardeners’ Question Time and it was a serious suggestion used by someone’s daughter.

Have just come across this:
To prolong the shelf life of uncooked spaghetti wrap each stick in cling film (Saran wrap) before storage. then you need only take out the exact number of sticks you need.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23969 Grannymar Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:24:03 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23969 @Magpie - You are about bright and early today. The face mask and snorkel made me chuckle. I am sure you could use the dental floss for a soft or medium cheese but I am not sure about the very hard variety. @Baino - I only get the onion weeps once in a blue moon. Mind you I now stick with red onions as I find there are less after effects to deal with! ;) The hot wet knife trick also works well to spread icing smoothly over a cake @Magpie - You are about bright and early today. The face mask and snorkel made me chuckle. I am sure you could use the dental floss for a soft or medium cheese but I am not sure about the very hard variety.

@Baino - I only get the onion weeps once in a blue moon. Mind you I now stick with red onions as I find there are less after effects to deal with! ;)

The hot wet knife trick also works well to spread icing smoothly over a cake

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/07/01/handy-hints-for-wednesday-34/#comment-23968 Baino Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:45:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3603#comment-23968 I dunno I still struggle with onions. Not so much the peeling but the chopping. I've had the suck-a-piece-of-bread, soak in cold water, chop with the half cut edge down . . they still make me cry. Oh. If you have a nice sticky cake, cheesecake or icing coated cake, soak your knife in hot water before cutting and re-dip before slicing the next piece (Learned that one years ago cutting Sarah Lee Cheescake whilst working at KFC! I dunno I still struggle with onions. Not so much the peeling but the chopping. I’ve had the suck-a-piece-of-bread, soak in cold water, chop with the half cut edge down . . they still make me cry. Oh. If you have a nice sticky cake, cheesecake or icing coated cake, soak your knife in hot water before cutting and re-dip before slicing the next piece (Learned that one years ago cutting Sarah Lee Cheescake whilst working at KFC!

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