Cooking tips

Kitchen Wisdom

Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent ice cream drips

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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!


To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

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Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix. Keeps in the pantry for up to a year.


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.

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Go to the bakery! Hell, they'll even decorate it for you!


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.'

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If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. Please recite with me the real woman's motto:
'I made it, you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes!'


Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.

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Celery? Never heard of it!


Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.

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The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I don't.


Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

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Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink! All your pains go away!


If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dish washing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

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Go ask that very cute neighbor if he can open it for you..


Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

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Leftover Wine?????? HELLO!!!!!!!


Lastly, if you don't forward this to 1 of your friends within the next 5 minutes your belly button will unscrew and your butt will fall off.

Really..... It's true!

Have I ever lied to you?!


Until next time...

Proof I'm a complete nerd...

This made my day....

Until next re-tweet...

Now I'm not just a good pooper...

Hope you laugh as hard as I did when I first saw this...




Until next time...

"uh yeah what is your out of state tuition policy?"

I wish you could have heard this conversation... it was glorious!

Me: "Point Loma Admissions, this is Noelle."

Caller: "uh hey yeah I have a question about in state and out of state tuition."

Me: "yeah sure, what's your question?"

Caller: "what are your requirements?"

Me: "good news, we don't have that because we're a private school only public schools have that." (thoughts right about now: duh and you're wanting to go to college?)

Caller: "uh yeah ok so what is a public school? san diego state?"

Me: "yup. Any CSU or UC will be a public school." (Continuing thought: really buddy?)

Caller: "uh ok so what is SDSUs requirements?"

Me: "you know what, I bet SDSU would be able to answer that for ya"

Caller: "oh yeah uh what's their number?"

Me: "I'm not quite sure, but I'm sure their website could tell ya" (again, really?)

Caller: "uh yeah ok" *click*

Keep in mind this has been a long day and pretty busy on the phones and meebo... Also notice he didn't even do an awkward "uh yeah thanks bye." Nope, just *click* and he was gone. Wonderful.

Until next time...

Addendum to the "frig" rules

These just don't stop!! I have typed the letter JUST like Miss "frig" Nazi has. Colors, bold, size and all! (My comments, again, in the burnt orange colour)

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Hello Again,

I have emailed what is now listed on the fridge door for rules. As expected, after sending out the rules yesterday, we received even more feedback. Please see my tweaks below in RED. (Side notes in BLUE)

Draper Hall Fridge Rules

(based on awesome feedback received from numerous people in the building)(again, not me)

1. Please only bring what you plan to consume that same day, to help avoid over-crowding.

2. Please do not use plastic grocery bags to hold your lunch, as it causes airflow issues for the fridge.
3. Please label your food containers with your name.
4. Please do not leave food uncovered. If your container leaks, please clean spills immediately.
5. Leave bottles/containers of condiments at home, unless you will share it with everyone. (See ‘Shared Condiments’ shelf) (I snapped a photo and shared it below) (we will designate one door shelf for shared condiments that won’t get tossed on Fridays. Please: no sticks of butter… please bring a tub instead)
6. :( PLEASE DO NOT STEAL FOOD. :( Although the fridge may remind you of the buffet you have at home, please help avoid the emotional scars caused by lunch theft.
7. When given approval for department office parties, please do not hog the fridge. (Cooler?) Take home or throw out leftovers the same day. Housekeeping does NOT clean the fridge or throw away food that is left out.

8. PLEASE MAKE SURE FRIDGE DOORS CLOSE TIGHTLY!!! (Really? We have to remind adults about that? Thanks, mom!)

:) Thank you for helping keep our fridge neat and clean. :)

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Fridays @ 3:00pm- Rotating Department Cleaning schedule:

1st Friday of the mon

th – Student Accounts

2nd Friday of the month – Admissions

3rd Friday of the month – Financial Aid

4th Friday of the month – Accounting

5th Friday of the month – VP for Finance

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Until next time... bc there will be a next time with this "frig" I can just feel it!

Drumroll please... "frig" rules are here!!!!!

These are golden. I can guarantee my department does not care about this as much as say the self appointed "frig" Nazi.

I can say that "frig" lady obvi did enough complaining to the "frig" delivery company and they came at 11:30 (not 12:30 as stated in the previous email) and when I walked by the break room there were three women in there "ooo-ing" and "awww-ing" over the new "frig". It's the little things in life right?

Feel free to snatch these up and implement at your office.

My thoughts or how I would have written the rules will be in this burnt orange color in parenthesis.

Based on feedback received from numerous people in the building, these are the rules we have come up with for the refrigerator: (weird, I wasn't consulted, I'm hurt)

1) Please only bring what you plan to consume that same day, to help avoid over-crowding. (What if I PLANNED on eating the entire tub of lunchmeat, but ended up not doing so?)
2) Please do not use plastic grocery bags to hold your lunch, as they can block the airflow, making it hard for the refrigerator to breathe and keep air circulating. (How I would have written it: Hey you Earth haters, ask for PAPER not plastic at the store and don't bring your Earth destroying bags to work. The "frig" hates them.)
3) Label your lunch with your name. (Sharpies in the drawer) (So when I don't like someone and I see their labeled lunch, I can snatch it without wondering if it really was said disliked person... AWESOME!)
4) When making room for your lunch, take care not to smash a co-worker’s lunch. (Again another reason to not mark your food if you're disliked... but if you're loved, people might think twice before slamming their wonder bread on top of yours)
5) Do not leave food uncovered. If your container leaks, please clean spills immediately. (So what you're saying "frig" Nazi is that even though your emails are very mom-like, you're not my mom and won't clean the "frig" for me? DANGIT!)
6) Leave bottles and containers of condiments at home. The door would best be used to store lunches, giving more room for all. (Referring back to rule one... what I PLANNED on eating that ENTIRE bottle of mustard? Well if I didn't do it today, I'll for sure do it tomorrow... maybe...)
7) Do not eat or drink foods that do not belong to you. Although the fridge may remind you of the buffet you have at home, please help avoid the emotional scars caused by lunch theft. (How I would have written it: Don't mess with other people's food or they'll mess with your face!)
8) When having office parties, please do not store leftovers in the fridge. (Perhaps bring a cooler?) Please take these items home at the same day. (How I would have written it: To cut down on the overweight problem here, no more office parties involving enough food to have leftovers will be allowed.)


We will start a rotating schedule by department, to clean out the fridge on Fridays, and everything not consumed or removed by 3:00pm Friday afternoons will be discarded. (I'd love to see this actually enforced without pissing someone off... can't wait for those emails!)

We believe that if these rules are followed we can all enjoy the benefit of the office refrigerator once again. (Again, who's "we"? I wasn't consultant and so what if I don't agree?)

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Friday @3:00pm- Rotating Dept. Cleaning schedule:

1st Friday of the month- SFS/Financial Aid/VP for Finance
2nd Friday of the month- Admissions (Yeah right, we won't care that much...)
3rd Friday of the month- SFS/Financial Aid/VP for Finance
4th Friday of the month- Accounting

Reasoning behind grouping: In consideration of group size in the cleaning schedule, since the SFS/Fin Aid/VP for Finance group accounts for almost half the population of the building, we decided to assign this group for two Fridays a month. Breaking the groups up any other way did not provide equity in numbers. (Because we would all bitch if we had to clean the "frig" more often than another department...)


Department Directors: Please help determine and coordinate who from your department will clean the frig each time. :o) (Don't even think about it Eric)

Thanks,
XXXX

So I'd I'm not this woman and I'd love to see how long this is enforced and how many more amazing emails I'll get regarding this "frig".


Until next time...

"Frig" update

I can't get enough of this lady!!

Hello everyone:

When scheduling our frig delivery time yesterday, they gave me a window of time from 8:30am to 12:30pm. I indicated a desire to have it delivered BEFORE the lunch crowd, but apparently, they put us at a time that may impact your “relax” time in the break room.

Just now when I called they said we are the LAST stop, and it should be around 12:30pm. Just wanted to let you know, so you can plan ahead. They will be removing the old frig, and hooking up the new one, including the water line, so this may take about 30 minutes or so.

The frig should be available to keep your lunch cold starting tomorrow morning.

New frig rules will be sent out by email later today, and then posted on the frig door tomorrow morning.

P.S. For those who made suggestions about rules that apply to microwaves, food prep on the counters, dishes/sink issues, coffee pots, etc, George said these will be addressed later (but soon), as they don’t relate directly to the frig.

Thanks,
xxxx

Until next time...

Some women in my building have too much time on their hands...

Monday mornings are (usually) not pleasant. The thought of actually having to get up at a certain time, shower and get ready to be at a desk for 8 hours isn't very appealing. Thus, the getting out of bed part is the hardest.

However, when emails like the one you'll read below come through at 8:15am, I can't help but think "thank goodness I'm not this woman."

Until next time...

Monday March 1, 2010 - 8:15am

"Well, we thought our trusty frig had a second wind, but this morning, much to our dismay, we found that it had finally died. I will be going to get a new frig today, and set up a delivery time/date. I will keep you posted. NEW RULES FOR NEW FRIG COMING SOON!

A TRIBUTE TO OUR OLD FRIG:

You were our loyal and trusted friend… always there for us… watching over our vittles and mold experiments with unwavering care. We realize now, a moment too late, that we abused you, by stuffing you and suffocating you, causing your premature death. Please forgive us. We promise to take better care of our new frig,… Although we have to move on, please know that we will never forget you.

Funeral to be held this afternoon. In lieu of flowers, you may write notes and cards, and put them in the frig today. Say your last farewells,.. today is your last chance at closure.

Your self-appointed frig nazi,

Woman with too much time on her hands."

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