Hi TOTD,
My Mom just e-mailed this to me. I thought you and others would get a kick out of it:
Martha's way #1: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar
cone to prevent ice cream drips.
My way: 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.
Martha's way #2: Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto
the hot griddle and you'll get perfectly shaped pancakes every time.
My way: Buy the precooked kind you nuke in the microwave for 30 seconds.
The hard part is getting them out of the plastic bag.
Martha's way #3: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag
with the potatoes.
My way: Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up
to a year.
Martha's way #4: To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt
to the water before hard boiling.
My way: Who cares if they crack, aren't you going to take the shells off
anyway?
Martha's way #5: To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to
room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter
before squeezing.
My way: Sleep with the lemons in between the mattress and box springs.
Martha's way #6: To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply
add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and
bring to a boil on stovetop.
My way: Eat at Chili's every night and avoid cooking.
Martha's way #7: Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before
pouring in tomato based sauces and there won't be any stains.
My way: Feed your garbage disposal and there won't be any leftovers.
Martha's way #8: 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.
My way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you.
Martha's way #9: If you accidentally oversalt 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"
My way: If you oversalt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. My
motto: I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes.
Martha's way #10: Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the
refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
My way: Celery? Never heard of the stuff.
Martha's way #11: Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking
to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
My way: The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg
whites over the crust and so I don't do it.
Martha's way #12: Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften
it.
My Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be "soft"?
Martha's way #13: When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to
help bring out the corn's natural sweetness.
My Way: The only kind of corn I buy comes in a can.
Martha's way #14: To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan
of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh, but if it rises to the
surface, throw it away.
My way: Eat, cook, or use the egg anyway. If you feel bad later, you will
know it wasn't fresh.
Martha's way #15: Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub
it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
My way: Martha, dear, the only reason this works is because you can't rub a
lime on your forehead without getting lime juice in your eye, and then the
problem isn't the headache anymore, it is because you are now blind.
Martha's way #16: Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice
cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
My way: Leftover wine?
Martha's way #17: If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex
dishwashing gloves. They give a nonslip grip that makes opening jars easy.
My way: Go ask the neighbor to do it.
Martha's way #18: Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just
slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
My way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing the antibacterial soap in the
handy dispenser next to my sink.
Martha's way #19: Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer.
* Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes,
brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous
china.
* Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet,
fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
* Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and
immerse the jewelry for two minutes.
* Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four
Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).
My way: Put your jewelry, vases, and thermos in the toilet. Add some
Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of problems at once.
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