Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 for those days when you decide that being the perfect Mother/cook/housewife etc has all got too much (ie everyday with me!!) Caroline (PS 'Martha' is Martha - one of those 'Perfect Living' types) Martha's Way vs. Other Way Martha's Way #1: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other Way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you. ***** Martha's Way #9: 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 " Other Way: If you over salt 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. Other 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. Other Way: The Mrs. 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other 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. Other Way: Leftover wine? ***** Martha's Way #17: If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes opening jars easy. Other Way: Go ask the very cute 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. Other Way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing the anti-bacterial 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). Other 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! --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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