In Hot Water Again.... Guest Writer: Ruth Morse
Did you know that if you lay a
wooden spoon over a pot of boiling water, it won’t boil over?
No kidding! I read this hint on
one of the forwards with a gazillion amazing household hints. This email had
pictures, so that got even my ADHD attention.
Guess what?
I think it works!!
I
am a very messy, sloppy cook. If it’s possible to have anything in a pot boil
over and make a mess on the stove top, I have done it. Rice, pasta, grits, gravy
and more have made colossal messes on my stove. I think the key is that I am an
impatient cook and crank the heat up as far as it will go, then get distracted
[see above ADHD] and forget to check the pot until I hear the sudden hiss
of liquid meeting hot glass stove top.
I gave this somewhat wacko idea a trial run. Sure enough! As you
can see by the picture, the liquid was really boiling hard….and high….in the
pot. I had to leave it at this stage long enough to get a decent picture and all
that time, it did not boil over! However, then I panicked and turned the heat
down.
So I cannot honestly say that it
would never, ever, ever, ever, ever creep past the spoon and land on the stove
top.
If the spoon only delays the
boil-over, I can live with that. This could save me lots of cleaning! I’m all
for that.
And now, here is
a hint you will never, ever, ever, ever see on any email or in any magazine
article.
If you put a jar of mustard in
the microwave and leave the lid on tight, it will eventually explode the
top off and most of the mustard will end up on the roof of the micro.
Sorry. There are no pictures of
this. I cleaned it up quick before Jim wandered in to the kitchen.
Don’t ask why I
put mustard in the microwave. The answer is too stupid for me to put in print,
especially on a blog that millions of people read.
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...and one more thing......
uh, I'll get back to you when I remember it.
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The Cheap Senior Citizen is a Guest Writer who occasionally shares helpful hints she has learned through her experience.
uh, I'll get back to you when I remember it.
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The Cheap Senior Citizen is a Guest Writer who occasionally shares helpful hints she has learned through her experience.
2 comments:
ok I'm going to try this and it BETTER work!
It's on the internet. You know everything you read on the internet is the truth.
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