What a silly thing to say. That plastic is exactly the same kind as the plastic that ordinary chocolate moulds are made from. I wouldn't want to use melted chocolate that was so hot it would melt, ...

I meant to say "...it's so self-indulgent".

Is your kitchen functional? Does it fit with your practical needs (floor space, countertop space, etc.)? Can you aesthetically tolerate the major structural aspects of it without feeling negatively...

Kaonashi, the dishrack is from IKEA.

Isn't the pawpaw green with orange flesh and lots of small black seeds?

I just looked on the wiki for Crisco and saw that it was originally invented as a cheap substitue for tallow in candles, but "electricity began to diminish the candle market, and since the product ...

As for the first myth (about shortening), I always find it amusing when this site has posts that say things like "Did you know there are other ways to make pastry flaky than shortening??", and othe...

Sundeep, the phrase is "better safe THAN sorry".

Why does the chef guy keep talking about "adding amendments" and "spreading amendments"? An amendment is an abstract thing, you MAKE an amendment, you don't buy a bag of it and empty it on your gar...

AT, where did you find this hideousness?? So ostentatious.

my brown *sugar*. Er.

Compmouse, I am an Australian living in Australia and my brown gets rock-hard all the time! Strange. You live in Queensland?

The description of the cabinet on UO's site proclaims that the "top offers a smooth, flat surface." Um, well, yeah, it's a cabinet. Aren't you scraping the barrel a little bit if you have to includ...

Um, why did you go on the internet to find out what it was, when you could have just scrunched some in your fingers and smelled it??? That would have confirmed your suspicion a lot more quickly and...

That is the freakiest-looking cat I have ever seen.

How can Chinese forget-me-not and California poppy be native to the midwest?

I would be worried about light affecting things like oils and vinegars on those shelves.

I am much more concerned about maintaining my precious things than protecting them from potential wear and tear. I collect a lot of vintage kitchen bits and pieces, and if, say, a teacup handle bre...

Tonya, do you never cook and eat your own dinner - only ever eat out? Or did you just say that because you assumed the question was about eating out? About the alcohol tolerance thing...

What's so green about using seatbelts? You can tell they're brand new, because they're flawless, and they all match perfectly in colour. And besides, have you never got into the car a...