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My parents taught us kids how to microwave scrambled eggs when we were small and I still like them (although I rarely do it any more). You need to add milk and stir ever 20 or 30 secon...

I use the opposite solution to the same problem. I cook so infrequently with brown sugar that I find it easier to keep molasses and regular sugar in stock and whip up a batch of brown sugar on an ...

Frozen berries (to put into homemade yogurt), frozen spinach and brocolli to add to breakfast (easy to drop a little into an omlette) or last minute lunch or dinners. Edamame (healthy snack). T...

The dishwasher, wok, linoleum floor, tiki-ish-head (on top of the cupboard) all say 60s to me.

I've having a flashback to my very frugal childhood when my mom would make hamburger shaped patties out of ground beef, brown them in an electric(!) skillet and pour a can of Campbell's cream of mu...

I think the microwave by far has to be the biggest. After living w/o a microwave for several months, I can attest that leftovers just aren't the same.

How funny. My ex used to do this and it drove me crazy. I didn't realize how widespread it is... Maybe I should give it a try!

The bar with barstools makes it very modern to me. Isn't the open kitchen a recent phenomenon? Are those zinc countertops or stainless steel? Hard to tell but all the collectable stu...

I love a chicken liver pate or mousse. My elderly aunt buys chicken livers to saute up instead of chicken - it must be generational.

Hopefully your landlord will calm down a bit but you shouldn't have balked at the $75 fee. You are asking your landlord to accept another person as a co-obligor on your lease. That requires the l...

Cute cake! But I must share my utter disgust for fondant. Why not just get out your piping kit and do some stars? Fondant tastes horrible and the whole purpose of a cake is to enjoy the taste!

I watched it and it looks like the beak is holding it on the stand, no?

I like the tub/tile combo! Replace the sink and toilet if you can and enjoy the tub.

Next Monday I'm going to start a food journal. I'm trying to lose weight and I am on my last week of a dietfood delivery service. It's been great because all my food shows up on my doorstep each ...

Another singleton here with a milk free fridge. Ocassionally I'll cook with milk and use whole (mostly because it takes much longer to spoil than skim). As a kid, we used to drink pow...

If you're up for a minor home improvement project - try taking down the wall tiles behind the toilet and vanity. I think the tile is a lot worse than the fixtures and less tile will only help the ...

*sigh* I try not to covet things I don't own (and will never own) but this one is too tempting.

It's not a French ban on U.S. beef - it's a European Union ban on U.S. and Canadian beef. And, for what it is worth, the WTO ruled that the ban wasn't based on scientific evidence and allowed the ...

Have you tried a plumbing supply store or even Home Depot? I have a floor mounted/wall drain (it looks like a regular toilet but the drain is in the wall instead of in the floor). I wanted...

Deleriumsama - I have the exact opposite problem. When I moved into my new place due to some weird structural stuff on one side of the kitchen the countertop is about 3" higher than standard. It'...