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Display Name: PrussianBlueDay
Member Since: 2/20/13

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My garden has it's own set of kitchen tongs. I pick the stink bugs off my citrus trees and dump the bugs into a bucket of water.


4 Unexpected Uses for Kitchen Tongs Cook's Illustrated
3/20/13 7:33 AM

Most treasured gifts I received were, 2 months cloth diaper service with pick up and delivery. Yoga/ relaxation class subscription with the friend baby sitting while I went to class.


Reader Intelligence Request: Great Gifts for New Moms?
3/4/13 6:10 PM

Re: Grandmothers and eat your crusts to have curly hair. I hated my Shirley Temple style curly hair and refused to eat crusts as a child. My 2 brothers always scoffed all the fresh baked crusts. It wasn't till I left home that I realised how great those crusts tasted and using plenty of product could make my masses of curls look better.


Most Nutrients in Fruits & Vegetables Are Found in the Skin: Fact or Fiction?
3/1/13 3:02 AM

100+ year old set of British imperial measure kitchen scales inherited from my Grandmother along with her old cookbooks. Australia has been metric for years but I still use Grandma's gifts for favourite Festive season dishes.
My home is 100 years old and I turned the old kitchen into a dining room keeping and refurbishing the old fuel stove to use for a few of the coldest weeks in winter. Grandma's cast iron pots, skillets and jaffle iron are such a treat to use.


My Uncool Kitchen Tool: A Beat-Up, Totally Generic, Aluminum Pasta Pot
2/26/13 9:04 PM

A fond memory of childhood is hot Aussie summer afternoons with my Great Aunt drinking Tonic water or Mint Juleps (without the Gin). When I drank Tonic water the bonus is less mosquito bites. My favourite Gin is Bombay Saphire otherwise I will use Gordon's or Plymouth as a mixer.


Why British Gin Makes a Better Cocktail
2/20/13 12:44 AM

With Beef based stews and casseroles I often deglaze with fruit chutney mixed with some water and balsamic vinegar.


Cooking Without Alcohol: Substitutes for Red and White Wine
2/20/13 12:26 AM