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Thank you for this tip! We have generally gotten our asparagus from the local produce stand, but never from the farmer's market. We'll have to try it next time.

When I lived alone, I hand-washed everything unless I let some dishes pile up for some reason (company, pot-luck, lazy...). I happened to marry a woman who never lived without a dishwasher and can't imagine living without one. I could live very happily without one. No issues with spots, crusted on leftovers, or buying extra detergent for a single use object. I could use the extra cabinet space. We did have a home trash compactor in our house as a child, and that was worth the space.

My uncle is taking some wine classes at our state uni and the professor told him that White Wine will take out the Red Wine. Something about the tannins... I was enjoying a glass while he was talking, so it didn't seem important. Said to just keep a bottle of basic cheap house white wine just for the occasion.

I use a small combination of websites and services. Allrecipe, evernote, and pearltrees. Each has it's own use and this seems to serve me very well.
Allrecipes.com: nice website to search recipes according to ingredients I have
Evernote: Store recipes and scans from parents/friends/etc without much hassle
Pearltrees.com: Easy way to organize website recipes until I can get them into Evernote

Evernote is blocked at my work and Allrecipes doesn't have a great way to enter recipes quickly. The usage of these three is awesome.

The main problem is that your freezer is probably one of the Frost Free freezers. It periodically goes through a defrost cycle to keep the freezer from building up that large layer of ice inside that we remember from our childhood. This melts your store-bought ice a little and re-freezes it into a fun block of joy. Your best bet is to store your ice in a freezer that does have this feature, or buy enough ice to only last a couple of days at most so the defrost cycle doesn't affect you that much.

"Don't feed the animals" That made me giggle a little. We used to say something similar about people who sit at a restaurant after it has closed. Stop filling their drinks and start to sweep and mop around them and they start to get the picture really quick.

You can always avoid this by having a set time on your party. "Party at my place: March 22 5PM - 12AM" Some people will remember the time and start leaving. The rest go with the herd mentality. The lingering ones can be told that the party is over and you don't have to feel bad.

My wife takes the clementine and orange rinds and infuses the vinegar that we clean with. Cuts the smell significantly.

She just puts the rinds in a jar with enough vinegar to cover. She lets it sit for a few days and then pours the vinegar into a spray bottle.

My wife and I aren't vegetarians, but sometimes like to switch up dinner so it's not so meat or carb centric. We use Spaghetti Squash as a great alternative to rice or pasta. The buttery flavor adds to anything we are cooking

I've always used the european apparently... Not sure why though, just seemed to be the most practical. I didn't even realize there was real ettiquete for this kind of thing... Learnt something new.

Sadly our fridge does not have an ice dispenser like that. Awesome idea though.