On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:20:05 -0500, Captain Infinity
> wrote:

>You do know that the eggs those insects hatched from were already in the
>cornmeal when you bought it, right? You need to eat the stuff before
>they hatch. Yummy!

The extra protein is good for you, too! Think of it as additional
nutrients at no additional cost!


--
Regards, Podkayne Fries

Necrophilia means never having to say you're sorry.

Gar wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:19:37 -0600, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>>Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
>>around the kitchen?
>
>
> Put a lemon rind in your baggie of reefer. Helps keep it fresh and
> moist. At least this is what I'm told.


Try a slice of apple and let it sit for a month or so... phew.
--
Steve

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

jmcquown > wrote:
>out of one of the guys pockets. They still have the bag sitting on top of
>the refrigerator, trying to figure out what to do with it. I should suggest
>they add a lemon rind <G>

Suggest they call the cops. See if your county has a
"zero tolerance" policy. Don't forget to give them the
phone number of a good lawyer first.

--Blair
"You didn't hear it from me."

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
> > > An airplane ticket to Buffalo, NY should take care of that,
> > > Jillsie.
> > > :-) Bring your snuggies along.
> >
> > LOL It's not that cold in Buffalo,
>
> But I'll bet if you're used to Tennessee, Buffalo would feel like Nome.
> <g>

Probably :-) Winter temperatures around Buffalo and Niagara usually hover a
little below freezing and cold snaps occasionally for below 0 F. The thing is that
(IMO) snow makes it feel warmer, and sun shining on a fresh white blanket of snow
is very seems much cheerier to me than brown grass and bare, bare trees.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>>
>>>> An airplane ticket to Buffalo, NY should take care of that,
>>>> Jillsie.
>>>> :-) Bring your snuggies along.
>>>
>>> LOL It's not that cold in Buffalo,
>>
>> But I'll bet if you're used to Tennessee, Buffalo would feel like
>> Nome. <g>
>
> Probably :-) Winter temperatures around Buffalo and Niagara usually
> hover a little below freezing and cold snaps occasionally for below 0
> F. The thing is that (IMO) snow makes it feel warmer, and sun
> shining on a fresh white blanket of snow is very seems much cheerier
> to me than brown grass and bare, bare trees.

Ah, but the trees down here don't get bare. And the grass is always greener
on the other side Seriously, the grass doesn't turn brown here unless
you have Bermuda. I'm surrounded by pine trees and evergreens, and I have
some sort of holly bushes growing along the back wall; the birds go nuts
over the berries in mid-winter.

I still want to see some REAL snow!

Jill

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> jmcquown > wrote:
>> out of one of the guys pockets. They still have the bag sitting on
>> top of the refrigerator, trying to figure out what to do with it. I
>> should suggest they add a lemon rind <G>
>
> Suggest they call the cops. See if your county has a
> "zero tolerance" policy. Don't forget to give them the
> phone number of a good lawyer first.
>
> --Blair
> "You didn't hear it from me."

Trust me, Blair, the cops don't give a shit. When I was living in my former
apartment, I practically handed them drug dealers on a platter. They didn't
investigate, didn't care.

Allow me to present this scenario to you and ask you if this is just a TAD
suspicious: Two 18-19 year old males and one female, with no visible means
of support, move in across the hall. They are driving a brand new Acura
Integra, fully loaded. "Friends" of theirs drop by for 10 minute visits all
hours of the day and night. They hang out on their balcony with a loaded
pistol, claiming they need it for "protection".

Does this sound a tiny bit suspicious? Do you think the cops cared? NOPE.

For some reason they thought I was "cool" with all this and even offered to
let me handle the gun. I called the cops. Asked for the detective in
charge of drug whatever... he took the info, and never did anything with it.
When I moved out of that complex, they were still doing all the same crap.

I felt sorry for the new couple who moved in downstairs; they were from
India and had a little girl. They dressed her beautifully! So I gave them a
bag of fabric I'd been hauling around for 30 years which included Thai silk,
silk brocade, satin and velvet.

They had no idea what was going on over their heads. I hope they didn't
stay there long.

BTW, I don't think weed should get someone jailed. I'm talking crack and
coke dealers and gangsta mentality.

Jill

Paul M. Cook©® wrote:
>> Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the
>> pantry or around the kitchen?
>
>
> I can't imagine how bay flavored flour could do much for my pancakes.
>
(snip)
> Paul

Trust me, a bay leaf in flour isn't going to flavour your flour.

Jill

In article >,
wrote:

>The thing is that (IMO) snow makes it feel warmer, and sun
> shining on a fresh white blanket of snow is very seems much cheerier
> to me than brown grass and bare, bare trees.

I agree! I'm eager to see how my new car will fare in the snow this
winter -- weather folk expect a "normal" winter. The last few years
have been uncharacteristically low snowfall.
--
-Barb
State Fair prizewinning jams and jellies for sale at the Burnsville
Senior Citizens Bake Sale, November 19, 2003; 9:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m.
Diamondhead Education Center, Burnsville Parkway & Nicollet Aves,
Burnsville. 952-707-4120

Nancy Young wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > After that I avoided him at meal times and was always too busy to go for
lunch
> > with him. When the day came that I finally could not avoid it he tried
the same
> > stunt again. Luckily, I had removed the bills from my wallet ahead of
time. Gee,
> > I barely had enough for my own.
>
> The one quality I can say I cannot stand in a person is cheapness.
>


Same here. And it has not to do with whether one has money. I know rich
people who are notorious skinflints who dread parting with a penny and OTOH
poor people who barely have a dime to rub together, but if you need a nickle
from them they will give you seven cents....


> > The same guy ran the office lottery pool. He often seemed too busy to
provide a
> > photocopy of the ticket numbers until after the draw. We never won
anything, but
> > his wife did. We all thought it odd that the cheap guy who never had any
money
> > would go out and buy tickets on his own. That was the end of our lottery
pool.
>
> I ran football pools and lottery pools, I insisted upon copies of the
> tickets and football grids distributed to the participants. Never
> opened myself to being accused of cheating.
>
> And, yes, I have seen pool runners cheat. Not me.


Had that happen to me this week. The gal that runs the football pool (a
bartender) doesn't like me and thought she'd pull a "fast one" and give
that $175.00 to her boss (the bar owner, who she brown noses shamelessly).
A good friend of mine double -checked and discovered I'd won by ONE
point...took out that friend and her partner for a nice dinner and drinks on
my winnings :-)

I went in to the bar and read the bartender to filth in front of everyone.
Made her cry, in fact (used some Sheldon "nomenclature" on her, lol). I
love justice ;-)

--
Best
Greg

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I happened to mention at work yesterday that a bay leaf stuck in the
> cannister of flour or cornmeal will keep the bugs out. Co-worker Steph
> exclaimed, "I asked my Mom [who lives in Florida] why she had bay leaves on
> the shelves in her cabinets and she said, "It keeps the bugs out."
>
> I sort of thought this was common knowledge, but maybe it's just a Southern
> U.S. thing. Bay leaves have a strong scent and those creepy-crawlies that
> get into meal and flour don't like it. I have been putting a bay leaf in my
> flour and corn meal in my cannisters for years over 20 years.
>
> Another trick I learned, if you live in a humid climate, is to put a few
> grains of white rice into your salt shaker. It absorbs the moisture and
> keeps the salt free-pouring.
>
> Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
> around the kitchen?
>
> Jill

Easiest way of getting rid of ants is to put some cinnamon wherever you see
them.

Gregory Morrow wrote:

> skinflints who dread parting with a penny and OTOH
> poor people who barely have a dime to rub together, but if you need a nickle
> from them they will give you seven cents....

One of my relatives owned a credit bureau. A few churches would
purchase mailing lists. They wanted the names/addresses of people who
earned under 50K per year. They were known to donate more money than
wealthy people.

Tricks & Tips? When I make deviled eggs, I like the egg yolk to be
centered in the middle of the cooked egg. Strands of chalazae centers
the yolk in fresh eggs, but I can not peel fresh eggs. Before I cook
the eggs, I will "drill" a tiny, shallow hole in the large end of the
egg shell. I use a corn pick to pierce the egg shell. This somehow
makes the egg yolk stay in the center of the egg.

Becca

"Paul M. Cook©®" wrote:
>
> > Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
> > around the kitchen?
>
> I can't imagine how bay flavored flour could do much for my pancakes.
>
> Regardless, always ripen fruit in a paper bag. It allows the air to
> circulate and for the fruit to ripen without moulding. Also, ripen avocados
> in a bag with an apple. Legend has it the apples give off a gas which aid
> the ripening process.
>
> Paul

The bay leaf does not flavor the flour at all.

The gas is, I read somewhere, acetylene. It is used to artificially ripen
bananas.

anusasainz- writes:

>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I happened to mention at work yesterday that a bay leaf stuck in the
>> cannister of flour or cornmeal will keep the bugs out. Co-worker Steph
>> exclaimed, "I asked my Mom [who lives in Florida] why she had bay leaves on
>> the shelves in her cabinets and she said, "It keeps the bugs out."
>>
>> I sort of thought this was common knowledge, but maybe it's just a Southern
>> U.S. thing. Bay leaves have a strong scent and those creepy-crawlies that
>> get into meal and flour don't like it. I have been putting a bay leaf in
>my
>> flour and corn meal in my cannisters for years over 20 years.
>>
>> Another trick I learned, if you live in a humid climate, is to put a few
>> grains of white rice into your salt shaker. It absorbs the moisture and
>> keeps the salt free-pouring.
>>
>> Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
>> around the kitchen?
>>
>> Jill
>
>Easiest way of getting rid of ants is to put some cinnamon wherever you see
>them.

Cinnamon ants, yummm! Ants love cinnamon buns. You're weird.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

anusasainz- writes:

>"Paul M. Cook©®" wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the
>> > pantry or around the kitchen?
>>
>> I can't imagine how bay flavored flour could do much for my pancakes.
>>
>> Regardless, always ripen fruit in a paper bag. It allows the air to
>> circulate and for the fruit to ripen without moulding. Also, ripen
>avocados
>> in a bag with an apple. Legend has it the apples give off a gas which aid
>> the ripening process.
>>
>> Paul
>
>The bay leaf does not flavor the flour at all.
>
>The gas is, I read somewhere, acetylene. It is used to artificially ripen
>bananas.

Acetylene??? And we're to believe you know about bay leaf. Idiot.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

wrote:

>
> The bay leaf does not flavor the flour at all.
>
> The gas is, I read somewhere, acetylene. It is used to artificially ripen
> bananas.

Not acetylene. That is an extremely flammable gas used for welding. The gas
released by the fruit is ethylene.

In article >, aasainz-NOSPAM-
@ix.netcom.com says...
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
<snip>
>
> Easiest way of getting rid of ants is to put some cinnamon wherever you see
> them.
>
I had heard of this one too and tried it, only to watch the ants march
right through the cinnamon. It didn't faze them one bit..:-(

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. com...
: In article >, aasainz-NOSPAM-
: @ix.netcom.com says...
: > jmcquown wrote:
: > >
: <snip>
: >
: > Easiest way of getting rid of ants is to put some cinnamon
wherever you see
: > them.
: >
: I had heard of this one too and tried it, only to watch the
ants march
: right through the cinnamon. It didn't faze them one bit..:-(
:
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Huh. I hadn't heard that one. We use Borax against the ants!
'They' claim that talc or chalk will keep the ants away, too.
WARNING about Borax - can be dangerous to pets and kids.

--
Cyndi
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"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
news:foQtb.214119$HS4.1842204@attbi_s01...
> 'They' claim that talc or chalk will keep the ants away, too.

Baby powder worked for me when we lived out west. Spread baby powder all
around the perimeter of the foundation at the bottom of each door. No more
ants in the house.

Gabby

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> I remember ONE Christmas Eve when it snow-flurried a bit. Sheesh. What I
> wouldn't give for a really truly white Christmas.

Don't move to New Zealand. Christmas is in mid-summer here.

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

does anyone have a tip for getting rid of crickets indoors. giant
things! i just moved here. dunno where they came from or how to get rid
of them! help please!

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:19:37 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

> I happened to mention at work yesterday that a bay leaf stuck in the
> cannister of flour or cornmeal will keep the bugs out. Co-worker Steph
> exclaimed, "I asked my Mom [who lives in Florida] why she had bay leaves on
> the shelves in her cabinets and she said, "It keeps the bugs out."
>
> I sort of thought this was common knowledge, but maybe it's just a Southern
> U.S. thing. Bay leaves have a strong scent and those creepy-crawlies that
> get into meal and flour don't like it. I have been putting a bay leaf in my
> flour and corn meal in my cannisters for years over 20 years.
>
> Another trick I learned, if you live in a humid climate, is to put a few
> grains of white rice into your salt shaker. It absorbs the moisture and
> keeps the salt free-pouring.
>
> Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
> around the kitchen?
>
Doesn't the bay "flavor" your flour? I know a stick of
vanilla flavors sugar and it's not as pungent as bay.

Miche > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> I remember ONE Christmas Eve when it snow-flurried a bit. Sheesh.
>> What I wouldn't give for a really truly white Christmas.
>
> Don't move to New Zealand. Christmas is in mid-summer here.
>
> Miche
>

Must be hell on your electric bill to make the air conditioner produce
snow.

--
The Beet goes on! (or under)

sf > wrote in
:

> Doesn't the bay "flavor" your flour? I know a stick of
> vanilla flavors sugar and it's not as pungent as bay.
>

No it doesn't flavour the flour. They are both about as dry as each other
so no transfer of flavours. Vanilla beans are a bit more humid so the flour
would suck out the flavor.

--
The Beet goes on! (or under)

Witchy Way wrote:
>
> does anyone have a tip for getting rid of crickets indoors. giant
> things! i just moved here. dunno where they came from or how to get rid
> of them! help please!


A light sprinkling of 5% sevin dust along the borders of walls is safe
and effective for most bugs.

If you want to follow the "Witchy Way" and stay organic, take some
unscented talcum powder and mix some Citronella oil liberally into that
and use that instead. I used to use that mix along with some Sandalwood,
Frankincense resin and Myrrh resin powder to keep ants off of my feet
during outdoor circles. It also worked to ward off mosquitos.

Cedarcide spray is also an organic alternative.

I have a heavy population of Mediterranean geckos both indoors and
outdoors, so I don't need pesticides for insect control anymore. ;-) You
might try importing some of those to prevent future infestations.

HTH?

K.

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"There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are
all owned by cats" -- Asimov

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In article > ,
Hahabogus > wrote:

> Miche > wrote in
> :
>
> > In article >,
> > "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >
> >> I remember ONE Christmas Eve when it snow-flurried a bit. Sheesh.
> >> What I wouldn't give for a really truly white Christmas.
> >
> > Don't move to New Zealand. Christmas is in mid-summer here.
>
> Must be hell on your electric bill to make the air conditioner produce
> snow.

It would be, if we had one.

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

Hahabogus wrote:
> Miche > wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >,
>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>
>>> I remember ONE Christmas Eve when it snow-flurried a bit. Sheesh.
>>> What I wouldn't give for a really truly white Christmas.
>>
>> Don't move to New Zealand. Christmas is in mid-summer here.
>>
>> Miche
>>
>
> Must be hell on your electric bill to make the air conditioner produce
> snow.

(laughing!) ain't that the truth!

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > The bay leaf does not flavor the flour at all.
> >
> > The gas is, I read somewhere, acetylene. It is used to artificially ripen
> > bananas.
>
> Not acetylene. That is an extremely flammable gas used for welding. The gas
> released by the fruit is ethylene.

You are right. Acetylene is used to ripen fruit. A few rocks of sodium carbide
in a small container in a closed room. Add water to the carbide and you get
acetylene gas and sodium hydroxide. Don't turn on the lights until the room is
well vented. Acetylene is, as you say, very flammable.

http://www.island.lk/2001/01/21/busine12.html for some info on fruit ripening
with acetylene.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:15:18 GMT, Hahabogus
> wrote:

> sf > wrote in
> :
>
> > Doesn't the bay "flavor" your flour? I know a stick of
> > vanilla flavors sugar and it's not as pungent as bay.
> >
>
> No it doesn't flavour the flour. They are both about as dry as each other
> so no transfer of flavours. Vanilla beans are a bit more humid so the flour
> would suck out the flavor.

thanks!

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:02:50 -0400, "Gabby"
> wrote:

>
> "Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
> news:foQtb.214119$HS4.1842204@attbi_s01...
> > 'They' claim that talc or chalk will keep the ants away, too.
>
> Baby powder worked for me when we lived out west. Spread baby powder all
> around the perimeter of the foundation at the bottom of each door. No more
> ants in the house.
>
And to think I used to spend bucks on Grant's Ant Sticks
when baby powder would have worked.

(Katra) wrote:

A light sprinkling of 5% sevin dust along the borders of walls is safe
and effective for most bugs.

If you want to follow the "Witchy Way" and stay organic, take some
unscented talcum powder and mix some Citronella oil liberally into that
and use that instead. I used to use that mix along with some Sandalwood,
Frankincense resin and Myrrh resin powder to keep ants off of my feet
during outdoor circles. It also worked to ward off mosquitos.
Cedarcide spray is also an organic alternative.

I have a heavy population of Mediterranean geckos both indoors and
outdoors, so I don't need pesticides for insect control anymore. ;-) You
might try importing some of those to prevent future infestations.

HTH?
K>>.

thank you! you helped temendously!
witchy

Witchy Way wrote:
>
> (Katra) wrote:
>
> A light sprinkling of 5% sevin dust along the borders of walls is safe
> and effective for most bugs.
>
> If you want to follow the "Witchy Way" and stay organic, take some
> unscented talcum powder and mix some Citronella oil liberally into that
> and use that instead. I used to use that mix along with some Sandalwood,
> Frankincense resin and Myrrh resin powder to keep ants off of my feet
> during outdoor circles. It also worked to ward off mosquitos.
> Cedarcide spray is also an organic alternative.
>
> I have a heavy population of Mediterranean geckos both indoors and
> outdoors, so I don't need pesticides for insect control anymore. ;-) You
> might try importing some of those to prevent future infestations.
>
> HTH?
> K>>.
>
> thank you! you helped temendously!
> witchy


Blessed Be. ;-)

K.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:02:50 -0400, "Gabby"
> > wrote:
>
> > Baby powder worked for me when we lived out west. Spread baby powder
all
> > around the perimeter of the foundation at the bottom of each door. No
more
> > ants in the house.
> >
> And to think I used to spend bucks on Grant's Ant Sticks
> when baby powder would have worked.

With a baby in the house and two preschoolers who played outside, baby
powder was readily available (since I never actually used it on the baby)
and non toxic and I remembered that I'd read about its anti-ant properties
somewhere. That it actually worked was a bonus.

Gabby

jmcquown > wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>> out of one of the guys pockets. They still have the bag sitting on
>>> top of the refrigerator, trying to figure out what to do with it. I
>>> should suggest they add a lemon rind <G>
>>
>> Suggest they call the cops. See if your county has a
>> "zero tolerance" policy. Don't forget to give them the
>> phone number of a good lawyer first.
>>
>> --Blair
>> "You didn't hear it from me."
>
>Trust me, Blair, the cops don't give a shit. When I was living in my former
>apartment, I practically handed them drug dealers on a platter. They didn't
>investigate, didn't care.

They're on the take. If your jurisdiction has a Citizen's
Advisory Board, write up the incidents and give it to them.
Mail a copy to the Mayor/County Supervisor/Alcalde/Whatever.
Mail another copy to the local newspaper.

The opposite of love is indifference.

>Allow me to present this scenario to you and ask you if this is just a TAD
>suspicious: Two 18-19 year old males and one female, with no visible means
>of support, move in across the hall. They are driving a brand new Acura
>Integra, fully loaded. "Friends" of theirs drop by for 10 minute visits all
>hours of the day and night. They hang out on their balcony with a loaded
>pistol, claiming they need it for "protection".
>
>Does this sound a tiny bit suspicious? Do you think the cops cared? NOPE.
>
>For some reason they thought I was "cool" with all this and even offered to
>let me handle the gun. I called the cops. Asked for the detective in
>charge of drug whatever... he took the info, and never did anything with it.
>When I moved out of that complex, they were still doing all the same crap.

Coulda just been Republicans. They're like that.

>I felt sorry for the new couple who moved in downstairs; they were from
>India and had a little girl. They dressed her beautifully! So I gave them a
>bag of fabric I'd been hauling around for 30 years which included Thai silk,
>silk brocade, satin and velvet.
>
>They had no idea what was going on over their heads. I hope they didn't
>stay there long.
>
>BTW, I don't think weed should get someone jailed. I'm talking crack and
>coke dealers and gangsta mentality.

I'm talking "zero tolerance" and jurisprudence without human
intervention. I wanted to see your friends with the errant
bag of weed sue the **** out of the courts.

--Blair
"Freedom is a participatin sport."

yeah.. they dont like to get their itty bitty feet all white and powdery..
"Gabby" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
> news:foQtb.214119$HS4.1842204@attbi_s01...
> > 'They' claim that talc or chalk will keep the ants away, too.
>
> Baby powder worked for me when we lived out west. Spread baby powder all
> around the perimeter of the foundation at the bottom of each door. No
more
> ants in the house.
>
> Gabby
>
>

Felice Friese wrote:
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >
> > Not in the same category, but when I'm going to do a lot of baking (let
> > the flour fly!), I cover the floor with old bedsheets and the counters
> > with butcher paper. When the baking session is over, there's practically
> > no cleanup at all.
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Oh, splendid! My baking sessions make a much more visible mess since I
> changed from a beige floor to a blue one.

I read this as "a beige flour to a blue one". ;-) Had
be goin' for a few seconds! I *love* dyslexia! Makes
life very interesting!

Kate

--
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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> >
> > Another trick I learned, if you live in a humid climate, is to put a few
> > grains of white rice into your salt shaker. It absorbs the moisture and
> > keeps the salt free-pouring.
> >
> > Anyone else have any good simple tips for handling things in the pantry or
> > around the kitchen?
>
> A bit of rice in a salt shaker does indeed keep salt free flowing in a shaker.
> My wife, in one of her blonde moments, figured that it did such a good job in
> the shaker that it would be a good idea to put some in the box of salt. Every
> time I measure out some salt from the box I have to pick out the rice. My tip
> would be not to do this :-)

That's hilarious! My family used to do this when I was
little, but I guess, unless you live in a "very" humid
area, it's not really necessary. Even in Pittsburgh,
which can get pretty humid in the summer, my salt always
pours fine. Of course, I buy Morton's - "When it rains it
pours".

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally > wrote in
:

> Felice Friese wrote:
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> >
>> > Not in the same category, but when I'm going to do a lot of baking
>> > (let the flour fly!), I cover the floor with old bedsheets and the
>> > counters with butcher paper. When the baking session is over,
>> > there's practically no cleanup at all.
>> >
>> > Wayne
>>
>> Oh, splendid! My baking sessions make a much more visible mess since
>> I changed from a beige floor to a blue one.
>
> I read this as "a beige flour to a blue one". ;-) Had
> be goin' for a few seconds! I *love* dyslexia! Makes
> life very interesting!
>
> Kate
>

Hmmm... Blue cake...might be pretty! <G>

Wayne