June 7, 2007

• Thirteen Things I Know About Kitchens   1.   When something explodes in the microwave, clean it up immediately. No "helpful hints" for cleaning crusted food from the oven walls ever work as well (or as easily) as cleaning it up right away. 2.   Ice cube trays with hairline cracks don't hold water; nor do they make ice cubes. However, they DO allow the water to drip all over other food in the freezer, thus sticking everything together in one frozen mass. 3.   Don't use your brain - use a meat thermometer to be sure beef or lamb isn't overcooked and poultry isn't UNDER cooked (gag!). 4.   Potatoes not only explode in microwave ovens, they explode in conventional ovens if you forget to take them out. They are just as messy whether they explode in the microwave or conventional oven! 5.   If sandwich meat has a slight green tinged color, it is no longer good to eat. So don't even bother to smell it. 6.   You can't substitute rice with small broken pieces of spaghetti in a recipe. 7.   Unplug an appliance before attempting to remove beaters, electric knife blades, chopping or grinding blades, etc. Don't lift the beaters out of the cake batter (not even slightly) to "whirl" the batter off of the beaters while the electric mixer is running . . . it's messy! 8.   Keep your finger tips back (waaaaaaay back) when hand grating cheese. 9.   If there is a horrible, putrid smell in the refrigerator, check first for leftover kidney, pinto, or black beans. They're the worst! 10.  The bigger the zucchini - the more bitter the taste. The smaller the jalapeno pepper - the hotter the taste. 11.  Turkey bacon and turkey sausage don't fool anyone. They still taste like turkey. 12.  Cayenne pepper can't be substituted for paprika. It will hurt you. 13.  When not properly resealed, crispy, hard cookies get soft and chewy, and soft cookies get hard. Somehow the cookies know the difference!    Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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