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Pre-Marinating Chicken before Freezing

Pre-Marinating Chicken Before Freezing
Note that both the sugar, and the salt in the soy sauce, will inhibit freezing; the chicken (or any food) will not be as deeply frozen as it would be unmarinated. This is only a concern if you hold the chicken in the freezer for a few months.

 

Classico spaghette sauce jar.

Soak Off Jar Labels
Rather than using Goo Gone to remove non-water-based glue (and labels), I use plain paint thinner or mineral spirits. The thinner will soak through labels; cover them with a thinner-soaked pad of paper towel. Cheaper and highly effective, and I keep paint thinner...

 

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Cleaning Eye Glasses
Use isopropyl alcohol (labeled 93%), not rubbing alcohol (labeled 70%). The latter contains unhelpful additives.

 

A young witch with a cute Halloween puppy.

Keeping Trick or Treaters and Pets...
Sad to say, but some people think of cats as companions to witches or sinister forces-- especialy, but not only, black cats or mostly black, and especially on Halloween. Cat parents should think about protecting their cats from mischief, or worse.

 

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Cleaning Your Garlic Press
To keep garlic from hardening in the press, because youre either going to use it repeatedly or you dont want to stop to clean it immediately, just put it in a glass of water. For cleaning, an old toothbrush works well. Old toothbrushes have lots of uses in...

 

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Paying Taxes With Estate Money?
First, power of attorney over my mothers estate is mixing up two different things. Power of attorney authorizes you to act on behalf of a living person, if they become incapable (or unwilling) to handle their own affairs because of physical or mental incapacity...

 

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Cheese Grater Tip
If using the fine teeth on a box grater, cover it first with plastic wrap. The grater will work just fine, and removing the wrap at the end leaves the grater clean.

 

Cutting PVC pipe

Milk Crate for Cutting PVC Pipe
Milk crates are a good idea. But for a few dollars at Home Depot or some such store, you can buy a durable plastic miter box, to use with either a hacksaw or a wood saw. The miter box provides cutting slots at right angles and other angles, and can be used...

 

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