Category: Tools of the Trade
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Make it easy – goodbye, Tupperware!
Often I find myself wondering how much money I have spent on Tupperware, or RubberMaid, or who knows what brand of plastic container. Maybe enough to take a mini-vaction, or enough to buy an entire case of really good wine, or perhaps enough to pay for a semester’s worth of books for one of our…
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Eggies
Lucky me, I have a few hens that supply us with fresh, beautiful, pastel eggs quite faithfully all year long. The fresh egg access in our home began some 26 years ago when our daughter earned money to buy hens and her profitable little egg business began. Of course it was profitable! We bought all…
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Rice Cookers
Whether, white, brown, or wild rice, cooking it with boiling water in a huge pot has never been a problem for me. My rice has always turned out just fine. Our son left a rice cooker home when he moved the last time and it has been sitting in my pantry for quite some time.…
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Keep those knives sharp and your fingers safe!
For years I have had a butcher’s block knife holder sitting on my counter. This does the job of storing your knives but when you are busy preparing food you don’t need to guess which blade you will be pulling from your knife block. You can see the handles of your knives if you use…