The Bachelor/ette's Homemaker's Lessons

[Sir_Winston54]

Some of us are in single-person households. Some of us may not be completely familiar with all the little chores and "stuff" necessary to keep that household operating at an even keel, or even at all effectively. Therefore, I thought I'd introduce a thread containing "Homemaker's Lessons" that might make our singularity a little easier to manage. Please feel free to contribute your little hints and ideas!

Today's Lesson from SW:

Meatloaf
1) While a meatloaf made with 1 pound (0.5 kg) of ground beef really isn't big enough to last for more than two or three meals, one made with 2 pounds (~1.0 kg) of ground beef is a royal pain in the neck (give or take a couple of feet). 1.5 pounds (~0.75 kg) may be just about right.
2) You don't have to mix all the ingredients together by hand, getting ground beef and all kinds of other stuff under your fingernails. A Mixmaster will blend and mix your ground beef, crackers, onions, etc., together nicely, providing a consistent blend.
3) Be very careful about lifting the Mixmaster while the mixer blades are still turning. Despite the fact that they appear to be turning relatively slowly, they can still fling little bits of ground beef (and stuff) up to three or four feet.

 

[graceanne]

Do you have to be a bachelor/ette to participate? Cause I've been a homemaker for 7 years now, and I can contribute a lot.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Re: Re: The Bachelor/ette's Homemaker's Lessons

Do you have to be a bachelor/ette to participate? Cause I've been a homemaker for 7 years now, and I can contribute a lot.

Please feel free - the hints are primarily for the bachelor/ette homemaker; I'll be happy with ideas from any/everyone!

 

[CutieMouse]

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[graceanne]

Ok, here's my tip. If your stainless steel sink starts to get grimy and loses it's shine, clean it with an SOS pad. When you're done the sink will look like new.

 

[m wisdom]

Washing-up liquid is excellent to clean the bathtub with. (Much better then the junk I bought for it)

 

[lorddragonwolf]

backing soda will put out fires on the range.



also it is always a good idea to check the oven to make sure nothing flamable i.e. pizza boxes are still in them.

 

[m wisdom]

If you want to save energy and time when you want to boil water, buy a special water boiler.

And if you are going to boil water in a saucepan for ex making spaghetti, but have a very bad hotplate. Put only a little water in the saucepan and put the rest in the water boiler. After about 30-60sec when all the water is boiling pour back the water into the saucepan. (Saves me about 10min every time)

 

[graceanne]

it is always a good idea to check the oven to make sure nothing flamable i.e. pizza boxes are still in them.

I don't know if I want to know how you found that one out. LOL

 

[m wisdom]

Something my father once told me:
If you run out of clean plates you can always buy new ones

 

[graceanne]

Something my father once told me:
If you run out of clean plates you can always buy new ones

That's what paper plates are for. Don't even have to wash them! (That's handy for large households, too. There's 6 people here, except when I babysit, and then their's 8. I love paper plates.)

 

[Sir_Winston54]

That's what paper plates are for. Don't even have to wash them! <snip>

The wicker-kinda paper plate holders are cool, too... don't have to worry about 'em bending and dropping food all over you or the carpet or whatever...

 

[RJMasters]

Time save

Here is a tip.

When cooking, always try to wash the pans and cooking utensils immediately after cooking the food.

There is nothing worse to have to face a bunch of pan and dishes after sitting down and enjoying a good cooked meal.

I will always run a sink full of dishwater and have it ready when I start cooking. As I finish preparing something like a chopping block, I dump the food into the pan to cook and drop the block into the water...a quick wash/rinse and its in the drainer and done.

When foods done cooking I transfer it to a refrigable container to serve it, which allows me to wash the pan quickly before the food gets dried or baked onto the pan, and after the meal I pop a lid onto container and throw it into the frig for leftovers.

After dinner the water is still there and everyone gets up and washes their own plate silverware and glass...

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Decide on places for things. Keep them there. Put them back there when you're done using/playing with them. That way, you can find them the next time you want them.

Especially, decide on a place for instruction manuals, warranties and warranty registration cards. The one you don't put there will be the one you need. Therefore, if they're all there, you'll never need any of them. (But if you do happen to need one, you'll know where it is and won't go crazy looking for it.)

 

[snowy ciara]

When you've got a sweetie or someone coming over you want to impress and all your copper bottomed pots are tarnish-ey, slather them with ketchup. Let it set 10-15 minutes, (maybe longer, if the tarnish is stubborn). Rinse it off and they'll be shiney and brand new looking.

If you're looking for cooking advice, you've got the wrong girl here.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

WHen you've got a sweetie or someone coming over you want to impress and all your copper bottomed pots are tarnish-ey, slather them with ketchup. Let it set 10-15 minutes, (maybe longer, if the tarnish is stubborn). Rince it off and they'll be shiney and brand new looking.

Way cool! That's one I'd never heard. Thank you! Will it work on the aluminum bottomed pots, too?

And no, not just cooking advice - anything that will make maintaining the household easier and/or more efficient.

 

[snowy ciara]

I'm not sure, I've never tried it. I don't thinks so, cause I think it's chemical reaction between something in the tomatoes and metal itself. It does work on copper pipes, though, too. (I learned it at a restaurant I worked at, once.)


edited cause I cannot spell today. Are you folks sure decaffinating me is a good idea?

 

[CutieMouse]

Re: Time save

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[CutieMouse]

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[RJMasters]

Here's a simple one...

Buy some cheap clothes pins.

When you go shopping and bring home potato chips or a bag of prezels what have ya....clip a clothes pin to the top of the bag when you store them, that way its right there when you open it and can put it on to keep them fresh.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Here's a simple one...

Buy some cheap clothes pins.

When you go shopping and bring home potato chips or a bag of prezels what have ya....clip a clothes pin to the top of the bag when you store them, that way its right there when you open it and can put it on to keep them fresh.

Good idea, RJ - or, if you "liberated" a box or three of the small binder clips from your last place of employment, they work nicely, too.

 

[catalina_francisco]

You might find this thread helpful..... https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210554

Hints? Hmmmm, throw away your aluminium pots as there are strong signs there is a link between cooking in aluminium and the development of Alhzeimer's;

if cleaning windows use a solution of warm water with a little vinegar (newspaper is also good to polish windows with), and wear sunglasses so you can easily see streaks that may be there after cleaning;

after washing curtains, rinse them in water with a few drops of your choice of aromatic oil to give a nice perfume to the room...this can also be achieved for those with central heating by wiping over the heating unit with a similar aromatic oil scented solution so when it warms, the scent floats over the room;

to remove pet hair from carpet or fabric furniture blow up a balloon, rub it againslt your chest to make static electricity then rub the balloon over the surface which is coated with fur......fur will stick to the balloon and can easily be lifted off and dumped ready for the next sweep;

to remove furniture indentation from carpets, place 3-4 icecubes on the spot and allow to melt half way then remove and use a brush to briskly lift the carpet pile to it's former state;

when cooking a dinner, especially one pot style dinners, make a little extra and freeze it in a container for those nights you don't feel like coming home and cooking something healthy.

Catalina

 

[Kajira Callista]

Here's a simple one...

Buy some cheap clothes pins.

When you go shopping and bring home potato chips or a bag of prezels what have ya....clip a clothes pin to the top of the bag when you store them, that way its right there when you open it and can put it on to keep them fresh.

tsk tsk...wasting clothespins on chip bags.

 

[catalina_francisco]

tsk tsk...wasting clothespins on chip bags.

LOL, me thinks their secret is out!! Whatever happend to this Dominant get fit programme? Chips? Sheeesh!!

Catalina

 

[rosco rathbone]

Spaghetti sauce: one bag doritos, one squeeze bottle of ketchup stolen from a fast food restaurant. Crumble the doritos over the noodles, then pour on the ketchup. A little garlic salt probably wouldn't hurt either.



When you move up in the world and can afford actual sauce by the jar; just twirl the noodles onto fork straight out of pot and then dunk forkful in cold jar, preferably while standing in front of open refrigerator that you took jar out of.