Martha Stewart vs Me
Martha’s way #1: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the
bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
My way: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the
cone, for Pete’s sake, you are probably lying on the couch with your
feet up eating it anyway.
Martha’s way #2: Use a meat baster to “squeeze” your
pancake batter onto the hot griddle and you’ll get perfectly
shaped pancakes every time.
My way: Buy the precooked kind you nuke in the microwave
for 30 seconds. The hard part is getting them out of the plastic bag.
Martha’s way #3: To keep potatoes from budding, place an
apple in the bag with the potatoes.
My way: Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix and keep it in
the pantry for up to a year.
Martha’s way #4: To prevent egg shells from cracking, add
a pinch of salt to the water before hard boiling.
My way: Who cares if they crack, aren’t you going to take
the shells off anyway?
Martha’s way #5: To get the most juice out of fresh
lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under
your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
My way: Sleep with the lemons in between the mattress and
box springs.
Martha’s way #6: To easily remove burnt-on food from your
skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to
cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop.
My way: Eat at Chili’s every night and avoid cooking.
Martha’s way #7: Spray your Tupperware with nonstick
cooking spray before pouring in tomato based sauces and
there won’t be any stains.
My way: Feed your garbage disposal and there won’t be any
leftovers.
Martha’s way #8: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the
baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any
white mess on the outside of the cake.
My way: Go to the bakery. They’ll even decorate it for you.
Martha’s way #9: If you accidentally over salt a dish while it’s still
cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for
an instant “fix me up”
My way: If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that’s too darn
bad.
My motto: I made it and you will eat it.
Martha’s way #10: Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the
refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
My way: Celery? Never heard of the stuff.
Martha’s way #11: Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before
baking
to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
My way: The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg
whites over the crust and so I don’t do it.
Martha’s way #12: Place a slice of apple in hardened brown
sugar to soften it.
My Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be “soft”?
Martha’s way #13: When boiling corn on the cob, add a
pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.
My Way: The only kind of corn I buy comes in a can.
Martha’s way #14: To determine whether an egg is fresh,
immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh, but
if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
My way: Eat, cook, or use the egg anyway. If you feel bad
later, you will know it wasn’t fresh.
Martha’s way #15: Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it
in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
My way: Martha, dear, the only reason this works is because you can’t
rub a lime on your forehead without getting lime juice in your
eye, and then the problem isn’t the headache anymore, it is because you
are now blind.
Martha’s way #16: Don’t throw out all that leftover wine.
Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
My way: Leftover wine?
Martha’s way #17: If you have a problem opening jars: Try
using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes
opening jars easy.
My way: Go ask the very cute neighbor to do it.
Martha’s way #18: Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers.
Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
My way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing the
anti-bacterial soap in the handy dispenser next to my sink.
Martha’s way #19: Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer.
- Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes,
brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous
china. - Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or
cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets. - Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water
and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. - Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four
Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).
My way: Put your jewelry, vases, and thermos in the toilet. Add some
Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of problems at once.
If it’s true that “What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger” I must be training for the Olympics!
