@show_the_maw I seen the video, man they make that guy look stupid. I can imagine the conversation. Guy1 "Hey I have a silly 'life hack' but were going to make it seem serious." Guy2 "cool sounds, fun what is it?" Guy1 "Ready?"....."You have been opening your bannna wrong" Guy2 "What. sounds stupid" Guy1 "we are going to tell people our lifehack is to open bananas from the bottom. Guy2 "Ooooookkk?" Guy1 "You get on and act like opening the banana the regular was is soooo hard" Guy2 "No fucking way I will look like an idiot" Guy1 "You will be famous on youtube" Guy2 "Fucking brilliant life hack, lets do it"
Stripped a screw. The Internet said rubber band. Didn't have one. Then the Internet said destroy your kitchen sponge and use the scrubby side. Was shocked (and really happy) it worked. as it was holding up a closet redo.
@toddnet Yes! But I have never seen that on any hack list, so I am not authorized to do so, and must remove it. I just needed my cables to stop dropping below my desk when I unplugged my laptop.
I have employed (new) dental floss to cut a cheesecake. Also used a straw to pop the tops off of strawberries (insert from the point). And made a candle from half an orange filled with oil, using the pithy center as the wick.
I've done the shirt trick. It works well, but I never remember how to do it and have to look it up every time, making it useless. Cutting baked good using dental floss is so-so with the results. I have the "real" version of that - a metal tool with wire that does the same thing and works better. Haven't tried the others on this list.
I've done the chip clip one. Also have cut a slot in a toilet paper roll to boost the speakers from my phone. I tried a watermelon cutting one. It wasn't as easy as the youtube video.
Binder clip for chip clips, exercise bands to hold on my bike rack (old milk crate), binder clips to dry my mint, twistie to repair my electric bass guitar holder thingy, old shoe string to hold the door open while moving furiture, old shoe lace to make belt for shirt sleeve end sewn up to be a man purse, i'm realizing these may not be en-pointe, but just ways I use all the crap I can't throw away, Meh. shipping bags to pad my new DSLR in my 1990's laptop case, old CD's for coasters, I could go on all night...
I debunked the candle one...12 minutes out of a crayon. I use binder clips for chip clips at work...at home I prefer the Ikea version of the Pampered Chef Twixit Clip. I have cut a cake with dental floss, cheesecake is a no go because of the crust. I use empty Mio containers for ketchup in lunches for the kids. My wife has a better shirt folding technique that works for all sizes of shirts so I let her do it...she can also fold fitted sheets so I think she is a witch or something.
@tightwad I just dump them into the laundry basket. No one's going to see them except me and the cat and after the first night, they're going to have that not-so-fresh feeling anyway. So if "fold" can be interpreted as "randomly stuffed," I am a ninja.
I am staggered. Usually, my biggest challenge is making coffee in the morning (so that the rest of you might live another day). I may start classes on how to fold fitted sheets, since this woman is DOING IT WRONG. Do not fold the sheet in thirds, Fold it in half, twice. Everyone knows that.
Now pillow cases are another matter. Everyone knows they should be folded lengthwise in thirds, and then folded in thirds crosswise, so that the embroidered hem is visible on each when they're put in the linen closet.
What? You don't have soft linen embroidered pillow cases? Philistines, the lot of you.
@tightwad And I have to contend that 12 minutes isn't really debunking the crayon candle. That's enough time to find the crappy LED lantern and leaky batteries you bought here and wish you'd paid full price at Target. It isn't like anyone's putting them in their mehnorahs.
@editorkid No, I debunked the "Crayons will burn for 30 minute" as a "life saving tip" on all the stupid "He combined a crayon and matches and you won't believe what happened" teaser links.
@Shrdlu My wife sets up the coffee for me at night so all I have to do it press "brew" in the morning. Also, I should note we use a Keurig. She loves me :)
@tightwad Ah. I actually never saw that. Did you get the good crayons? Did you try crayons from more than one batch number? Did you check in with Jamie and Adam? Did you ask, "Wait a minute. Who the hell has crayons but no candles?"
@editorkid I used crayola crayon of a similar color. I trusted that Crayolas batch quality is uniform to at least 1 standard deviation. Lighting a crayon is not an easy feat. Here are some pictures showing the progress.
At 12 minutes it was mostly dead. It did provide enough light to read by, but its no wonder the pioneers had eye problems...
So you know the whole part of putting a straw through the tab of a soda can to keep it in place or whatever, right? It technically works... Except the whole issue when the turns into a cold, sticky volcanic eruption upon inserting the straw.
@tightwad The pull tab that cracks the soda can open... if you leave that over the drinking hole, and insert a straw into it, it will prevent the straw from carbonation-rising out of the can.
Personally, I've never seen it erupt once the can was already opened :/
Binder clips for cable organization, Stickytack (or bluetack) works wonders for mounting surround speakers to stands (and is good for vibration dampening as well).
I also tend to buy less popular smartphones (i.e. not iPhone or Samsung) so I regularly make my own car docks, usually out of a cheapo ebay desktop dock and some dremel work.
The last "hack" i did was to re-purpose the stupid headphone hole in my backpack to some actual functionality. Now it is a tether for my hook/bottle opener. Much improved.
double tie your shoe laces to avoid coming untied! use an old can for change! keep stuff in your pockets for quick access on the go! wear underwear to avoid snagging your genitals in your zipper (alternatively you can use a binder clip)!
The shirt folding thing isn't impossible though the way they teach it now a days is terrible. I originally learned it back when youtube was still competing with Google Video from some random Japanese lady and it was pretty easy to emulate.
I have also sliced a bunch of cherry tomatoes at the same time by pressing between two plates and slicing in between. Would work for grapes too, but I don't usually cut grapes unless there are little kids eating.
I just used the bottom part of a salad spinner as a quick topper for a cake dish. I haven't made a layer cake in ten years (maybe more), and have no idea where I put the actual nice aluminum lid I used to use. Who knows? Maybe it ran away from home.
The bowl from the salad spinner works fine, and is rather attractive. I should take a picture, later...
@beachbum No, not so much. Besides, it's all gone (and it was delicious). Devil's food, butter cream frosting, lightly dusted with cocoa. Real butter, real vanilla, made and eaten all in the same day. Life is good.
@Shrdlu Even though it's not what you said at all, I kept imagining you covering the cake with the spinny part… you know, like the mesh part. The cake presentation looks good!
@ceagee I haven't made a cake from a box since the one time as a teenager, where I was proving a point. I made two cakes (no frosting to confuse the issue), and had people do blind taste tests. 100% preferred the real cake. Mixes are okay, but I don't understand why someone would use them. They are not less work than just making a danged cake. Here's the devil's food recipe:
Please note that I use Cocoa, powdered, from a tin. I like the ingredient list (cocoa). This recipe called for unsweetened chocolate, but I don't care for the ingredient list on it, so I always substitute. I also only use C&H cane sugar, and yes, I can tell the difference. Oh, god, it's going to be a tome, but I can't help it. The recipe says "Sift flour and soda together (I never, ever do this, but it was necessary, back in the day)."
1/2 cup butter (NOT margarine or shortening) (Additional 3 Tbs of butter if using cocoa) 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed 2 eggs 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted (or 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbs cocoa) 1 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tsp soda
Cream butter, and add sugar gradually, until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add chocolate and blend (if you're using cocoa, you might want to add it to the flour, and mix it in that way). Combine flour with soda, and milk with vanilla. Alternate flour and milk, beating until smooth after each. Put into greased, floured cake pans (9-inch layer pans), and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Frosting is just standard buttercream. If C&H ever quits putting this quick recipe on the box, I'm in trouble. Please note: If you are planning on frosting between the layers, you need to slice off the raised portion of the layer that goes on the bottom (otherwise your top layer will crack, and look silly). I usually put jam between the layers (because delicious), preferring something like apricot or plum.
1 lb. box of powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1/2 cup butter.
Cream butter, and add sugar, milk and vanilla, alternating, and scraping bowl often. For thinner consistency, you might add a tiny bit more milk. Frost cake gently, starting with sides. Put a bit cocoa in your sifter, and gently sprinkle the top of the frosting.
You may also just use a rectangular pan for the cake (in which case, bake for 30 minutes), and frost the top, if you like.
@ceagee My wife makes custom cakes/cupcakes..she starts with a box mix and doctors them from there...it's a trick used by many people and works very well. People have accused her of lacing her work with cocaine so I think they like it ok...
@Shrdlu wow. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I am intrigued that you use only brown sugar in the cake. Is that light brown or dark ( I would assume light , but thought I should check ) Also, you wrote : "I also only use C&H cane sugar" Did you mean their powered sugar for the frosting ? Or do you use their brown sugar ?
Also, there are so many kinds of cocoa these days and all the brands are quite different. Do you have a favorite ? There's dark and dutch processed and fair trade and they all are "just cocoa" but taste a bit different. I was raised on Hershey's cocoa and so my taste seems to run that direction, even though I have tried the others.
Please clarify. It may take me a bit to try it, busy month. I will give it a go eventually, and when I do I'll let you know how it turns out.
@ceagee I meant that I used C&H brand for everything, powdered sugar, brown sugar (I meant dark; I always forget that there's two kinds nowadays), and regular sugar. Cane sugar tastes different than the beet or other varieties, and I can tell the difference. You'll be happy to know that I use Hershey's cocoa (although I miss the days that it came in a metal tin). They do indeed all taste different.
It took me about 20 minutes of searching for this, but here's a whole lot more recipes (some of this you may even remember):
@KDemo Man, oh man, you are QUICK! Yes, C&H (aka California and Hawaii) were purchased (in a slightly more complex history than I just implied) by Domino (also a sugar cane company). Here's the wikipedia page, for those with oodles of time (because no poll tonight).
I got a great book that has a whole bunch of tips like these (the less bullshit ones, not the ones in the poll). It's called Urawaza - Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan.
The tip I remember most is using a piece of bread to pick up broken glass pieces from the floor.
@darkzrobe You can lightly press slices of bread over the area where the glass broke, and it will absorb the small pieces into the bread- the glass will get stuck in the bread, and then you can throw out the bread and the glass together.
I think the only time I've ever used an iron (I'm a steamer person myself) was to get wax out of carpet with a brown paper bag. It worked pretty well, but was very time consuming.
I always peel my bananas from the bottom up now. It's stupid and does nothing to prevent the stringy bits.
@show_the_maw I do too, but monkeys!
@show_the_maw I do too. No change in stringy bits, but a MUCH lower incidence of "side-cracking."
@show_the_maw Don't you get the black stuff from the bottom on it?
@sammydog01 I can usually pinch it off with the peel.
@show_the_maw I seen the video, man they make that guy look stupid. I can imagine the conversation.
Guy1 "Hey I have a silly 'life hack' but were going to make it seem serious."
Guy2 "cool sounds, fun what is it?"
Guy1 "Ready?"....."You have been opening your bannna wrong"
Guy2 "What. sounds stupid"
Guy1 "we are going to tell people our lifehack is to open bananas from the bottom.
Guy2 "Ooooookkk?"
Guy1 "You get on and act like opening the banana the regular was is soooo hard"
Guy2 "No fucking way I will look like an idiot"
Guy1 "You will be famous on youtube"
Guy2 "Fucking brilliant life hack, lets do it"
Stripped a screw. The Internet said rubber band. Didn't have one. Then the Internet said destroy your kitchen sponge and use the scrubby side. Was shocked (and really happy) it worked. as it was holding up a closet redo.
"Used dental floss to cut a cake"? Is that dental floss that has been used or did you use dental floss ...?
@Kyser_Soze purposely ambiguous, I'm sure
Did anyone else gag when they read, "Used dental floss to cut a cake?" Next on Meh.com - refurbished dental floss for all your bakery needs!
I did that Japanese t-shirt folding thing for a while. Now I have absolutely no recollection of how to do it.
Binder clip cable catcher things.
@toddnet Yes! But I have never seen that on any hack list, so I am not authorized to do so, and must remove it. I just needed my cables to stop dropping below my desk when I unplugged my laptop.
@toddnet One of my favorites.
I've used coffee grounds and Dawn to scrub grease off my hands. Works pretty well!
@JonT this works! Better if the cat is stuffed, and dead.
@michaelahess whoaaa this is the Internet, you can't be talking about cats that way!
@michaelahess Stiffer™
@JonT ah shoot you're right. I'll go sit in the corner with my dog and let his tail do some dusting.
@JonT You can also do this with small children. If you're really good, they will enjoy it.
@michaelahess Oh, stuffed, and dead. That must have been my mistake.
@michaelahess It also works if the cat is fabulously lazy... like most cats.
I have employed (new) dental floss to cut a cheesecake. Also used a straw to pop the tops off of strawberries (insert from the point). And made a candle from half an orange filled with oil, using the pithy center as the wick.
I used this hack to tie a necktie a few times.
@FrostByte Oooh, kid is going to Homecoming this weekend, so we might need to try this!
@FrostByte Honest to fucking god, how is this easier than just tying the damn thing around your neck?
@brenda It's ninja !
I've done the shirt trick. It works well, but I never remember how to do it and have to look it up every time, making it useless.
Cutting baked good using dental floss is so-so with the results. I have the "real" version of that - a metal tool with wire that does the same thing and works better.
Haven't tried the others on this list.
Headband used vertically to hold an ice bag on my jaw at work. Have Mediocre co-worker witnesses, but don't think any pics still exist...hopefully.
@Jdub Your mediocre co-workers are failing at their jobs if they didn't take pictures of this.
I've done the chip clip one. Also have cut a slot in a toilet paper roll to boost the speakers from my phone.
I tried a watermelon cutting one. It wasn't as easy as the youtube video.
@remo28 I love the watermelon one. It works out really well for parties and stuff.
Binder clip for chip clips, exercise bands to hold on my bike rack (old milk crate), binder clips to dry my mint, twistie to repair my electric bass guitar holder thingy, old shoe string to hold the door open while moving furiture, old shoe lace to make belt for shirt sleeve end sewn up to be a man purse, i'm realizing these may not be en-pointe, but just ways I use all the crap I can't throw away, Meh. shipping bags to pad my new DSLR in my 1990's laptop case, old CD's for coasters, I could go on all night...
Biting the mailman to get him to go away.
@Al_Coholic
I debunked the candle one...12 minutes out of a crayon. I use binder clips for chip clips at work...at home I prefer the Ikea version of the Pampered Chef Twixit Clip. I have cut a cake with dental floss, cheesecake is a no go because of the crust. I use empty Mio containers for ketchup in lunches for the kids. My wife has a better shirt folding technique that works for all sizes of shirts so I let her do it...she can also fold fitted sheets so I think she is a witch or something.
@tightwad why do people think folding fitted sheets is hard?
@Thumperchick Because it is very, very hard.
@SSteve @tightwad. Took me 40 years to learn the secret handshake about fitted sheets from this lady. Now they are very easy!
@Pamtha Great video. But, Did anyoneone watch it? "One of thebiggest challenges of your life will be how to fold a fitted sheet" !?!
@naropa I should have that life!
@tightwad I just dump them into the laundry basket. No one's going to see them except me and the cat and after the first night, they're going to have that not-so-fresh feeling anyway. So if "fold" can be interpreted as "randomly stuffed," I am a ninja.
I am staggered. Usually, my biggest challenge is making coffee in the morning (so that the rest of you might live another day). I may start classes on how to fold fitted sheets, since this woman is DOING IT WRONG. Do not fold the sheet in thirds, Fold it in half, twice. Everyone knows that.
Now pillow cases are another matter. Everyone knows they should be folded lengthwise in thirds, and then folded in thirds crosswise, so that the embroidered hem is visible on each when they're put in the linen closet.
What? You don't have soft linen embroidered pillow cases? Philistines, the lot of you.
@tightwad And I have to contend that 12 minutes isn't really debunking the crayon candle. That's enough time to find the crappy LED lantern and leaky batteries you bought here and wish you'd paid full price at Target. It isn't like anyone's putting them in their mehnorahs.
@editorkid No, I debunked the "Crayons will burn for 30 minute" as a "life saving tip" on all the stupid "He combined a crayon and matches and you won't believe what happened" teaser links.
@Shrdlu My wife sets up the coffee for me at night so all I have to do it press "brew" in the morning. Also, I should note we use a Keurig. She loves me :)
@tightwad Ah. I actually never saw that. Did you get the good crayons? Did you try crayons from more than one batch number? Did you check in with Jamie and Adam? Did you ask, "Wait a minute. Who the hell has crayons but no candles?"
@naropa she said that very seriously. like, she meant it. wow.
@editorkid I used crayola crayon of a similar color. I trusted that Crayolas batch quality is uniform to at least 1 standard deviation. Lighting a crayon is not an easy feat. Here are some pictures showing the progress.
At 12 minutes it was mostly dead. It did provide enough light to read by, but its no wonder the pioneers had eye problems...
@naropa "Like anything you learn it might be awkward at first" I think that was far dirtier in my head than it should be.
@marklog @naropa "I am joking!" per the video at 0:12 so I suspect she wasn't serious about the biggest challenges we'll face.
So you know the whole part of putting a straw through the tab of a soda can to keep it in place or whatever, right?
It technically works... Except the whole issue when the turns into a cold, sticky volcanic eruption upon inserting the straw.
@Keyeno I have no idea what you are referring to...
@tightwad The pull tab that cracks the soda can open... if you leave that over the drinking hole, and insert a straw into it, it will prevent the straw from carbonation-rising out of the can.
Personally, I've never seen it erupt once the can was already opened :/
@ACraigL Ahhh, my life hack is to throw away the straw...but yours makes sense too
@ACraigL For some reason any time I try and use a straw with anything carbonated, it does a slow foamy rise and then spills out everywhere.
@Keyeno Even with a lid on a fast food cup?
@jqubed Not really with a fast food cup, though I've had milkshakes overflow from them after putting in a straw.
@Keyeno That milkshake isn't thick enough if it can easily flow like that.
@Keyeno do you live at a weird elevation or something?
@katylava I live at 630 ft. But everything has to pass through mountains to get here if that means something.
I used a bread knife to spread butter just this morning.
@PocketBrain Yes, but did you use the correct hack when you did so? http://lifehacker.com/use-the-flat-side-of-a-knife-to-spread-butter-more-easi-1571973801
I carry a knife I bought on meh and I use it to cut things.
(Like opening speaker packages.)
I use a thicker type pastry cutter, to mince ground meat. Like for tacos, sloppy joes, goulash, meat sauce etc. Works really great.
@mick I use one of these: http://amzn.com/B00FN3JWLC It works really really well!!
@kadagan I have one of those in red and white- I love it.
Binder clips for cable organization, Stickytack (or bluetack) works wonders for mounting surround speakers to stands (and is good for vibration dampening as well).
I also tend to buy less popular smartphones (i.e. not iPhone or Samsung) so I regularly make my own car docks, usually out of a cheapo ebay desktop dock and some dremel work.
The last "hack" i did was to re-purpose the stupid headphone hole in my backpack to some actual functionality. Now it is a tether for my hook/bottle opener. Much improved.
double tie your shoe laces to avoid coming untied!
use an old can for change!
keep stuff in your pockets for quick access on the go!
wear underwear to avoid snagging your genitals in your zipper (alternatively you can use a binder clip)!
@Barbarian So you remove the zipper from your pants and hold the fly closed with a binder clip? Genius!
@Barbarian Or do you use the binder clip to hold your genitals out of the way from your zipper? Sounds less comfortable, but creative!
@SSteve I almost replied with a "switcheroo" link, but then I remembered where I was.
@kadagan Actually the binder clip keeps it from snagging by enforcing flacidity. same principle as "deactivating" a cat.
@Willijs3 Hold my binder clip, I'm going in.
@Barbarian please do not explain that.
The shirt folding thing isn't impossible though the way they teach it now a days is terrible. I originally learned it back when youtube was still competing with Google Video from some random Japanese lady and it was pretty easy to emulate.
Looks like meh needs to sell some binder clips.
I have also sliced a bunch of cherry tomatoes at the same time by pressing between two plates and slicing in between. Would work for grapes too, but I don't usually cut grapes unless there are little kids eating.
@katbyter I have never gotten that to work. Any tips?
@katbyter this seems like it would never work, I need proof.
@beachbum Sharp knife.
@beachbum @JonT @Thumperchick as the new chick said, it takes a sharp knife and flat plates...between the cutting board and the counter works as well
I just used the bottom part of a salad spinner as a quick topper for a cake dish. I haven't made a layer cake in ten years (maybe more), and have no idea where I put the actual nice aluminum lid I used to use. Who knows? Maybe it ran away from home.
The bowl from the salad spinner works fine, and is rather attractive. I should take a picture, later...
@Shrdlu Here's the cake:
@Shrdlu will you cut it with dental floss?
@beachbum No, not so much. Besides, it's all gone (and it was delicious). Devil's food, butter cream frosting, lightly dusted with cocoa. Real butter, real vanilla, made and eaten all in the same day. Life is good.
@Shrdlu Even though it's not what you said at all, I kept imagining you covering the cake with the spinny part… you know, like the mesh part. The cake presentation looks good!
@Shrdlu From scratch ? It looks nice no matter and I like the idea for a cover !
I am so saddened when someone says they made something "homemade" and they mean they used a box mix.
It's fine now and again. But it's not homemade.
@ceagee I haven't made a cake from a box since the one time as a teenager, where I was proving a point. I made two cakes (no frosting to confuse the issue), and had people do blind taste tests. 100% preferred the real cake. Mixes are okay, but I don't understand why someone would use them. They are not less work than just making a danged cake. Here's the devil's food recipe:
Please note that I use Cocoa, powdered, from a tin. I like the ingredient list (cocoa). This recipe called for unsweetened chocolate, but I don't care for the ingredient list on it, so I always substitute. I also only use C&H cane sugar, and yes, I can tell the difference. Oh, god, it's going to be a tome, but I can't help it. The recipe says "Sift flour and soda together (I never, ever do this, but it was necessary, back in the day)."
1/2 cup butter (NOT margarine or shortening)
(Additional 3 Tbs of butter if using cocoa)
1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
(or 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbs cocoa)
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
Cream butter, and add sugar gradually, until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add chocolate and blend (if you're using cocoa, you might want to add it to the flour, and mix it in that way). Combine flour with soda, and milk with vanilla. Alternate flour and milk, beating until smooth after each. Put into greased, floured cake pans (9-inch layer pans), and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Frosting is just standard buttercream. If C&H ever quits putting this quick recipe on the box, I'm in trouble. Please note: If you are planning on frosting between the layers, you need to slice off the raised portion of the layer that goes on the bottom (otherwise your top layer will crack, and look silly). I usually put jam between the layers (because delicious), preferring something like apricot or plum.
1 lb. box of powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1/2 cup butter.
Cream butter, and add sugar, milk and vanilla, alternating, and scraping bowl often. For thinner consistency, you might add a tiny bit more milk. Frost cake gently, starting with sides. Put a bit cocoa in your sifter, and gently sprinkle the top of the frosting.
You may also just use a rectangular pan for the cake (in which case, bake for 30 minutes), and frost the top, if you like.
Trust me, this was more work to type than to do.
@ceagee My wife makes custom cakes/cupcakes..she starts with a box mix and doctors them from there...it's a trick used by many people and works very well. People have accused her of lacing her work with cocaine so I think they like it ok...
@Shrdlu wow. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
I am intrigued that you use only brown sugar in the cake. Is that light brown or dark ( I would assume light , but thought I should check )
Also, you wrote : "I also only use C&H cane sugar" Did you mean their powered sugar for the frosting ? Or do you use their brown sugar ?
Also, there are so many kinds of cocoa these days and all the brands are quite different. Do you have a favorite ? There's dark and dutch processed and fair trade and they all are "just cocoa" but taste a bit different. I was raised on Hershey's cocoa and so my taste seems to run that direction, even though I have tried the others.
Please clarify.
It may take me a bit to try it, busy month. I will give it a go eventually, and when I do I'll let you know how it turns out.
@tightwad Very pretty
Your wife is a talented decorator !
@ceagee I meant that I used C&H brand for everything, powdered sugar, brown sugar (I meant dark; I always forget that there's two kinds nowadays), and regular sugar. Cane sugar tastes different than the beet or other varieties, and I can tell the difference. You'll be happy to know that I use Hershey's cocoa (although I miss the days that it came in a metal tin). They do indeed all taste different.
It took me about 20 minutes of searching for this, but here's a whole lot more recipes (some of this you may even remember):
http://dealswootrecipes.blogspot.com/
http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/1aa9ca1c-0f27-4e1b-933a-71094650c3e0/share-recipes
(Hope I'm not violating any rules here.)
@Shrdlu Thanks for the clarifications.
No rules against posting woot stuff. It's all good.
@Shrdlu I don't think I've ever seen C&H, is it regional? Am I somehow blind to that bright pink packaging?
@brhfl - I just looked it up and found it's known as Domino on the East coast.
@KDemo Man, oh man, you are QUICK! Yes, C&H (aka California and Hawaii) were purchased (in a slightly more complex history than I just implied) by Domino (also a sugar cane company). Here's the wikipedia page, for those with oodles of time (because no poll tonight).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_and_Hawaiian_Sugar_Company
Sorry, @brhfl, I've always lived west of the big river, and C&H is what I knew.
I got a great book that has a whole bunch of tips like these (the less bullshit ones, not the ones in the poll). It's called Urawaza - Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan.
The tip I remember most is using a piece of bread to pick up broken glass pieces from the floor.
@dashcloud What is this bread and glass thing you speak of?
@darkzrobe You can lightly press slices of bread over the area where the glass broke, and it will absorb the small pieces into the bread- the glass will get stuck in the bread, and then you can throw out the bread and the glass together.
How to quickly Defrost Bread
@spacezorro +1 Star for randomness.
@spacezorro leggo my eggo!
I think the only time I've ever used an iron (I'm a steamer person myself) was to get wax out of carpet with a brown paper bag. It worked pretty well, but was very time consuming.
@brhfl start with a paper towel.