Ask Happy Homemaker!

by compound complex 337 Replies latest jw friends

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    Dear Happy Homemaker,

    I cook with lots of onion and garlic but haven't figured a way to get the smell off my hands after chopping. And, too, there's the question of sweet breath after the bulbous meal.

    Any deodorizing tips?

    Thanks!

    Greta

    Dear Greta,

    Before chopping away, rub a bit of distilled vinegar on hands before and then again after the fact. Same goes for when cleaning fish.

    Two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and one teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water as a gargoyle after dinner is the key to preserving valued relationships.

    Hope this helps!

    Happy Homemaker!

  • compound complex
  • compound complex
    compound complex

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  • str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up
    str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up

    Dear Happy Homemaker.

    I just read through your thread and I think I may be developing feelings for you! Help?

    You make me laugh so hard.

    Much Love

    Str8 so is spaghetti.....

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    My dear pasta bro,

    You cannot imagine how pleased I am to have you respond! I've put in posts all day in hopes of a reply. You're a wonderful addition to our happy family of JWDoers and I'm privileged to call you a friend.

    Since I really am a professional in the field of homecare/homedecor, feel free to inquire about anything and I'll give you a smart-alecky reply.

    Love,

    Happy Homemaker!

  • str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up
    str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up

    Dear Happy Homemaker,

    Can you help me when it comes to food as well?

    I have fruit and vege questions to ask, and seeing as my mother thinks I am a steaming piece of poo, I have noone to answer them.

    Love

    Str8 Spaghetti

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    Dear Spaghetti,

    Please, do ask ...

    I'm at the telescope currently researching for my other thread ("I'm leaving the Planet"), but I should be returning before day's end ...

    Hope this helps!

    Happy Homemaker!

  • str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up
    str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up

    Dear Happy Homemaker

    Which fruits keep longest, and are best for me?

    I am concerned that living the bachelor life i may be headed down the road to obesity lest i sort myself out?

    Much Love

    Str8 Spaghetti

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    Dear Spaghetti,

    Ah! We pasta-lovers gotta watch out for those broadening horizons - yes?


    Which fruits keep longest, and are best for me?

    I'm no dietician, little friend, but as to keeping best under cold storage, fruits such as apples (particularly the hard greens) and citrus have stored well for me. Dried fruits last much longer, naturellement, and come in such florid variety. Yet as to health concerns, if you should have some incipient medical condition that might react badly to an overdose of sugar - well, sugar is sugar, even if it's "healthy" sugar. Furthermore, dried fruits can lodge interdentally and cause tooth decay if not sufficiently washed away.

    From my avid cook's point of view - yet a cook who makes no claims on knowledge of your personal nutritional needs - one always does well to include daily portions of leafy green vegetables (as well as root vegetables) in one's menu. I barely cook mine. The leaves of the former I simply blanch and remove immediately from the scalding water, whereas the roots and tubers I allow a little extra time to soften. If you have a steamer you're way ahead, therefore not boiling the life out of your veggies in a cauldron of nutritional death ...

    As I ponder while I wander, I will set out more ideas pour toi.

    Hope this helps!

    Happy Homemaker!

  • compound complex
    compound complex

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