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Is there any tricks in boiling eggs that makes it easier to remove the shell later?
I've found that tapping the egg on the top nub, instead of on the side, and starting from there gives better results. But I'm still losing about 30 percent of my eggs due to sticky shells.
Any suggestions?
Last night I waited until everyone was sleeping, and then went about making some Kudzu Soap. Had a dandy time, too, I tell ya. Although about 3am I was completely pooped and ready for bed.
Here's a printable math game for kids. All you need is three dice.
Word format or here for a printable one.
Does anyone remember Frontier House? Well, PBS now had Colonial House, and it debuts tonight.
I loved Frontier House. Cool thing is that there's no commercials and they air pretty frequently. No waiting around for the next week.
There's 2 showings tonight one at 7 and then again at 9.
McDonalds unleashes their Go Active! Happy Meal for adults.
From the site:
"McDonald’s first-ever “Go Active! Happy Meal” for adults includes the choice of a Premium Salad, bottled water or drink of choice, a Stepometer™ and a fun, informative booklet, created by Oprah’s personal trainer, Bob Greene, that provides walking and exercising tips."
I guess the Stepometer is the toy, eh? I went through the drive-thru today and it was $5.08, I believe, for the meal. The ad picture featured Dasani water, which I personally dislike - I'd rather drink the water from McD's gun. But, you can substitute that with one of their yummy Diet Cokes. I swear they've got the best Diet Coke in the world.
If only they served liquor - I'm sure a brandy and Coke would taste so fantastic if the Coke came from a McD gun.
I went way off the point here, didn't I?
1. Should You Wear White After Labor Day? I don't give it a second thought. Whatever floats your boat.
2. Do You Wear Sandals w/ Socks (be honest)? Uhhhh. Well. I wear sock with flip-flops around the house, and occasionally wear socks with my Birkenstocks. But generally, no. If I can go sockless I'm all for it.
3. Panty Lines must be Avoiced at All Costs (T or F)? I've got other things on my mind. Panty lines, shmanty lines. (I have not many thoughts on fashion, ya dig?) Oh. So that would be False.
4. Do You Own a "Little Black Dress"? Nope.
5. Favorite Article of Clothing? Ahhhh. Easy. My pajamas.
Surely you know about the decapitation of Nick Berg by now. If not, maybe it is better that you don't.
I found out about it late last night, around midnight and was just stunned. An Al Qaeda-linked web site has the whole grizzly ordeal in video... I guess. Not very different from our media-whores who insist on showing AMAP (as much as possible), without regard to the families of these people.
Good God, we're in a whole world of crap, aren't we?
Somehow I got some bastard pop up ad that installed itself on my computer from Adintelligence that will NOT uninstall when attempted (big surprise), as well as an univited Purityscan, and a Clearsearch folder that I can not remove from my own damn computer, as well as about 5 other folder, 3 of which I can not delte.
I am completely disgusted. How in the hell do I get this stuff off my computer? What a sleazy way of producting one's business. Disgraceful.
Swiped from Ms. Bluecad
If I were a month I would be: October
If I were a day of the week I would be: Thursday
If I were a time of day I would be: 2:00 am
If I were a planet I would be: The entire Solar System
If I were a sea animal I would be: Gentle whale
If I were a direction I would be: South
If I were a piece of furniture I would be: Comfy couch
If I were a sin I would be: Gluttony
If I were a historical figure I would be: ???
If I were a liquid I would be: Glass of ice water
If I were a tree I would be: Apple
If I were a flower/plant I would be: Climbing roses (?)
If I were the weather I would be: Windy with rain
If I were a musical instrument I would be: Guitar
If I were an animal I would be: Cat (pet)
If I were a color I would be: Pink
If I were a vegetable I would be: Broccoli
If I were a sound I would be: Running water
If I were an element I would be: Wind
If I were a car I would be: Beetle - the old one
If I were a song I would be: Some Prince song - strange and hard to dicipher, but holds meaning...
If I were a movie I would be directed by: Scorsese
If I were a book I would be written by: Jane Green
If I were a food I would be: Olive oil
If I were a place I would be: Italy
When you dry your clothes, do you have to cycle it through more than once?
See, we were doing that for a while with our old dryer, and now purchased a new (well, used but new) washer and dryer.
However, even on "Heavy" we have to re-start the dryer to get the clothes clean. It's a heavy duty dryer, and supposidly has that sensor thingy that says when clothes are dry... but, I donno - I'm wondering if we need to exchange for a new one.
It this uncommon? Having to re-start a dryer?
Hey, I didn't know Dan from Real World (read: Surviving Flora) has got a blog. How cool is that? Thanks, Nic for le link.
And on the topic of RW, has anyone else noticed it has completely gone down the tubes? I think my fascination with it ended about at Miami. London was a complete bore, and the only thing I was interested in after was some of those challenge thingies that they'd have.
It's all turned into a perversion of itself, attracting the bottom-of-the-barrel attention seekers. 'Tis a shame, really.
(I must be real lonely, since I'm making 2 entries in a day... I guess I'm avoiding my whiny family. It's supposed to be MY day, dangit!!)
You know, it is really irritating in itself to have naggy kids whining about how hungry they are. I mean, just on a normal, everyday kind of day it is one of my pet peeves. Partly 'cause I know that my kids are well fed, and if they only knew how sucky some people had it, they'd be embarrassed of how bad they whine about being "hungry" when they don't even really know the term.
But I'm getting off track.
What I am getting at, is when I am DIETING, and they whine at me, it irritates me even further. 'Cause they are eating more than I am, usually, and they're complaining.
Argh.
Let alone, when I make my one measly cheat (Sugar-free, Fat-free pudding), they freaking WANT it. Good gracious!! Gimme a dang break.
Is nothing sacred?
I know that being a hardcore loather of diets, my being on the South Beach Diet is kinda... odd. But that aside, I have to comment on a twist I gave to one of the Phase I food offerings.
For a "sweet treat," the SBD recommends this weird ricotta mix for desserts. Often it's mixed with vanilla extract, or almond extract, lemon... blabla. All of those, in my humble opinion, tasted like crap and fell short of being edible. I was really bummed, 'cause this is on the menu a majority of the days.
What baffled me, though, was that cannoli (dessert) calls for ricotta as the main ingredient in it's stuffing. Why did the ricotta desserts in the book taste so... gross?
So, I decided to make up a ricotta dessert of my own (mind you, I don't usually measure, so you can tweak this to your tastes):
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ricotta
Serves 1
Ingrediants:
1/2 cup of part-skim ricotta cheese
1tsp. peanut butter
1/4 - 1/2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 packet Splenda
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in bowl. Microwave for about 30 seconds, stir well and eat warm.
No, it's not a nice, fatty dish of ice cream or anything. But, it's not that bad, either. It's gotten me through a couple rough days, lemme tell ya. You can add some sliced almonds (or other permissible nuts) to it as well.