Monday, December 27, 2010

Tips and Tidbits


A Super Easy Way to Peel Potatoes ~ While you are bringing a pot of water to the boiling point, scrub the potatoes.  Using a sharp knife, score each potato all around the center (think of it as the potato's waistline).  You only need to cut through the peel a little bit.  Drop the potatoes into the boiling water and cook until tender (about 20 minutes or so).  Remove the potatoes from the boiling water with tongs and plunge into ice water.  Move them around for about ten seconds until they cool off some.  Take a potato in both hands and pull back the peel on each side.  Works like magic!  This is a great tip when making potato salad! ~ Thanks to Paula Archer in Nebraska and Rosanne Ayers in Virginia

Help from Silica Gel Packets ~ Save all the silica gel packets that you receive with vitamins, shoes, purses, etc. Keep a few with your jewelry to keep them from tarnishing.    
             
Cleaning Photos ~ To remove gently fingerprints from photos without ruining the photo, rub felt over it.  

Granite Countertops ~ Rather than purchasing a special cleaner, mix equal parts of rubbing alcohol and water in a spray bottle with about a teaspoon of dishwashing liquid.  
Birthverse consists of 366 verses chosen from the 66 books of the Bible. Each verse correlates the chapter and verse with its month and day. http://www.birthverse.com/mybirthverse.cfm ~ Thanks to Jalisa Wenger in Pennsylvania


(Something very interesting:  Our son had been signing his e-mails and cards with Zephaniah 3:17 for several years.  I looked up the birthverse for his baby boy, and it is Zephaniah 3:17!  "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."  What an encouraging scripture verse!)

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