Who Said I Was Finished Growing?

Would you believe this lettuce has grown over an inch in just a day?  Get a new batch of lettuce from what you would normally throw away.  Simply put it in water and watch it grow.

And don't throw those onions out just yet.  This is how much they grew in a day.

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Do NOT Eat What Ants Would Not Touch

Photo by Traders Point Creamery 

Do NOT eat what ants would NOT touch. Top right: margarine, left: reduced fat margarine, bottom right: natural butter.

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Cooking Tip: Easy Peel Garlic

Once you know how to peel garlic this way, you'll never go back.

And Finally Another Way To Cook A Potato

Why it took almost forty years to hear about this one, I'll never know.  Thank you Pinterest.  For everything, not just this here potato.

Cooking Tip: No More Peeling- How To Blanch A Tomato

 No need to spend all that time peeling tomatoes.  Simply cut an X like this into the bottom of the tomatoes you want skinned.  Drop them into a pot of boiling water for 30-45 seconds.  Drop them into cold water to stop them from cooking, and the skin comes right off.

Cooking Tip: Finding The Wormy Date

Though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt me, I just can't stomach a wormy date.  It's probably from all those wormy dates I had in the Peace Corps living in a date palm oasis for two years.  I became an expert at checking for the little squirmers.  Of course the ones you find will be long time dead by the time you get them.  Perhaps they'll add a little protein to your diet, but if you, too, can't stomach it, look for the poop.  It looks like little granules of sand or brown salt.  If you see the poop, chances are the little bugger's in there somewhere.

Cooking Tip: Make Your Own Buttermilk

Don't have any buttermilk on hand?  No worries.

Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to a cup of milk and in a few minutes you have buttermilk.  See...

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Cooking Tip: No Mess DIY Recyclable Roasting Pan