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  • Recipe Helpful hints for Luscious Lemon Loaf
    Helpful hints for Luscious Lemon Loaf
    Got Lemons? Many of us in Arizona do in May when the trees are loaded with fruit and they are so-o-o big. But how to still have them in August? Try juicing the lemons, pouring the concentrate into ice cube trays and freezing. Put the ice cubes[...]
  • Recipe Helpful hints to consider when making icing and icing a cake.
    Helpful hints to consider when making icing and icing a cake.
    1. First and most importantly you have to bake a perfect cake. My last post gave you all you need to know to bake the perfect cake. One more thing to consider when you grease and flour the cakes is to stay clear of using butter as a greasing[...]
  • Recipe 7/11/10 - Dinner party for 10!
    7/11/10 - Dinner party for 10!
    When you live in an apartment in the city, dinner parties usually need to be intimate affairs. Most of us just don't have the space (or the layout) for a full dining room which means that you are limited to a few guests. However, I love to[...]
  • Recipe Thirsty Thursdays: Earth Day Edition
    Thirsty Thursdays: Earth Day Edition
    I'm fond of saying that everyone is thirsty on Thursdays ... but what if we were truly thirsty? What if we were the kind of thirsty that results from having no access to clean water? Did you know that: Less than 2% of the earth's water[...]
  • Recipe Cookie tips, tricks, recipes, more at Our Krazy Kitchen
    Cookie tips, tricks, recipes, more at Our Krazy Kitchen
    Do you know the secret to soft, chewy cookies? Under bake them ever so slightly. Cookies are the smallest baked items from our ovens, and they continue to bake while they cool, so even a minute more in the oven makes a huge difference. Also[...]
  • Recipe You say zabaglione, I say sabayon: Don't call the whole thing off, Save Room for Dessert
    You say zabaglione, I say sabayon: Don't call the whole thing off, Save Room for Dessert
    Do you remember the song? Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire both sang this romantic tune over the decades, and this dessert from the Joy of Desserts archives would be pretty to celebrate St. Valentine's Day no matter how you pronounce it. Whether[...]
  • Recipe Other helpful hints
    Other helpful hints
    No ingredients INGREDIENTS: Use butter or regular margarine in sticks. Do not use butter or margarine produced in tubs or squeeze bottles in baking. Do not use margarine type of products labeled "spread." They will not perform in the[...]
  • Recipe Helpful Hints from Leslie
    Helpful Hints from Leslie
    Love these helpful hints on baking from Leslie Christiansen . . . Egg whites beat up better if they are warmed a little before being whipped. After separating the eggs, place the egg whites in a heat-proof bowl. I use my mixing bowl, since[...]
  • Recipe Helpful Hints from the 1930s
    Helpful Hints from the 1930s
    Here are some household hints published in newspapers during the Great Depression.  Some may be useful, some are outdated, some just make you scratch your head and wonder. Clean Hair Required "Let us rejoice that simplicity is the keynote of[...]
  • Recipe REALLY COOL, HELPFUL KITCHEN HINTS
    REALLY COOL, HELPFUL KITCHEN HINTS
    One of my Red Hat sisters sent me a bunch of wonderful kitchen hints and I thought I'd share them with you. Some I've already tried and a few I've yet to try but will soon. These would be good to print up and laminate for young brides and/or[...]