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Food:
  • If you get a piece of eggshell in with the eggs while cracking them, use the other half of the eggshell to fish it out instead of trying to use your fingers or anything else.
  • If you want to separate the yolk from the white, take an empty clean water bottle, squeeze the bottle, place the mouth over the yolk and slowly release the bottle. The yolk will get sucked up into the bottle with minimal/no white.
  • When boiling eggs, add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda to the water. Makes them really easy to peel and doesn't affect the taste.
  • If you have a room temperature bottle (and esp can) that you want to get cold fast, wrap a wet paper towel around it and put it in the freezer. It'll be ice cold pretty quickly.
  • Microwave rice from TJ's
  • Open a can of corn,put salt pepper and cheese on top, microwave or oven it (super easy lunch)
  • 2 slices of old pizza from the fridge, lay them cheese sides on top of each other and put them in a sandwich maker. Instant calzone.
  • For chulent of course.. Using only navy beans, chulent mix a big no no.
  • If you're going to freeze ground beef, put it in a gallon ziploc and squeeze/spread it flat to fill the bag. You can stack them in the freezer and it'll defrost much faster (without the outside spoiling while the inside is still frozen).
  • To easily melt a small amount of chocolate / butter, put it in a ziploc bag and put that into a mug of hot water for a few minutes. No mess! You can cut a hole in the corner to pipe chocolate too.
  • Shredded cheese lasts longer in the freezer, but will clump up, before freezing add a little bit of cornstarch (1tbs) and shake vigorously. The pieces will stay separate and it'll be easy to use.
  • To cool down baby food without blowing at it (which may add your bacteria to the food) wave your hand at it.
Travel:
  • If you want a hot meal on any plane, bring a tradition soup or oatmeal packet and use the free hot water they offer with tea. Great for traveling in general.
  • Before you go on a long flight, freeze a JJ cappuccino.  If it's frozen they let it on the plane. Once you get up from your nap on the plane there is nothing as refreshing as an iced cappuccino. It should still be freezing but not frozen.
  • When packing a suitcase, put your socks inside your shoes. It will save a little space and stop your shoes from getting crushed.
  • The aisle seat armrest usually has a little button underneath by the hinge that allows you to lift it. Makes it much easier to get in and out of your seat, especially if your tray table is open with stuff on it.
  • When we go on trips My wife packs the childrens clothing in individual ziplocs for each day of our trip. Like that she doesn't have to look for all the matching stuff.
Computers:
  • You can open links a in new tab by clicking with the scroll wheel.

    Quickly toggle between tabs.

    1) Excel and most internet browsers: Ctrl + PgUp/Dn
    2) Google Sheets: Ctrl + Shift + PgUpDn
    3) chrome: control-tab / control-shift-tab
alternatively ctrl+number tab from left
   
  • Widows+V will open up your clipboard with all recent stuff copied.
Every day/Home:
  • If you are drilling into a wall, open an envelope and tape the flap to the wall under where you are drilling and it catches all the plaster/dust that comes out. Makes cleanup after a small drilling a breeze
  • Open glass jars with rubber gloves, Or a rubber band around the lid.
  • When you first open a bottle of soda or seltzer or pop, begin by slowly turning the cap one-quarter turn and wait about 10 seconds, watching for the small bubbles to slow down, and listening as the sssst of escaping gas gets quieter.  Then turn another 1/4 turn, and wait another 10 seconds till it quiets down.
  • If you get chewing gum on your clothes, put the clothes in the freezer for a bit, it will be much easier to remove the gum afterwards.
Stores:

  • Check out at the pharmacy in the grocery store when the regular lines are long.
Perscriptions:

  • GoodRX.com, even for meds that are covered. My insurance can have a $15 copay, but coupon from GoodRX gets me the medication for $7. When insurance doesn't cover the medication, it's a fraction of the cost. I've seen discounts of 90%
Holidays:
  • After Yom Tov, especially Pesach, make a spreadsheet. What on the menu went over well with guests and kids. What did you run short on and need to have more next time around. What did you way overbuy on. That way there is no need to reinvent the wheel next year.

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Re: Life Hacks, Post Your Favorites!
« Reply #1320 on: October 07, 2024, 08:37:13 AM »
Our cholent, if we aren't having guests, is meat, onions, potatoes and carrots. And when we have guests, DW makes two cholents (second one with beans and barley). No arguing with the kids' tastes ... and I'm happy with either (or both) cholent types.
We often have celiac guests.  8)
So you're well prepared for Pesach. :P

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« Reply #1321 on: October 07, 2024, 08:54:53 AM »
So you're well prepared for Pesach. :P

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Re: Life Hacks, Post Your Favorites!
« Reply #1322 on: October 07, 2024, 10:14:17 AM »
Quite an interesting thing! I've not seen it before.


(But I get bags at less than 20 cents each, the chulent fills most of the pot and the meat just a small area, and the fumes of the beans will likely infuse into the meat enough to give digestive distress. So it's probably not what I need. 
But thanks for sharing it.)
ever tried soaking the beans before putting them in? Helps take out a lot of the digestive distress

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« Reply #1323 on: October 07, 2024, 10:20:21 AM »
ever tried soaking the beans before putting them in? Helps take out a lot of the digestive distress
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Re: Life Hacks, Post Your Favorites!
« Reply #1324 on: October 07, 2024, 03:51:16 PM »
Asking for a hack here.
Is there a way to sauté onions and not having to babysit the pot so it wouldn't get burned on the bottom? Sautéing takes time and if you don't have a fryer with the basket it keeps you hunkered too much.

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« Reply #1325 on: October 07, 2024, 04:08:03 PM »
Asking for a hack here.
Is there a way to sauté onions and not having to babysit the pot so it wouldn't get burned on the bottom? Sautéing takes time and if you don't have a fryer with the basket it keeps you hunkered too much.
put it on a very low flame and cover it
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« Reply #1326 on: October 07, 2024, 04:14:47 PM »
put it on a very low flame and cover it

I understand that this way it will take longer, right?

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Re: Life Hacks, Post Your Favorites!
« Reply #1327 on: October 07, 2024, 04:19:53 PM »
Asking for a hack here.
Is there a way to sauté onions and not having to babysit the pot so it wouldn't get burned on the bottom? Sautéing takes time and if you don't have a fryer with the basket it keeps you hunkered too much.

Can try in the oven see here:
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=13104.msg2606520#msg2606520

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« Reply #1328 on: October 07, 2024, 04:20:51 PM »
I understand that this way it will take longer, right?
yes
Can try in the oven see here:
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=13104.msg2606520#msg2606520

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I do that too, I might try uncovering it at the end for a bit to get more color
There's also this similar option:
https://betweencarpools.com/the-easiest-no-pot-way-to-saute-lots-and-lots-of-onions/

And I've seen a crock pot version too
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« Reply #1329 on: October 07, 2024, 04:22:44 PM »
You can also see if you like the canned sauteed onions.

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« Reply #1330 on: October 07, 2024, 04:23:57 PM »
You can also see if you like the canned sauteed onions.
I tried once and did not like them
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« Reply #1331 on: October 07, 2024, 04:24:55 PM »
You can also see if you like the canned sauteed onions.

Gross. The frozen cubed are better but too little for that price and not as good as homemade.

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« Reply #1332 on: October 07, 2024, 04:34:08 PM »
I do that too,

Well, it is your recipe ;D

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« Reply #1333 on: October 07, 2024, 04:38:06 PM »
put it on a very low flame and cover it
I have done this before and tastes thoroughly incorrect, it will make an onion soup type of flavor not a sauteed onion flavor but it is not a bad taste if you are ok with it

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Re: Life Hacks, Post Your Favorites!
« Reply #1334 on: October 07, 2024, 05:00:11 PM »
Asking for a hack here.
Is there a way to sauté onions and not having to babysit the pot so it wouldn't get burned on the bottom? Sautéing takes time and if you don't have a fryer with the basket it keeps you hunkered too much.
Wouldn't a CrockPot work?

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« Reply #1335 on: October 07, 2024, 05:01:29 PM »
Wouldn't a CrockPot work?

I guess that's the same like the low flame idea.

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« Reply #1336 on: October 07, 2024, 05:03:59 PM »
I guess that's the same like the low flame idea.
Correct, evenly distributed heat though

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« Reply #1337 on: October 07, 2024, 06:40:29 PM »
I have done this before and tastes thoroughly incorrect, it will make an onion soup type of flavor not a sauteed onion flavor but it is not a bad taste if you are ok with it
You can uncover it if you prefer but you need to check on it more often. But not too often if it's on a low flame.
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« Reply #1338 on: October 07, 2024, 07:17:13 PM »
@biobook should team up with this guy

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« Reply #1339 on: October 07, 2024, 07:55:21 PM »
Gross. The frozen cubed are better but too little for that price and not as good as homemade.
+1. Weird that they got it right in the frozen form but completely off in the can. Might have to do with preservatives I suppose.
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