Many people have an issue with uncooked egg in eggnog... they are worried about salmonella. There is an easy fix, use pasteurized eggs! (Not pasture raised... pasteurized... a big difference.) They are very lightly heated for a long duration, killing the salmonella.

We all know that stuffing / dressing from inside the bird tastes better, but can make cooking the bird to the correct temp a bit more difficult, not to mention that it can lead to problems if you don’t cool the stuffing before stuffing it into the raw bird.

If you are making pasta, place your pasta bowls in the sink, with the colander in one of the bowls, and a 1 or 2 cup measure in the colander. When it is time to drain the pasta, first pour some of the pasta water into the measuring cup in the colander... if you miss a bit, it goes into the colander and bowl, so no…

The problem I have had with LED bulbs, is that they just do not last as long as advertised, and warranty replacement of a light bulb, is fraught with games the manufacturers play. I bought 23 Home Depot CREE bulbs for can lights in my home. At 4 years, over 15 have failed. The LED’s don’t burn out, the circuitry or…

Sounds like Savage X Fenty is breaking the law... assuming they do business in California. The following law requires a business that signs you up for a recurring payment online, must allow you to unsubscribe online as well.

55 is the ideal storage temperature for all wines.  It is true that room temperature is the best serving temp for red wines, as long as you live in a cold dank castle with room temperatures in the low to mid 60 degrees F!  Otherwise, stick your red in the fridge for 15 minutes before drinking, or take your white…

I do not trust the “Credit Monitoring” services. They want all your data, and tend to be run by the same big entities that are allowing our data to be sprayed around the internet. This simply gives them another large database in which to replicate my info, giving them an additional chance to be hacked due to their…

This is what Paper Grocery Bags were designed for... collecting and storing the mounds of unrolled toilet paper implemented by kids and cats!

I think this depends on bit on your leanings. Personally, I have a large TV with a full 7.1 setup in another room, so if I want the absolute best experience, I’m not watching in my bedroom. So, the set in the bedroom has a PlayBase with a Sonos sub. I often will play music in that room, so I valued the sub, more than s…

I think this depends on bit on your leanings. Personally, I have a large TV with a full 7.1 setup in another room,…

Sorry, but if you can write this, “Not to sound like an advertisement, but this thing has changed my life.”... you’ve lost a bit of respect from me. 

I highly suggest Lastpass for help with both the modern digital issues of how to deal with a spouse passing away, and handling both their online digital presence, as well as providing the surviving spouse with access to online accounts and passwords. Lists of passwords don’t work. Invariably you are somewhere…

If lifehacker starts more of these political news stories, my move will be to find a new site for life hacks... as this one will no longer be hacking it.

I have to say... I find the title of this to be clickbait. The title is “You Can Put Much More in Your Dishwasher Than Plates and Soap”, yet the only item getting cleaned in the whole video other than the dishwasher, is a lint trap.  The article would be better titled “How to Clean and Use Your Dishwasher”, and even…

You need an inflatable shim... I don’t have the following exact model, but it looks remarkably close to what I use. You use the inflatable shim to lift the machine, and then put some wood block under the corners. You can do this more than once, by putting a solid shim between your inflatable shim and the machine, and…

Actually... let me give you an example. I once had a roommate, who decided to “help” me with the Thanksgiving turkey. They slit open the bag on the kitchen counter, allowing the blood and turkey juices to spill onto the counter. After mopping the entire counter with the raw turkey... they then decided to put it into…

McDonald’s states on their website, that they discard fries after they have been in the warmer for 7 minutes... which unfortunately means they may potentially be well past their peak, when you get them. There is pretty much no way that the fries will survive you driving home, etc... so you really need to get them…

This list misses a couple important issues for a home owner. For example, I would expect the closing documents on a loan to go into the forever documents bucket. In addition any upgrades to the home (not maintenance... actual improvements, replacing carpet or hardwood with the same grade that was originally put into…

I do something similar to this... with one key difference. Warming the ham sous-vide works so well. I like to slice the ham cold, if it is not already spiral sliced or pre-cut.

Claire, I can’t believe you said “I don’t even really like the stuffing that’s cooked in a turkey...” Perhaps you simply have not been the recipient of great dressing / stuffing.

About the “Know what providers are in-network; your insurer will almost surely have a “find a doctor” utility on their website so you’ll be able to confirm if the person you’re seeing is in-network.” This is great advice, that usually turns out to not be very meaningful. For example, say you go in for surgery, and you…