For anything that just needs a bit of smashing and not actual grinding, a big spoon and a bowl will do the job, too. I’m glad I don’t have to make-do anymore like this, but it’s handy to have options just in case. Like when you don’t want to schlep your entire kitchen to your mother’s house when it’s your turn to cook.

+1 I keep 2 coffee grinders around, one solely for coffee, and one for whatever spices (I don’t usually even wash it, who cares if you get a little dust from black pepper, cumin, coriander, nooch, etc mixed in with a batch of fresh toasted spice)

“what if soy sauce, but too much?”

I put it in grits all the time!  SO. GOOD.

This is horrifiying. 

At the risk of alienating everyone I knew growing up, including my parents*, I am here to say that I LOVE ‘shaky parm.” Yes, give me a wedge or a wheel (!!!) of Parmigiano Reggiano, and I’m in heaven. But pasta with olive oil and shaky parm? I’ll eat that ish every day. I even put it in oatmeal, with butter and black…

I like to call it shaky-cheese. We usually put it on any kind of pasta sauce that comes out of a jar. Fancier pasta gets nice shredded parm.

This was a revelation and very clever, but an easier thing to do is spoon tablespoons into an ice cube tray, freeze them, then thaw as needed. It is what I do with chipotle chilis in adobo sauce and harissa when I can only find the can and not the tube.

freeze and microplane pepperoni and salumi sticks

That may be the only option.

Batters are always better after a long rest. Every recipe for crepes I’ve ever seen calls for at least a three hour rest. I just refrigerate over night.

I send my dog in first to eat up the stale chips and french fries

I am a member of our local Lions Club, about 3 years ago we scheduled a meeting with the elementary school principal and asked how we (as a club) could help, he sent us to go meet with the counseling office and the cafeteria manager, we worked out an arrangement with the Cafeteria manager that she feeds any kid in the…

No I do not make hash brown patties myself when I can buy 16 of them for 2 bucks

I ask when I order. With Type 2 diabetes I have to limit carbs and hash browns are the only breakfast potato I will splurge on.

I just told you that they are toast now

The only article that I want to see on Lifehacker about the lottery is “Life Hack: Save Money by Not Ever Buying Lottery Tickets”

Honestly, this is a hard question. Because like yeah, the bartender was great and did a great job and in their scenario, I’m sure I’d have tipped him well.

Thumbs into the eyes works too - I blinded my attempted rapist 20 years ago when I was just 19 - he was focused only on pinning my body and forgot about my hands .. I didn’t make the mistake of trying to punch him in the head because that would’ve forced him to protect his head.. first thing I did without hesitation…

Since the silicone fibers are so thin, expect to only get 2-3 months of use out of each one before it starts breaking down. Luckily, at $10 for a 3-pack, that’s not a huge deal.

Since the silicone fibers are so thin, expect to only get 2-3 months of use out of each one before it starts…