Have you considered just not keeping it on your counter? We put our toaster away in a cabinet between uses (which are daily).
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Wow, that’d be a person I would no longer be friends with. Read more
I assume you warn meal hosts of your egg allergy in advance?
If you don’t have the freezer space, you can make a roux in the microwave in minutes. Just toss the butter and flour in a pyrex cup and microwave for a few minutes. Once melted, stir until smooth and give it another minute or so in the microwave until it has the desired color.
You can get away with cold eggs if you’re using a stand mixer to make a pasta dough, but if you’re kneading by hand you definitely want to use room temp eggs or the dough will be impossibly stiff.
I know this varies by state, but in MA you don’t pay the 20% adult use tax if you are purchasing for medical use (i.e. with an MMJ prescription). You can also receive discounts and sales as a medical patient, which at my local dispensary easily knocks 50% off the price if you’re flexible about the type of bud. I… Read more
Yeah, I turned that off immediately. If an overdraft occurs, I get a text and can rectify the situation then. I use a credit card for all regular expenses (paying it off each month), so I also have alerts set up for any spending over $50 since the only charges hitting my checking account should be bills. Read more
Why keep so much money in your checking account? I was taught to keep checking account balances to a minimum so if your account is ever compromised there isn’t much to be lost. After I pay my bills, everything left minus a few hundred bucks goes into savings or investments. If I ever suddenly need cash, I can pull it… Read more
You got the math wrong there. It’s a *pair* of 10-sheet cartridges, so you’re getting 20 sheets for $15, hence the 75 cents a print.
Some of my local breweries have produced some not-unpleasant seltzers, but it’s far easier to just splash some plain seltzer on my gin of choice and call it a day.
My (hypothetical) children are doomed. My favorite way to navigate grocery stores involves wandering among the aisles while dreaming up various culinary delights. I’m also great at making lists and then completely ignoring them once I get to the store.
What blows my mind more is how you can have the smarts to save a decent sum of cash, but still be dumb enough to just fork it over to a stranger.
That’s essentially the point of RHONY now.
I felt that way until I started paying $9/gallon for locally produced milk and you can be damn sure I use every last drop.
I like this idea, but a can of cheap Folgers takes up the same amount of space as a second spice grinder (at least compared to the tiny Mr.Coffee grinder we use). What I’ve found works great for cleaning out the grinder, though, is to toss in a few small pieces of soft bread and grind those for a 30 seconds or so. All… Read more
I have to thank my partner for being the voice of reason with smart home purchases. Every time I bring up getting a device that’s the newer/cheaper/faster version of something, his first question is if it’s made by one of the 2 companies we’ve already bought tech from. If it’s not, he instantly says no and reminds me… Read more
Is this one of those things where we’re inappropriately placing the burden on individuals? Can we leave my gas stove alone if we instead do something more substantial like electrify all cars or convert power grids to renewables? Read more
I would push back and say it’s not hard to get your academic information from your alma mater. Just email the Registrar’s Office for assistance, or better yet just google “school name + transcript” and you’ll find ordering instructions quickly. Read more
Same outcome, but different path. As a small child I was an idiot that would lie about the stupidest things (like saying I didn’t eat a piece of cake while being covered in icing). Consequently I had a reputation as a bad liar and eventually stopped trying. So when I figured out the key to lying as a teenager, I was… Read more
My main issue with getting an air fryer is that I live in a tiny city apartment with limited kitchen storage. My counters already have a microwave, coffee pot, coffee grinder, electric kettle and a stand mixer, so I don’t really have the space for yet another appliance. I rarely use the microwave though and really… Read more