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FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
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Posted on 08/29/2007 5:57:45 PM PDT by beachn4fun
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FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
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It was a good race. I almost forgot to check numbers! LOL!
It was a perfect 10 days. We had fun and wore each other out.
Maine and NY are very beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed
myself. So did Mr. LUV. He absolutely loved my FRiends...and
they are HIS FRiends now!
Tough teachers can be a good thing, if they are fair.
Oh dear about the laptop issues. A whole semester without communication doesn’t sound like a good thing.
Nite, MY!
Sweet dreams. Talk to you next time!
Good for him, getting 3 days RnR. I’ll send a prayer too that he enjoys himself, without getting into any trouble.
Oh, they get their Internet soon enough - once we have to apply patches to their laptops, and get them to install virus programs (which not a few don’t know how!), and they can always use one of the public Web kiosks or the library terminals.
I’ve been up in the dorms before the start of the semester, troubleshooting for the summer students. The dorms here are nice, but old. A lot of retrofitting going on...
LUV!
i hope you’ve had a good day. :)
I’ve spent my evening arguing with my son. :(
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
(((Hugs)))
Tips & Hints
A copper scouring pad in your humidifier will prevent lime buildup.
A tsp. or 2 of vinegar can help keep eggs from cracking while boiling.
Add 1/4 tsp. Soda to Cranberries while cooking them and they will not require as much sugar.
Add 1/4 tsp. of baking powder per quart of potatoes while mashing them and they will be fluffy, smooth, and more tasty.
Add about 7 drops of lemon juice to 2 cups of whipping cream. It will make the cream beat up firm in about half the time.
Adding a pinch of sugar to the water when boiling corn on the cob helps bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.
Adding lemon juice to gravy that is too greasy, will make the grease disappear and add flavor to your gravy. A small amount of baking soda will also work.
Bring Lemons to room temperature and roll them under your palm on top of the kitchen counter before squeezing to get the most juice from them.
Brushing beaten egg whites over a pie crust before baking gives it a beautiful glossy finish.
Chunks of charcoal placed in the refrigerator will help absorb any bad odors.
When making deviled eggs - put the cooled hard boiled egg yolks, mayo, mustard, salt, pepper and onion into a ziplock plastic bag. Mush it altogether in there, snip the corner of the bag and fill your egg white halves. Then just pitch the bag.
Cream that is whipped ahead of time, will not separate if you add a touch of dissolved unflavored gelatin (1/4 tsp. per cup of cream).
Do Not use Iodized Salt in making pickles, it causes them to become soft.
During winter months, when the kitchen is cold, it can be a slow process or nearly impossible to get yeast breads to rise. Try placing the dough in an oven-safe container and setting it in the oven on warm (200 degrees F) for 2-3 minutes. Don’t let it bake, just enough to warm the bowl. It can really speed the rising process.
To make up a pan of buttered bread crumbs and store in refrigerator (you guessed it) in a glass jar. That way you use up all the old bread plus you don’t have to stop to make buttered crumbs whenever you need them. Use these crumbs for toppings on many different dishes.
To store your sour cream or cottage cheese upside down in your refrigerator to make it keep longer!
For a new taste in potato salad dressing, use onion soup mix instead of fresh onions or chives. Two Tablespoons are enough to season a family-sized salad. It’s easy and saves the tears and fuss of chopping onions.
For burnt-on food in a skillet, just add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover the bottom of the skillet, bring to a boil on top of the stove for easier cleaning.
For hardened brown sugar: try keeping a bag of prunes with the top cut off laying on top of your container of brown sugar. The brown sugar never gets hard and when the prunes start drying out, just put them in a saucepan and cook for whatever time it takes for them to soften. Having been in with the sugar they are usually sweet enough without adding more sugar.
For the burnt-on food in skillet shake a little baking soda in along with the soap and water.
When hard boiling eggs, boil the water and slowly put the eggs into the water so they dont crack or break open, let the water come to a harsh boil and then put the cover onto the pot. Take the pot off the heat and let the eggs sit in the water for 20-30 minutes and the eggs should be hard-boiled!
Green peppers may be frozen without blanching in an airtight container for later use in hot dishes or casseroles.
Have just a small amount of leftover wine? Don’t throw it away, try freezing it into cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
If the refrigerator is stale or full of bad odors, crumble up newspapers and fill the fridge. Let it run for a day or two. Remove the newspapers and discard them. You may need to repeat this procedure, but it does work very well. It also works on a stale cooler.
If you accidently over-salt a recipe while its still cooking, put in a peeled potato to help absorb some of the excess salt.
If you get gum in your hair try freezing it with an ice cube. It should glide right off!
Store your brown sugar in plastic containers such as a coffee creamer container and you’ll never have to soften your brown sugar again!
If you want extra fudgy brownies, try adding 1/4 cup corn syrup!
Store things in glass jars. When you buy buttermilk, and get it home, and it in a glass jar. It keeps for months that way. In fact any leftovers keep in a glass jar. Store onions in a glass jar leaving the root intact and they should keep for weeks. Another use is to clean and skin grapefruit and keep the sections in a glass jar. They keep for weeks and you don’t have the mess each time you want some.
Placing a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar helps to soften it again.
Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice it and rub the raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
Put a little butter in a kettle of potatoes to keep them from boiling over.
Remove the burnt taste from scorched milk by putting the pan in cold water and adding a pinch of salt to the milk.
Salted cold water will cool a hot dish more rapidly than plain cold water.
Spraying tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before putting in a tomato-based sauce will help prevent stains to the tupperware.
For a great way to proof dough take a large bowl of water and put it in the microwave for a few minutes until the oven gets warm and moist. Take the bowl out and put in the dough. Its a nice warm, moist environment. You can leave the dough in there for however long you need to while it rises!
Stuffing a miniature marshmellow into the bottom of a sugar cone will help prevent ice cream drips.
To allow salt to pour easily, put a few uncooked grains of rice in your shakers to absorb moisture.
To clean a thermos bottle, fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets and let soak for an hour or more, if needed.
To cook hamburgers in a hurry, poke a hole in the center when shaping. The centers will cook more quickly and when the hamburgers are done, the holes are gone.
To cut very fresh bread or cake without crumbling, use a thin-bladed knife heated in hot water and then dried.
To determine whether an egg is fresh or not, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh. If it rises to the surface, throw it away.
To freshen a microwave, combine 1 cup water, the juice of 1/2 lemon and the rind, and 5-6 cloves. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.
To help prevent hard-boiled eggs from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling them.
To keep Confectioner’s sugar frostings moist, add a dash of baking powder.
To keep your potatoes from budding out, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
To maintain the flavor of freshly ground coffee, store it in the refrigerator.
To prevent Rice Krispie bars from sticking to your fingers, run your hands under cold water before pressing them into the pan.
To remove a stain from inside a glass vase, fill it with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
To remove gum from hair, rub it with peanut butter or cooking oil. This will release it.
To remove paint from hands, use lard.
To toast blanched almonds, arrange the nuts in one layer on a shallow pan and bake in a moderate oven until golden, stirring often.
To wipe crayon marks off a wall, apply toothpaste and let set about 15 minutes, and wipe off with a damp cloth.
Try freezing half and half or other cream in an ice cube tray and then store the cubes in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. Then when you make something like a soup or sauce, you can just take out a cube or two. This works great if you live alone too and never need a big batch of anything. These cubes can be used to add flavor to anything!
Try using milk instead of water when making pie crusts to make a more tender crust and to have it brown nicely.
Use a meat baster to squeeze your pancake batter onto the hot griddle for perfect-shaped pancakes every time.
Wash hands in cold water and rub with salt to get rid of onion odor.
When instructed in a cake recipe to flour the baking pan, try using a little of the dry cake mix instead of flour for a no-white-mess on the outside of the cake.
Wrapping celery in aluminum foil when storing it in the refrigerator will help to keep it fresher for weeks.
Thatsa so nice.I love the picture on the bike with Mr.B.
Wild Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtW2wLOaa4M
free dixie SMOOCH,sw
It was the BEST fun! Wild Thing indeed! LOL! I was holding
on for dear life, but felt safe, too.
All of it was. I didn’t realize how special friendships
were till I started traveling with this wonderful group.
My hubby thought so, too!
I will have you and your son in my prayers LUV. Robert is doing well. Right now he’s going for 3 days of RnR.
That's why Koreans eat so much of it! LOL!
I hope tomorrow is better for the two of you, too.
I remember those times when our son was a teen.
Now he is my hero! It will happen for you, too!
(((hugs)))
LUV W so glad Mr Luv had a great time.I like the sailboat picture,so peaceful.
A couple I use...
A tsp. or 2 of vinegar can help keep eggs from cracking while boiling.
When making deviled eggs - put the cooled hard boiled egg yolks, mayo, mustard, salt, pepper and onion into a ziplock plastic bag. Mush it altogether in there, snip the corner of the bag and fill your egg white halves. Then just pitch the bag. (Ashlie introduced me to this one....works like a charm!!!)
If you get gum in your hair try freezing it with an ice cube. It should glide right off! (Works good for gum in your pant’s pockets.)
To help prevent hard-boiled eggs from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling them. (I do this too.)
Thank you for the prayers.
I hope Robert has a great time on his R&R. He deserves
it. Prayers continue for him till he’s back here with
you!
Did Jeremy get home okay? I was very glad to hear your
news about that!
On the brightside, all a have to clean up is paper wrappers!
Yes, Jeremy is home and is doing fine. Thanks for the prayers for Robert.
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