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Category: lifehacks
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Reused pho broth container well cleaned and filled with water, then it headed into the freezer. Just something I hope will help keep stuff in our travel cooler cool on road trips. A hard-sided cooler, a few of these, perhaps some frozen water bottles or juice packs, and some food and hey, you don’t have…
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Edited on February 10, 2026 for better recipe performance! The other day I was microwaving various foods, and too tired to think straight. Next thing I knew I was microwaving bowl after bowl of stuff for two minutes each instead of putting it on one plate. But my microwave is pretty annoying anyway as it…
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So I’ve been on Instructables for years. Browsing, trying stuff, saving recipes you name it. However, it’s a weird site in that I’ve also spent months digging for information, finding unrelated stuff, finding things I needed years ago but that aren’t useful now etc. essentially it’s a pile of some of the best library books…
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If you haven’t worked in a commercial kitchen then you probably haven’t heard of the kitchen hierarchy so I’ll tell you. It goes like this, more or less: dishwasher, prep cook, saucier and salad/garnish cooks (in fancy kitchens), patissier/dessert chef, line cooks (including grill cooks, fry cooks etc.) and head chef. Some kitchens also have…
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You might already know about this one, but this is what my family does instead of using plastic wrap. As you can see, we top plates with lids, and pots and bowls with plates. We don’t use beeswrap, or anything. It’s clunky, hard to maneuver around in a fridge, and does not look good but…
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Having grown up with an Israeli family (by the way, Netanyahu and his supporters are… hey, if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all, right? I have nothing nice to say about them) I tend to not have difficulties getting enough water. You grow up being constantly told “drink more…
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Well, gardening in Texas is kind of a drag. Watering chores can get crazy, so here’s this solution. I took a foodservice former pickle bucket that was very well washed, and poked a hole in the bottom with a thumbtack. Then I poked another hole in the top of the bucket with the thumbtack so…
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This is a bunch of Dopp kits in my backpack – two are pictured, one is not, and all three look different. One is for hygiene things, one is for medications, and another one (not pictured) comes with a strap so I can carry it at my hip for easy access to everyday items when…
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July 10, 2025 by HTV9 Look at this thing. Photogenic it is not. Anyhow, this is an attempt at putting sunscreen on the middle of your own back without needing help. The idea is to use it diagonally like how you can scrub your back in a shower with a washcloth, by draping its long…
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June 9, 2025 by HTV9 Not too surprisingly, the gluing on the lap desk gave up the ghost. So here’s my new idea. This is 2 long pieces of paracord tied with trucker’s hitches in 2 places on each end of each cord. 4 trucker’s hitches total. I looped each around two corners of the…
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