Category: lifehacks
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Degrossifying Sponges, also Tinctures
Two posts in one this time. Ok so you may have heard of the sponge de-grossifying thing before. You put kitchen sponges in a pot, cover them with boiling water, let it cool, then wring them out and put them back. Do this once or twice a week and you won’t have a problem with…
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Shoe Liners
You know those thin foam shoe liners you can get pretty cheaply that help with foot comfort for about a week or two til they start to fold in on themselves? Here’s my attempt to deal with that problem. I bought the liners and followed the included template to cut out the foam to size,…
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Camp Chair Drying
Just in case you haven’t seen this setup before, it works as well inside the house as it does when you are actually out camping. You can even clothespin socks and underthings to it. These camp chairs and other camping items seem to be easier to acquire in some areas than laundry drying racks but…
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Ice Pack
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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Tired Of Microwaving?
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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Making The Most Of Instructables
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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No pictures: Prep cook work at home
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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No Plastic Wrap?
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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No Pictures: Water It Down
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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Low Tech Drip Irrigation
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…
New Book of Days 