Piece of toast stuck in the toaster? Jamming a fork into the innards of the toaster is not recommended as you may scratch the toast. Oh, and there’s that whole electrocution and death thing too. Metal is one thing you want to keep out of your toaster. Pudding is OK, metal is bad. Put that on a sticky next to your toaster. So, with the Wood Toaster Tongs, I’ve hung up my favorite tool for dislodging a stuck piece of toast – my car battery jumper cables. The wooden tongs slip easily into the hot toaster to pluck out that pesky stuck toast. And it also takes up much less space in the drawer than the jumper
cables.
$4.95 from Cooking.com
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If you’ve ever gone to heat up your lunch at the office and discovered some cubical jockey has already done that for you… and left you nothing but the mushrooms from what was last night’s spaghetti and meatballs, then give this a try. Maybe… Experimental Meal – Consume At Own Risk, Biodangerous – Yesterday’s Leftovers, or Nuclear Waste – Eat and Glow …will stop them from pilfering your lunch. OK, doubtful as we all have that one coworker that will eat a packet of hot Chinese mustard, an entire ball poin pen, or even nuclear waste for a 25 cent bet. “Heck yeah I’d eat that for a quarter.”
An 8 oz. plastic cup: 5 cents
I don’t care what it says on the package – my butter stays out of the fridge. The French have been using these ceramic butter crocks for a very long time to keep their butter fresh without refrigeration and many of them are still alive. The butter is packed in the lid and water added to the base. The water creates a seal that keeps out oxygen so the butter stays fresh without refrigeration and spreadably soft.
Yesterday while standing in line at the post office, I thought to myself, “I’m hungry, I wish I had some Cheerios. If only I had a squishy bowl that I could put in my pocket so I could have a bowl of cereal, or perhaps some chili, or even vanilla pudding. Oh, how the time would fly by.”
Once upon a time, there was a hamburger at McDonald’s called the McDLT – it’s claim to fame was Jason Alexander of Seinfeld, sporting a full head of hair and busting some pretty serious dance moves (yes, it can be seen at the end of the post). Wait, that wasn’t it – the McDLT’s claim to fame was the ginormous styrofoam box that magically kept the hot side hot, and the cool side cool. 
The other day I was making Hungarian Goulash. The recipe called for five thousand drops of water. That blasted recipe took me 4 hours to make. Counting each and every drop of water. At around 3,489 I sneezed and had to start all over. My family was starving and left me to go out and eat. I ate the goulash at 10pm – alone. I sat there wishing… hoping… praying, that there was a better way to measure five thousand drops of water. If only I had know about the Equal Measure measuring cup by Fred. Half laboratory instrument and half measuring cup. The next time I run into a recipe calling for ten billion grains of powered sugar, twenty thousand grains of rice, or even five thousand drops of water, I am golden. Oh, there are also measurements for ounces, cups, and milliliters – so even the most normal of recipes are covered.
Ever hit the local garage sales in hopes of finding some vintage crocks to store your produce? Those things are hard to come by. Believe me. I usually end up leaving without the crocks, but with another bean bag chair or chili stained Def Leppard t-shirt. I’m a sucker for a $1.25 t-shirt. I mean, who isn’t?
Toss out the Star Wars and GI Joe action figures! There’s a new toy in town and she means business! Standing five inches tall – the Lunch Lady action figure makes the original 1977 Darth Vader action figure look like an Oompa Loopma – albeit an Oompa Loompa with the power of the dark side. You should not underestimate the power of the Lunch Lady. Wielding a powerful scoop, she is able to hurl mashed potatoes and Thursday’s tuna surprise with surprising accuracy, enabling her to fend off an attack from the Empire and still manage to have the strawberry shortcake ready by 11am. The real lunch lady, that is. Not the action figure lunch lady. The action figure just kinda stands there, but stands there as a tribute to all of the other Lunch Ladies throughout history that have sweat and toiled for the nourishment of our youth. Check back soon for the Franklin Mint Commemorative Spatula, struck in 100% genuine aluminum foil.
Gone are the days of simply snapping off a Gingerbread Man’s head, leg, or arm and passing it off as humorous. The youth of today are so desensitized by video games, movies, and Hannah Montana.