Dear Home Ec Gurus, My husband and I have been house hunting lately and tonight we think we have found The One. There’s only one little problem with our dream home: it smells a bit of moth balls. I’m hoping that most of the stench is attached to the current owners’ furniture, but some of …
Dear Home Ec 101, I have some ham in my fridge that may or may not be from Easter. How long is it safe to keep leftover ham? Sister Hamonella Heather says: Throw it out and that’s according to the FDA. Previously cooked ham can be stored in the fridge for 3 – 5 days, …
Dear Home-Ec 101, I cannot figure out where my dryer vent leads. Seriously, the washer and dryer hookups are in the middle of the house, where there is no wall touching the outside. The only thing I can figure is that it may be going into the crawl space beneath the house. Do I really …
Ivy says: The best part of having SiteMeter is watching it to see what people are googling to get to your site. Every now and again, we get a question I’d like to answer. Today is one of those days. Will tapping my nails make them stronger? No, it just annoys the crap out of …
Dear Home-Ec 101, Is there any way to keep rice good in the fridge? I love that nice and sticky rice they give you from take-out Chinese places, and I’ve never been able to recreate it, so I usually keep it in the fridge for the next day or so. When I heat it back …
Heather says: When at the grocery store carry a pocket calculator and always check the price per unit. It should be listed on the shelf tag under the product’s price. Typically it tells what your peanut butter costs per ounce, what your eggs cost per hundred, or your sugar by the pound. If you have …
Ivy says: Kathy and her pal Rox came up with some stupid questions for me last night over cups of coffee. So if they’re stupider than usual, you can blame the coffee! 1. I’m addicted to coffee! Do you have a good “food” recipe for breakfast, lunch and dinner that includes coffee taste? (This one …
Fellow blogger Amy is expecting her first baby and is looking for suggestions on what is needed. She says she plans on breastfeeding, prefers plain to battery-operated toys, and doesn’t want a lot of plastic crap strewn about. Well, Amy, I hate to break it to you, but the plastic crap arrives whether or not …
Dear Home Ec 101: We just moved into a home with white mosaic tile in the bathroom. The grout is sealed. How do I clean it and what was I thinking? Going Grungy in Groten Heather says: I have no idea what you were thinking. White? Tan, speckled, khaki, brown, anything but white! Poor thing, …
Dear Home-Ec 101, Okay, I live in Taipei, Taiwan, and, as you may or may not know, it never stops raining here during the winter. It’s gotten so bad that my toes are wet nearly every day for hours (until I can get home to change). It’s anoying the sin out of me, so I’ve …