TIP OF THE DAY: Wash Silver Separately

Photo courtesy Cambro.   Kitchen chemistry applies to more than just food preparation. If you’re washing sterling silver and stainless steel flatware at the same time, keep them at opposite ends of the dishwasher basket. Electrolysis, a chemical reaction between the two metals, will wear away at the silver over time. The same thing goes…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Steaming Vegetables

Most of us don’t eat our recommended daily portions of fruit and vegetables (use this calculator to see how much you need). You can serve a side of vegetables with breakfast eggs, with lunch and of course, with dinner. At the end of the day, if we haven’t eaten our share, we steam vegetables as…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Removing Orange Peel & Pith

Have trouble peeling oranges? Try thin-skinned mandarins instead. Photo courtesyFloridaJuice.com.   We recently received a gift of delicious oranges from Harry & David. But boy, it wasn’t easy to remove the peel and the pith. Then we remembered our Mom’s tip: Roll the orange on a hard surface, pressing down firmly. We then scored the…
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