While it rained, we attached our bike rack. By the time we figured it out (3 person hours), the rain was gone, and the sun was shining.
Category: Home Living
Smooth Sauces Every Time
Here’s two techniques I often use to create guaranteed lump-free sauces. In both cases, the secret is to get rid of water. I wish I had known these methods in my early cooking days. Roux Butter contains water; water and flour form lumps. When creating a roux, I don’t add the flour until the butter stops… Continue reading Smooth Sauces Every Time
Buying Local
Cycled through a neighborhood of locally owned shops. Picked up some veggies at a small, old-fashioned co-op.
Digitizing Slides
With a big snowstorm coming in, it was a good day to digitize color slides before staging them on the floor en route to the garbage chute.
Pork Carnitas
I’m cooking pork carnitas my favorite way: 1. Place Boston butt in pot; 2. Cover with cold water; 3. Simmer, lid on, 45 minutes; 4. Simmer, lid off, until all water is gone (several hours); 5. Fry the fall-apart pork in its own fat. The flavor is intense.
Monetizing Old Electronics
Turned our old electronics into $795 for Direct Relief. Wheeled the eBay sales down to the mail room.
Relief Boxes
Created 18 listings on eBay to get rid of stuff we don’t use. All proceeds will go to Direct Relief, a charity that improves the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.
Traveling with Less
Replaced my 35 liter backpack with a 30 liter backpack. It has plenty room for everything I need for unlimited travel, including hiking boots. I have yet to reduce my needs to 24 liters, the volume of a paper grocery bag.
The Replacement of Spices
Performed an annual ritual: The Replacement of Spices We’ve Had More Than a Year. Total cost: $3.01.
Freakin’ Cheap: How to Fly with a Pet Without Paying Fees
December 26, 2017, United Airlines 5637, MSP–SAN. The two women in the AB seats in our row had two dogs on their laps for the entire flight. They stowed two collapsible kennels in an overhead bin. United Airlines charges $125 per pet brought on board, and it has to be stowed under a seat in… Continue reading Freakin’ Cheap: How to Fly with a Pet Without Paying Fees