How to Cook and Use Every Part of a Whole Chicken [Food]

 

 

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How to Cook and Use Every Part of a Whole Chicken [Food]

via LH -mac -news -roundup -sponsors on 8/25/08

Personal finance weblog The Simple Dollar explains how to cook a whole chicken and use every last bit of it for a frugal alternative to buying more expensive chicken breasts.

From [$11.50], you can produce a meal of chicken and vegetables to feed a family of four, a meal worth of leftovers, a bag full of chicken pieces in the freezer for a future meal for a family of four, and a bag of chicken stock for another meal or two. That's five complete meals and the key ingredients for eight more meals.

Head to the post for a more detailed breakdown of how to cook and divide up your chicken to get your money's worth. Are you an expert at using every part of a chicken or stretching your dollar in the kitchen? Let's hear about it in the comments.

The Frugal Whole Chicken (or, Waste Not, Want Not) [The Simple Dollar]

 

 

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Clean Any Surface in Your House [How To]

 

 

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Clean Any Surface in Your House [How To]

via LH -mac -news -roundup -sponsors on 8/24/08

Real Simple posts a smart follow-up to their guide to assembling an ultimate cleaning kit: a guide to using those supplies to clean pretty much any surface in your house. This guide gives you the dos and don'ts of cleaning stainless steel, glass, marble, ceramics, hardwood cabinets and floors, butcher block, and much more. Those proud of their bamboo or other wood cutting board, for instance, might heed this advice:

After cleaning, rinse with plain water and pat dry. Water left on the surface will stain. Replace boards that have cracks, as bacteria can grow there. Sanitize with a slice of lemon, not bleach, which is unsafe around food.

This makes for a great forward to any back-to-college types you know moving into their own digs.

Nitty-Gritty Guide to Cleaning Household Surfaces [Real Simple via TipNut]

 

 

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Slate has an article about how unbelievably ... [Glasses]

i was thinking about this... if i ever get my eyes checked. i guess we have to see how the insurance works for online vendors.

 

 

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Slate has an article about how unbelievably ... [Glasses]

via Consumerist by Meg Marco on 8/28/08

Slate has an article about how unbelievably amazing it feels to get cheap glasses online. I can vouch for this. I often get compliments on a pair of glasses that cost me about $40. Hooray, Internet. [Slate] (Thanks, James !)

 

 

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Front Loading Washers Have A Love Affair With Mold [Appliances]

 

 

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Front Loading Washers Have A Love Affair With Mold [Appliances]

via Consumerist by Meg Marco on 8/28/08

Consumer Reports says that despite the fact that front-loading washers are more efficient than traditional top-loading washers, they do have one major drawback. Mold. And the problem is severe enough that there have been several class action lawsuits filed against LG, Whirlpool, and Sears, whose Kenmore front-loaders are made by Whirlpool.

So what should you do? CR says:

Our advice:

• When washing, use warm or hot water unless a load requires cold.
• Wipe the door gasket and glass dry once you're done washing.
• Clean the detergent dispenser and any attachments once or twice a month.
• Run a dehumidifier if your laundry room is damp.

If you see mold buildup in a front-loading washer, call the manufacturer for service and save all paperwork related to the purchase and service of your machine. In the Maytag Neptune and Whirlpool Calypso settlements, plaintiffs eligible for restitution needed to document multiple authorized repair visits made during the warranty period and soon after the warranty expired.

In response to the many reader letters we've received, we're asking owners of front-loaders whether repairs they've had done to their washers relate to mold alone. We'll report on the findings from the Annual Questionnaire, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, in future stories.

Does your front loading washer get moldy?

Mold can be a problem for some front-loading washers [Consumer Reports]

 

 

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Digitizing Rare Vinyl

there are some benny goodman songs on there (clarinet for #1). i'm not sure about quality, but it might be a good place to get some music for him to try out.

 

 

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Digitizing Rare Vinyl

via Slashdot by kdawson on 8/12/08

eldavojohn writes "While the RIAA is busy changing its image to a snake eating its own tail, one man is busy digitizing out-of-print 78s. 'There's a whole world of music that you don't hear anymore, and it's on 78 RPM records,' he stated to Wired. Right now, you can find about 4,000 MP3s on his site, with no digital noise reduction implemented yet."

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Bloglines - Plastic Bag News

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are embedded youtube clips blocked, too?

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Bird on a Wire

Plastic Bag News By MLGW Plastic Bag Ban in Seattle In July, the City Council [of Seattle] approved a 20-cent fee, starting in January, for each disposable paper or plastic bag used at grocery, drug and convenience stores. While other U.S. cities have banned plastic bags, Seattle is believed to be the first to discourage use by charging a fee. Although the new fee may force Seattle residents to permanently alter their shopping habits, council members said the environmentally correct behavior will become natural, just like recycling. The city plans to give at least one free, reusable bag to each household, and the council directed Seattle Public Utilities to come up with a plan by the end of November on how to provide extra bags to low-income residents. Backlash NPR reprts that not all Seattle residents are happy about the ban. Listen to Seattle's Bag-User Fee Spurs Backlash. What do you think would happen if (and that's a big IF) something similar was passed in Memphis? In other news... Plastic bag Art This is by far one of the coolest public art projects I have ever seen. (Technically defined as "Street Art.") NYU art student Joshua Allen has been making animals out of discarded plastic bags. He ties the bags to the ventilation grates above the subway lines so that when the subway rushes through underneath, the animal jumps up and springs to life. Take a look: Polar bears! The Loch Ness Monster! And there's even a gorilla climbing a building! There's lots more to see on YouTube...and NPR also has a story you can listen to N.Y. Student Recycles Plastic Bags as Subway Art.

Wanokoto Labs Makes Your Photos Look Ancient [Digital Photos]

this might be useful for the magazine sometime...

 

 

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Wanokoto Labs Makes Your Photos Look Ancient [Digital Photos]

via LH -mac -news -roundup -sponsors on 8/10/08

The Wanokoto Labs web site converts any image into a super old-timey pic in one quick and simple step. You can either upload an image to the site from your computer or point it to an image URL online, then just click Convert. A few seconds later, you've got an ancient looking version of that image. Applied to print, the results (as you can see) look like a weathered newspaper, but browsing through the gallery on the site's front page shows impressive results with every image. Looks like you don't need Photoshop to age images digitally, and it's a lot quicker than tea and matches .

Wanokoto Labs [via Download Squad]

 

 

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YellowPagesGoesGreen Like Do Not Call List for Giant Wastes of Paper [Environment]

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YellowPagesGoesGreen Like Do Not Call List for Giant Wastes of Paper [Environment]

The various yellow and white pages organizations deliver a whopping 540 million unsolicited books every year, and web site YellowPagesGoesGreen aims to prevent this gigantic and obsolete waste of paper from landing at your doorstep. There is no national service similar to the previously mentioned Do Not Call Registry for opting out of the yellow pages, but most individual yellow and white page organizations claim that you can opt out. What YellowPagesGoesGreen does is provide a centralized location for requesting that all such services in your area stop delivering the books to your doorstep. Because it's not a national registry like Do Not Call, publishers may not be as eager to follow up on your request, but it's worth a try. If you've used this service, let's hear how it worked for you in the comments.

YellowPagesGoesGreen [via Apartment Therapy]

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