Kitchen Management Hints

Mommy and countless others

When preparing food, it's best to start with clean kitchen and an empty dishwasher.  It makes clean up so much easier and quicker!

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Pull all ingredients out for a recipe.  As you use the ingredient, put it away before adding the next ingredient in the recipe.  Papa taught me to always “clean as you go”.  This makes clean up and snap and it also helps forgetting to add an ingredient to your recipe as you can see at a glance which ingredients are still on the counter.  

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The MOMYS taught me this one.  When adding multiple scopes of an ingredient, put the ingredients in the bowl in a clockwise direction with one scoop per pile.  If you are interrupted while cooking you can count the piles to see where you were before the interruption.  :)

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Use Sign Language counting on fingers while scooping flour, wheat berries, etc. so you don't lose your place in a recipe due to interruptions.  

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FlyLady taught me to soak baked dishes for 5-10 minutes in hot water and then wash them.  Leaving them overnight does not make it easier.  The water still needs to be warm when you wash them for the best benefit.  I was very amazed when I tested this out and found out she was correct!

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Grandma Durst taught me to lay a paper towel soaked in water over food cooked onto the stovetop.  Let is soak for awhile and you will be able to come back and wipe the food right off.  Just don't leave it so long that the paper towel dries on the stove.  :)

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It is cheaper to run dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer at night to save money.  You can check with the electric company to find out when the energy is the cheapest.  The dryer is a huge electricity puller.  Running that at the cheap times will make a big difference in your electric bill.  Better yet, install a clothes line and dry the clothes in the sunshine.  ;)

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Baking soda and lemon juice will shine up stainless steel.  Make a paste with baking soda and lemon juice.  Spread the paste all over the surface to be cleaned.  Allow it to set for a few minutes.  Use hot water to scrub and rinse well.  This works great to shine the sink.  I love a shiny sink!!!

GOOT

Sheri Graham

3 TB coconut oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB fresh chopped garlic

GOOT Garlic Oil Treatment

Anti-infective/Anti-fungal/Anti-parasites

MAKING GOOT

Warm coconut oil over stove until melted and add olive oil. Remove from heat and add fresh chopped garlic. Blend at slow speed, then at high speed for two minutes. Use a blender or coffee grinder. Pour mixture through a screen to remove chunks of garlic that the blender may have missed. Pour into a wide mouth jar and label it “GOOT.” Place in a refrigerator.

Freshly made, the mixture is a milky color and runny. GOOT turns into a thick soft paste after one hour. After being in the fridge for several hours, it is just hard like a salve easy to spread.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
GOOT, rubbed into the skin, transfers raw garlic oil directly into the blood stream.

Apply on the feet of children or infants to fight infections. Rub on chest for chest colds, pneumonia or rub into nostrils for sinus infections. Place on cotton swab for ear infections. Apply directly to sores inside the mouth. Rub on Athlete’s foot or genital area for jock itch. Insert GOOT into affected area for yeast or other related infections. Apply on rashes any place. GOOT kills Candida, parasites, bad bacteria and virus by direct application. Also can be applied on bug bites.

In addition, it treats systemic infections by absorption through the skin into the blood supply and travels throughout the body. After two weeks, make a new batch of GOOT.

Garlic is an amazing powerhouse created for our use by our loving Creator!  This works well on the bottoms of the feet before bedtime.  Cover the feet with socks to keep it from getting all over the sheets.  Learn how to use this amazing gift from the Lord!

Love Always,

Mommy