THINGS
I LEARNED FROM COUSIN ELLEN:
These are real tips I got from my cousin Ellen, who loves the simple lifestyle's of the older, less complicated times. A successful mom, professional nurse all her life, an artist, weaver, devoted student of life history, and a “human being”. "Human being', I always thought they got that backwards, preferring to hear someone praised as a "being human". These tips really do work and have been around for a while though not used too often. Just like our Congress.
1- Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
JUST LIKE CONGRESS, THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR WHATS RIGHT AS THEY SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE COUNTRY, NOT THEIR PARTY LINE, AND THEY TOO WILL LAST LONGER AS WILL THE COUNTRY. PARTISANSHIP IS RIPPING THIS COUNTRY APART.
2- Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE IN THE CONGRESS SHOULD STAY IN THE TIN FOIL INDEFINITELY. THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR CHEESY THOUGHTS AWAY FAST, WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH MOLD.
3- Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are
sweeter and better for eating. 4
bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
JUST LIKE PEPPERS, CONGRESSMEN ARE DIFFERENT AND SHOULD BE ON COMMITTEES AND ASSIGNED JOBS BASED ON THEIR APTITUDE AND NOT BASED ON THE BUMPS ON THEIR HEADS. WE NEED SOME YOUNGER HEADS WITH LESS BUMPS.
4- Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
A TEASPOON OF REALLY GOOD TRANSPARENCY WILL EXPOSE THE GREASE IN WASHINGTON. START WITH THE LOBBYISTS AND PLAIN OLD BRIBERY.
LETS PUBLISH ALL THE BRIBES OUR POLITICIANS GET TO VOTE FOR POLICIES THAT DO NOT BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
5- To really make
scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy
cream; then beat them.
THATS THE PROBLEM, LOTS OF CHOLESTEROL IN CONGRESS AND WE ADD
MORE PORK FAT. BEATING SOME OF THEM LITERALLY AND IN ELECTIONS WOULD BE A GOOD WEIGHT REDUCER.
6- Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste, or at the end of the recipe if you want a stronger taste of garlic.
BILLS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETE DISCLOSURE
BEFORE YOU SIGN THEM, NOT AFTER. THATS WHEN THEY LEAVE A BITTER TASTE. TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE THE GARLIC OF DISCLOSURE, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS BEFORE AND AFTER WHAT THEY ARE GETTING AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WHO IS GETTING WHAT FOR VOTING ON A BILL.
7- Heat leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove; set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
THATS LIKE CONGRESS, JUST THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD IDEAS. CONGRESS SHOULD KNOW THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES, SLOW
AND TEMPERATE THINKING PRODUCES A BETTER PRODUCT. QUICK FIXES SOMETIMES GET SOGGY FAST.
8- Easy Deviled Eggs - Place the cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal the bag; mash the yolks till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy; squeeze mixture into egg like decorating a cake.
SOME OF THOSE MOUTHS IN WASHINGTON SHOULD BE PLACED IN
A BAG AND BEATEN TILL THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR JOB REALLY IS, WHO HIRED THEM, AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND ONLY THEN ALLOWED OUT IN SMALL BATCHES AT A TIME
9- Newspaper weeds away, start putting torn newspaper in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, and layers around the plants, overlapping as you go; cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic; they will not get through wet newspapers.
LETS BRING BACK THE NEWSPAPERS, AND DEDICATED PEOPLE LIKE THE BELIEVED AND BELOVED WALTER CRONKITE, ALL THAT FANCY WEED KILLER ON TV LIKE FOX “NEWS” DOESN’T WORK
AND JUST WASTES A LOT OF MONEY AND GOOD PROGRAMS AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE.
10 - Flexible vacuum - To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
SOMETIMES THE CONGRESS NEEDS TO BEND TO GET THE JOB DONE. IF THEY DON'T LIFE FOR MANY DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER AND THE DIRT JUST PILES UP OR GETS ADDED TO. JUST LIKE THE POOR CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY, IT'S GROWING BECAUSE OF THE INFLEXIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION.
11- Measuring Cups - Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient (peanut butter, honey, etc.) and watch how easily it comes right out.
TRANSPARENCY DOES THAT TOO. LETS GET ALL THE GREASE OUT OF THE CUP. TOO MUCH OF IT GETS STUCK ON THE SPOON,
THE SILVER ONE OUR POLITICIANS HAVE.
12- Goodbye Fruit Flies - To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2 with Apple Cider Vinegar And 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
THAT’S HOW WE SHOULD REWARD SENATORS AND CONGRESS TYPES WHO TAKE BRIBES (CONTRIBUTIONS) GET RID OF THEM FOREVER AFTER WASHING THEIR MOUTHS WITH A LITTLE SOAP.
13- Get Rid of Ants - Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
OH GOD, THERE’S ALREADY TOO MUCH
CORN IN WASHINGTON AND ON THE NEWS. NEVERTHELESS THIS BRINGS NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE "CORN DOGS".