The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in Uncategorized, cleaning, thrifty on Feb 4th, 2010
Back here, the Old School discussed what happens when you use liquid dish soap in your dishwasher, and what to do to temporarily tide you over until your next trip to the market.
But is it possible to make your OWN dishwasher detergent? To use on a regular basis, not as an emergency substitute? Can you [...]
Posted in thrifty on Jan 13th, 2010
The Damsel was fascinated by this list of things you can do with coffee filters. She finds herself craving a package of them now, and she’s not even a coffee drinker. Someone whispered they are quite cheap at the dollar store, a thing the Damsel never supposed, since she’s never bought them before.
1. Cover bowls [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, cooking, thrifty on Jan 5th, 2010
Oh, beans! Such an old school food. Funny, though, when you look at dry beans, they don’t even look like food. (See this) They’re hard, they don’t really smell good, (or bad) and well, let’s face it. People fear them, even though they are cheap and nutritious. They fear that cooking beans is too tricky [...]
Posted in thrifty on Dec 26th, 2009
If you made the pancake syrup taught here, you may have noticed that crystals have formed in the bottom of the container. Take a deep breath–it’s okay. Nothing bad has happened. This is perfectly normal behavior.
You can melt the crystals by reheating the syrup, either in the microwave if the syrup is in a glass [...]
Posted in thrifty on Dec 14th, 2009
One of the most old school things you can do to decorate a Christmas tree is to string popcorn for a garland. The tradition of decking your tree with food is as old as they come, and popcorn is cheap and easy. It’s a fun activity to do as a family, too.
Pop some corn (like [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, thrifty on Dec 7th, 2009
Does anyone remember the olden days, when people used to pop corn WITHOUT a microwave?
Why would you want to do such a thing?
You mean besides avoiding the unnamed chemicals and nasty whatnots that are in microwave popcorn? “Homemade” popcorn actually does taste better, plus, it’s something that would be nice to know in case of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, cooking, thrifty on Nov 28th, 2009
One of the most old-school things you can do after Thanksgiving is make soup out of the turkey carcass.
Please forgive the lack of photos to begin with. The Damsel hates, hates, HATES what she must do to start this, and she couldn’t bring herself to photograph it, either. She sternly reminded herself how delicious the [...]
Posted in thrifty on Nov 4th, 2009
The Damsel loves cleaning wipes, especially for those oogie jobs. It’s always going to be cheaper and greener to use a cloth that can be washed and reused, but sometimes you don’t wanna. Cleaning wipes have become hugely popular, and some people keep a container of them in every room. They’re pretty nice for a [...]
Posted in thrifty on Nov 1st, 2009
The Damsel has thrown away many a pumpkin seed in her life. Often, after carving a jack-o-lantern, she’s faced with the pile of goobery pumpkin guts, and the seeds make her feel guilty. Wasting things, even pumpkin seeds, just feels wrong.
But touching goobery stuff feels very, very wrong too, so most of the time the [...]
Posted in thrifty on Oct 24th, 2009
The “well, sorta” is because this is how to make fakey maple syrup. The way you do it if you don’t have a maple tree handy. The Damsel doesn’t want to create a false sense of anticipation. This method creates a very passable pancake syrup you’d be glad to have if it happened to be [...]
