Martha A. Cheves's Blog, page 117

Removing Food Stains

Removing Food Stains  Alcoholic Beverages.  Flush the area with cold water or club soda, sponge immediately with a cloth dampened with warm water and 1-2 drops of liquid dish soap.  Rinse with cool water and dry with a hair blower on medium setting.   Butter or Margarine.  Scrape off with the back of a knife.  With washable fabric, work in undiluted dishwashing liquid, wash and dry.  On old stains, spray it with WD40, work in undiluted dishwashing liquid and wash in hottest water...

What to Look for When Buying Chicken

I cook a lot of chicken, especially in the summer on the grill.  While looking around for some new recipes I ran across these tips from Perdue on how to buy chicken and thought everyone would benefit from reading these.

Give the package a little squeeze.  Are there signs of ice along wings, backs or edges?  Some chicken producers blast their birds with air as cold as -40o F.  Freezing causes a breakdown in protein, loss of natural juices, and reduced tenderness. Also,  when you cook a...

8 Easy Steps on How to Bake Potatoes with a Camping Grill

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When my kids were young it wasn't unusual to find us camping just about every weekend.  We all loved the great outdoors, the smell of a camp fire, fresh caught fish cooking on the grill and even sleeping in a sleeping bag on the hard ground.  We camped in everything from a tent to a camper and loved it all.

Meals, while camping, can be a challange, especially when there are kids around.  Hot dogs and hamburgers can only be eaten so many times before they actually want something a little close...

4 Ways to Make Your Own Personalized Gifts

Anyone can go to the store and pick up a gift for someone, but to me one of the best gifts you can give is one that you've made or at least had personalized.  I cook so most of my gifts are creations from the kitchen and I personalize them with little stickers that say who they are to and from.  I sometimes try to find pretty bowls, glasses or dishes that has at least the person's last initial engraved on.  But there are many other ways to personalize the perfect gift even if you don't cook. ...

Palm Leaf - Phase 3 - Bowls

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My final comments on the Palm Leaf disposable/biodegradable dishes that were sent to me by MarxFoods.  Today I made a big pot of veggie/beef soup.  This was the ultimate test for the Palm Bowls and they passed with flying colors.  They held up to hot soup better than any disposable bowl I've ever used.  No leakage and the bottom of the bowl actually stayed cool but the soup stayed hot.

So, after all of the tests I've put these dishes through, I give them a thumbs up.  For more information on o...

Grandma's Cheesecake - 1960s

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This recipe came from my wonderful friend Lillian. She ran across it in a little paper cookbook that she bought many years ago at the cost of 10 cents. It dates back in the 1960s.

View the recipe by going to Martha's Kitchen Korner

Landslide Cake

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As I've said before... "if you cook, you are going to have flops now and then."  But you learn from those "flops."  The cake in this picture was a "flop" to me.  I made it to serve to my Sunday Morning Coffee group and would have thrown it in the trash if there had been time to make something else.  Then I decided to go ahead and serve it telling them upfront it was a "flop."  They actually loved it and one even came up with the name Landslide Cake.  So, here is the recipe and a ...

Palm Plates - Phase 2

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I've done another test on the Palm Plates sent to me by MarxFoods.  Today I heated lasagna in the microwave to see how they fared with the grease from cheese, the acid from the tomatoes, and how they held up in the microwave.  The pictures tells it all.

With these plates being made from a plant I wasn't sure how it would work out but as you can see, the plate didn't burn, brown nor catch on fire.  It didn't loose it's strength, it stayed sturdy and I could still use a knife to cut my lasagna i...

Palm Plates - Opinion Phase 1

MarxFoods sent a box of "Palm Plates" for me to try and give my opinion on.  I could do tell you that these are disposable, biodegradable, made from palm leaves and are great for those of us who are Eco conscious, but that wouldn't be a totally fair review.  So I've decided to give my review and opinion in phases.  In this first phase I'll tell you about "Palm Plates" and give you a couple of sites that you can go to and read the claims for yourself.  Also in this phase I'll show you a plate...

Eating Fruit - This is Great!

EATING FRUIT
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This is informative!

We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit. 

What's the correct way to eat fruit? 

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL!  FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. 

Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities. 

FRUIT IS THE...