Lipstick has gotten very expensive. And when I’m through using my lipstick, there’s still an inch or so left at the bottom!
For the lady who had trouble moving her coffeemaker across the counter and used a wet tray to help, she should buy four half-inch felt pads and stick them on the bottom. They will last a lifetime, and she won’t have to use water ever again. Thanks for your column. -- Gene, via emailI read with amusement all the solutions, including tools of some kind, to avoid smashing your thumb when hammering in a nail. No tools are needed.
I also wanted to share my recipe for my “Never Fail Pie Crust.” Sift 3 cups flour and add a pinch of salt. Add 1 cup of shortening and mix until it’s crumbly. In a cup, whisk 1 egg, then add 5 tablespoons of milk and 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Mix this together, add it to your crumb mixture, and stir them together. It will be quite “sticky.”
For those with those heavy-duty, short-diameter rubber bands that hold lobster claws closed, there is another related use for them: Put them around the two ends of the nutcrackers that are used to eat the lobsters. It keeps the two legs together, which takes up less room and doesn’t get all tangled up in the kitchen tools drawer. -- The Versteegs, via email So, I use a lipstick brush, and I’m able to continue with what’s left for another month or two. Waste not, want not, as they say.
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