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Mary's Way vs Martha's Way

#1 Mary's way: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Martha's way: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone.

#2 Mary's way : Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle and you'll get perfectly shaped pancakes every time.

Martha's way: Buy the precooked kind you nuke in the microwave for 30 seconds.

#3 Mary's way: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

Martha's way: Buy a mashed potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up to a year.

#4 Mary's way: To prevent eggshells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.

Martha's way: Who cares if they crack, aren't you going to take the shells off anyway?

#5 Mary's way: To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop.

Martha's way: Eat out every night and avoid cooking.

#6 Mary's way: Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato based sauces and there won't be any stains.'Martha's way: Feed your garbage disposal and there won't be any leftovers.

#7 Mary's way: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

Martha's way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you.

#8 Mary's way: If you accidentally over salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix me up".

Martha's way: If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. My motto: If it's cooked, you will eat it no matter how bad it tastes.

#9 Mary's way: Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it.

Martha's Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be "soft"?

#10 Mary's way: When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness.

Martha's Way: The only kind of corn I buy comes in a can.

#11 Mary's way: If you have a problem opening jars: Try using dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Martha's way: Go ask the muscular neighbor to do it.

#12 Mary's way: Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.

Martha's way: Instant mashed potatoes will now be next to the anti-bacterial soap in a handy dispenser next to my sink.

#13 Mary's way: Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer:

* Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china. * Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets. * Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. * Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).

Martha's way: Put your jewelry, vases, and thermos in the toilet. Add some Alka-Seltzer and you have solved a whole bunch of problems at once.oblems at once.