Heloise

A while back I made some beef jerky on the 'ol food dehydrator. I used to find that it took a ton of elbow grease to get the sticky mess off the base once I was finished. I got the idea to plug it in for a couple minuets, unplug it and what do you know? The mess wiped right up. No more elbow grease.

I've also found to quicky cover up cooking/kitchen odors that a bit of Pine-Sol in the sink and hot water will at least make it appear you've attempted to clean in case someone pops by.

I don't remember exactly how I worded all this when I sent these tips by email to Heloise. I barely read Heloise anymore because the tips are stupid and mundane (I've touched on this subject once before; run a search)

I was reading the paper yesterday when i came across this hint in the Heloise column:

Now I don't have to spend hours cleaning and I don't have to use tons of elbow grease. While I'm washing the trays in a home food dehydrator, I turn on the base and let it heat up a bit. Then I unplug it, and the warm, sticky residue wipes right up! Cleanup's a snap!

At this point in my reading, I'm thinking, "Hey! That was MY idea!"

Here is my hint when time is short: Pour a couple of glugs or capsful of pine or your favorite scented kitchen cleaner into the kitchen and bathroom sink drain, and at least the room will smell clean when you don't have time to mop. --Misty via email

Hmm. I always wondered why Heloise's readers always seemed so perky and ended every sentence with a big giant !

Snap? I don't talk or write that way. And what the @#$% is a "glug"? I am quite sure I didn't write that.

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