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When you’re in the kitchen, the chances of breaking something are never 0. I recently had to throw out all my blueberry muffins on account of my sister breaking a glass. In light of this, I thought I ought to teach you how to clean up glass should this happen to you.
Remember, no matter where you dropped the glass, the shards can travel far. First thing you should do is wear proper shoes. Pick up all the big pieces of glass if you can, if it’s smaller than your thumb, don’t pick it up. Get out your vacuum cleaner and vacuum the surrounding areas. Might as well vacuum the whole room for good measure. But you’re not quite done yet.
Get some paper towels and dampen them with water and wipe up the floor, counters, and anything else that was nearby (ie candles, jars, decor). If food was nearby and not in a container, best to throw it away. Bananas and oranges are safe to wash off and eat provided that the skin isn’t broken. If you want to be on the safe side, pitch it. If there was a cup nearby, best to dump it out and get something new.
If it was broken on or near carpeting, vacuum on the bare floor setting or use the hose attachment in order to have the maximum amount of suction to get rid of the glass.
If you happen to get glass in your garbage disposal, don’t fear, it can be fixed. Do not turn it on. In fact, dont use that sink until the day after, then get your vacuum, and using the hose attachment, vacuum out the garbage disposal.
Throw all the glass away in the trash can. And with that you’re done.
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The Bowman family was busy in the kitchen this weekend, and many tasty, and subpar foods were made there. My sister made a white cake with cream cheese icing and buttercream icing, my dad made meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and peas, and I made an unconventional ramen dish.
There are so many recipes out there for white cake. All with slightly different outcomes too. Some make a more dense and rich cake, others make a light and fluffy cake. It all depends on the recipe. Personally I love working with the Better Homes and Gardens Recipe Book, as it is very simple to read through, and convenient for me. This weekend, I watched my sister make the classic Vanilla Cake, a dense and sweet cake my family is pretty fond of. I’ll put the link below. One of my biggest takeaways from watching her was that this cake uses buttermilk, or sour milk if you don’t have buttermilk on hand, while most recipes just use milk. In the end, it was very good paired with the cream cheese icing. It is pretty dense for a cake, so if that isn’t your slice of cake, perhaps another recipe might be better.
https://www.bhg.com/recipe/layer-cakes/classic-vanilla-cake/
Once again, this recipe comes from good ol’ Better Homes and Gardens, meatloaf. It is a staple in the Bowman household during the winter season, and a comfort food of mine. I realize not too many people like meatloaf, however I believe that this recipe is worth trying. Despite having a serving size of 8 people, this meatloaf is able to last my family of 6 many nights. I’d definitely recommend this recipe to anyone with a big family or for family get-togethers.
https://www.bhg.com/recipe/beef/meat-loaf/
Unlike my family, I went a different route in choosing my recipe, and I ended up not using a recipe at all. I was craving ramen noodles, however I didn’t have any ramen noodles at the house so I improvised and used Alphabet Noodles. I also was missing several ingredients from some recipes like the one listed below, so I just used the spices I did have and hoped. And in the end, I added eggs and rice to my dish, and it tasted pretty good. I think next time I’ll actually measure my spices so it doesn’t taste like I’m eating a mouthful of garlic, red pepper flakes, and soy sauce. Overall, I’d recommend this recipe to people as it does taste good if you actually follow it I’d imagine.
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Blueberry muffins come in many shapes and sizes. Some may think of the wonderful Costco blueberry muffin, or perhaps something their mother made during the fall when they think of blueberry muffins. Whatever the case, I quite like them. And while blueberries aren’t in season, i found some in the fridge and decided to give it a try. I first used the Better Homes and Gardens recipe for blueberry muffins and everyone agreed that they were rather dry and lacked a certain something. So I tried another recipe. This time from Allrecipes, which can be a bit of a mixed bag. It’s best to try to find a recipe with the most positive reviews. And so I began baking once more.
The new recipe came out better than I could’ve ever hoped for. They were light and fluffy, and the best part? The topping. It had a crispy sugar topping which everyone agreed that it helped the muffins.
When it comes to baking, it can be a bit of trial and error. So when you find a recipe that works, stick to it. Happy baking:D