How To Of The Day: Cooler Corn

Cooler Corn

This genius trick for making corn on the cob frees up your stove so you can cook beans, greens, or anything else. Just fill your cooler with shucked corn and cover it with boiling water. In about 30 minutes, you’ll have a cooler full of mouth-watering corn on the cob.

 
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How To Of The Day: How To Never Get A Poison Ivy Rash

Jim Brauker, a former biomedical scientist, gives us an insight into how to never get a serious poison ivy rash again.

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Urushiol oil in poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy may produce a severe skin rash. Timely urushiol removal can prevent poison ivy skin reaction. The key is to understand how poison ivy works. http://www.extremedeerhabitat.com/hab…

Jim Brauker, Ph.D., spent 25 years as a biomedical scientist studying skin inflammation. He has been retired for 8 years, during which he has spent much time doing small property deer habitat work. Because he has high poison ivy sensitivity, he has tried many poison ivy treatments, poison ivy soaps, poison ivy creams, and other poison ivy products. Because he had such a strong poison ivy allergy, he either needed to give up habitat work or figure out how to optimize urushiol prevention. Poison ivy prevention was key, but poison ivy removal, actually urushiol removal was key to preventing poison ivy rash. This video shows the remarkable results of his investigation into how to prevent poison ivy reactions. The solution is so simple it is almost seems dumb. But if you follow his prescription, you will probably never suffer a severe urushiol induced skin rash (contact dermatitis) again. Don’t take chances. You may think you have urushiol immunity or poison ivy immunity but you may just not have poison ivy sensitivity yet.

 

How To Of The Day: How To Cut An Onion

This kitchen hack gadget is located in the hair care aisle. Make your life easier using a hair pick to hold onions, fruit and vegetables while you cut them.

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Onions may be a flavorful staple of many delicious dishes, but let’s face it: they’re a pain in the butt to cut up. If it’s not the teary eyes you get from slicing into them, it’s the way their layers fall apart as you try to chop, bringing the knife dangerously close to your fingers. Sure, seasoned chefs may be able to speed their way through a whole bushel of onions in minutes, but for many of us it’s a tedious, time-consuming and irritating part of any meal prep.

But YouTuber DaveHax has a better way. No, it’s not some frivolous gadget that will clutter your kitchen cabinets and it’s not going to cost you three easy payment of $19.95. In fact, it’s probably already sitting the drawer of your bathroom vanity right now. The miracle solution to all your onion-induced woes? A hair pick. The metal tines are perfect for not only holding an unruly onion from rolling around, they also provide a handy guide for even slicing and keeping all the onion’s layers in one place. But wait, there’s more! A hair pick can help you quickly and precisely slice any number of fruits and vegetables from cucumbers to tomatoes to lemons. Oh, and he doesn’t explicitly say so, but it’s probably a good idea to wash your hair pick before you put it back in your hair.

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