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WEEK 2

By: E. Lax

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Get every last lick of that delicious cheesecake without having
to share any with the knife. A useful trick for slicing through soft
cakes, such as cheesecake or layered cream cake, is to use a
strand of floss instead of a knife.
Stretch the floss across the cake tightly with both hands, and
press down to make an even cut. Just make sure not to use mint
flavored floss, unless you don’t mind the added flavor!
FREE THE FINGER STICKY
SITUATIONS
Our fingers often swell up a bit
throughout the day, making it Are those ooey
seem impossible to remove rings gooey freshly MATCHLESS MATCHES
at night. For a quick and painless baked chocolate
solution, wrap some dental floss chip cookies stuck No more finger burning! Get
around your finger starting at the to the pan? Just a longer burn time out of
top of the ring, compressing your slide some floss matches by twisting some
finger all the way up until after underneath the floss a couple of times
your knuckle. The ring should now cookies to unstick below the tip. The flame will
slide off as easily as it went on. it in one piece. take its time to burn up the
floss, giving you more time
to finish lighting the candles
and getting your fingers
safely out of the way
WILD BRACELET CHASE
What’s harder to chase, a toddler
holding something they shouldn’t, HOME HACKERS SHARE:
or the end of the bracelet that
you’re single handedly trying to With minimal prep, you can have an easy and
secure? delicious soup ready in no time! Whenever I have
Well, at least for the bracelet there’s a free hour, I prepare a workstation with a cutting
a hack that works every time. board, sharp knife or vegetable chopper, and
Thread a piece of floss through the ziplock bags.
jump ring at one end of the bracelet, Using a variety of vegetables such as carrots,
then hold on to it to keep that end sweet potatoes, knob celery, parsnips, squash
of the bracelet in place as you wrap and more, I peel, wash, cut, and store each one Call: 845.287.0707 #5-2 Share your favorite hacks!
the bracelet around your wrist. separately in the freezer. Beans can also be Email Hacks@balebusta.com
checked, soaked, and frozen. To make soup, I just
sautee a mix of whatever vegetables I have in
the freezer, then add water, season to taste, and
bring to a boil.

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