If you don’t speak Japanese you should probably turn down your sound on this one. Here’s a general translation of what’s shown. . . First, take a knife and cut through the skin of the potato (cutting around the mid point). Boil your potatoes. Then, toss the potatoes in an ice bath for around 10 or 15 seconds. Then carefully pull the skin apart as shown in the video. With any luck, the two halves of skin will slide right off. This is a million times faster than peeling potatoes by hand.
It’s hot! The only thing worse than a warm beverage on a hot summer’s day is ice that melts prematurely. Standard ice cubes just don’t stand up to summer heat the way they should. This summer, keep your beverage frostier than an Alaskan winter morning with oversized ice cubes. Simply use muffin tins (silicon style work best) and freeze some ice that will give your standard trays cube-envy.
A few basic lego pieces and a little creativity can make a variety of detachable key rings and key storage areas.
Use a small magnet on the inside of your medicine cabinet to make your tweezers easy to find.
If you’re tired of that flimsy, cheap looking plastic paper towel holder, why not go to the other extreme? Our friends over at Design, Dining and Diapers put together a nifty how-to that results in an inexpensive, industrial-chic paper towel holder that just about anyone can make with a few easy to find materials. A little wood and some plumbing parts go a long way with this project. Check out the full details on the DD&D site.
Hold on! Before you toss that Post-It that’s been tormenting you from the bottom of your computer monitor for weeks, why not put that remaining sticky-power to work? Run the Post-It between your keyboard keys and you’ll find it does a great job of picking up some of the scary little nooks that will ultimately gunk-up your keys.
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