Remember the days people took wig boxes as hand luggage? They were bulky, hard to carry, and someone always left the boxes sitting somewhere. Thankfully that’s a thing of the past. With many sheitels these days set naturally, we aren’t busy pinning, rolling in curlers or worrying that our sheitel won’t be set like the…
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Potatoes Take a Long Time to Cook. How Can You Cut the Time in Half?
Learn how to cut the time potatoes take to cook in half, because sometimes waiting isn’t an option. If you’re a Mom, you’ll know that sometimes you need dinner to be ready fast. Ok fine, most times. Dinner done, fast and tasty, is a daily requirement. Also, incidentally, the title of a popular cookbook we might…
How to Serve a Perfectly Cooked Steak on Shabbos
It makes sense that we always prepare slow-braised meats for Shabbat. But is it even possible to have a medium-rare steak? Actually, yes. I remember, years ago, when my children were very young and not yet meat eaters, I would prepare a steak for my husband for the main dish on Friday night. We definitely…
How to Keep Grated Potatoes from Turning Brown
Now you can grate potatoes in advance for kugel and yapchik and they’ll stay white! For the times that Pesach leads right into Shabbos, I needed to come up with a way to have my potatoes grated in advance for this Yapchik. Previously, if I left grated potatoes in the fridge for more than an…
How to Keep Your Car Cup Holders Clean Once and For All!
There will be no more grungy crevices to deal with! You know the yucky stuff I mean, right? It just seems to happen on its own. One minute you have a freshly Pesach cleaned car and the next you don’t quite want to put your hand into that cup holder to get the quarter you…
How to Turn a Tote into a Stylish Crossbody Bag
You can buy a chain on Amazon and upgrade any bag for a few dollars. I know that many of my fellow BCPers are not pocketbook carriers. They keep their credit cards in their BCP “phony thingy” and they’re good to go, sans-purse. My bag, though, is always at my side. My bag needs to…
Keeping Brown Sugar Soft Is Not A Struggle Anymore
This little trick is a game-changer. My pantry has had OXO bins ever since a site called BCP recommended them. Everything goes into a bin. Cholent beans, flour, cocoa, confectioners sugar, rice, seeds… you get the idea. Into a bin and labeled, of course. Let’s not forget that step. (Read here all about my labeling…
The Easiest Way Ever to Get Those Stickers Off Before Toiveling
I have been spraying with Goo Gone all my life. This way of removing stickers is so much quicker, easier, and neater! For both of my sons’ bar mitzvahs, I bought real stemware to use on the tables. The dollar store really has nice options that look beautiful (no one would guess!). They add a…
How to Make Cold Rice Taste Like Fresh
There’s nothing like a fresh pot of rice. But leftover rice? Nah. Give your rice new life with this hack. You made too much rice. Now what? What do you do with leftover, cold day-old rice? You can easily warm it up with some teriyaki sauce (for those who are crazy about everything teriyaki) or…
Static Got on Your Skirt? 3 Ways to Get Rid of It
It’s easier than you think to release that static and be on your way. You had in mind to wear that outfit. But when you put it on, it’s full of static. So you quickly try to find a Plan B outfit or maybe a slip that might help, but there’s an easier solution. There…
