Hi all.

 

Tell what you learned from grannys. They can be very useful. And sharing is good...

 

To start:

If you get burned, fire or hot surface, steam or whatever, apply as soon as possible egg whites to the skin area. If dries, keep applying more for a while, pain will diminish. Will not blister nor leave scars and will heal sooner

 

I have confirmed it in minor burns and a major steam burn from a hot automobile radiator venting.

 

Perhaps someone can explain the effect of pure protein. I do not.

Tie your chickens by their feet to a clothesline before you cut off their heads, then you don't have to chase them around the yard.

In winter, before you go out in the snow, put into your pockets a pair of hot boiled egg. It will warm your hands for a quite a while.

When making pickled onions, the way to determine when you have enough salt in the brine is to place an intact chicken egg in the water, then add salt until the egg floats to the surface.

"Wear your jacket or you'll catch cold" may actually have some truth behind it. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/3/827.abstract

"Wear your jacket or you'll catch cold" may actually have some truth behind it. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/3/827.abstract

That's why you commonly get a snotty nose, because the body is trying to elevate the temperature in the repiratory system to to try and immobilise the pathogens. Going out in the colder air will make you even snottier and block your nose up as the body tries to keep the temperature up. It's funny how we have 'remedies' to work against our bodies defences iisn't it? When we get feverish we try to cool down when we should wrap up so the body doesn't have to work hard to keep warm.

Edited April 27, 201510 yr by StringJunky

When making pickled onions, the way to determine when you have enough salt in the brine is to place an intact chicken egg in the water, then add salt until the egg floats to the surface.

 

Which came first, the pickled onion, or the pickled egg?

 

Which came first, the pickled onion, or the pickled egg?

That's quite a pickle.

Grandpas too? With regard to screws, nuts and bolts, I was always told to "Start all before tightening any" (meaning "Put them all in loosely before you tighten any of them firmly"). Every time I tried to save time by avoiding this, I had to go back and redo some unevenness.

 

It's one of those nice little tips that's not very intuitive and saves quite a bit of trial and error.

 

 

 

 

 

WRT eggs, I've always wondered why grannies were known for "sucking eggs". I understand that you need to remove the insides to decorate the shell so it doesn't smell, but either granny is having raw egg for lunch, or she's spitting them back into a bowl so she can bake a cake later. Wouldn't it have been more hygienic to blow it into the bowl in the first place?

 

Perhaps someone should have taught grandma a thing or two about removing albumin and vitellus from eggshells.

"Never sit on the ground in a month with an 'r' in it, or you will get piles".

"Never sit on the ground in a month with an 'r' in it, or you will get piles".

Erhm...the tips are supposed to be proven; not old wives' tales.

 

So if Grandpa counts, don't piss into the wind [or you will get covered in piss].

Grease everything.

Erhm...the tips are supposed to be proven; not old wives' tales.

 

They are?!?! I must have missed that in the OP.

Grease everything.

 

It even works to prevent piles in April, and can protect you from moist winds.

Grease everything.

In t'days before non-stick that's what my Grandma used to do to her trays ...pure black they were.

No more war.

(the tip comes from all my relatives that have passed away now)

You can mix axle grease with butter and it doesn't change the flaver at all.

You can mix axle grease with butter and it doesn't change the flaver at all.

 

It's great for picking up hitchhiking lobsters, too.

Always bring a towel.

Tie your chickens by their feet to a clothesline before you cut off their heads, then you don't have to chase them around the yard.

Take your washing off the line first!

"Never sit on the ground in a month with an 'r' in it, or you will get piles".

May, June, July and August. Too cold to sit on the ground in those months around here.

When making pickled onions, the way to determine when you have enough salt in the brine is to place an intact chicken egg in the water, then add salt until the egg floats to the surface.

That is a good one!