The temperature here plummeted again to -15°F and below. The wind is so bad, you can hear it inside the house. The wind is causing drifting across the already plowed roadways now. It looks like we'll be sub zero for another week, before it very slightly warms up. Meanwhile I still get that ice cold fresh air every day one way or another. The chickens are not laying eggs every day, but we are still getting them thankfully.
You'd think I'd have enough "snowed in" time to read a dozen books, but that's not the case ha ha! It seems I can find all sorts of things that need done around here, leaving me very little reading time. Phooey! Positive Petunia here, has gotten quite a bit organized and back in order, but the deep cleaning continues. I am thankful for the time to get it done however. No one wants to do "inside" work in the spring/summer and fall. Unless it's a rainy day of course.
I have made tedious notes to get another recipe (fruit cake for one) post up soon. I'm going thru a lot of sticky notes lately. I may need to restock those soon (insert big chuckle).
A good cook may already use this tip, but it never occurred to me, until I was rooting around a drawer and found this unused shaker. A Tupperware dealer gifted it to me many years ago. I think there is another one somewhere around here too. The holes in the shaker part are a bit big for salt and pepper (say for a camper), but perfect size for cornmeal.
I was making homemade biscuits (new recipe), and needed to "sprinkle" cornmeal onto the baking dish. I also sprinkle cornmeal when I make homemade English muffins and other items as well.
I decided to wash this little shaker up, and fill it with organic cornmeal for my "shaker" now. One more item out of a drawer and being used, and baking just got better (easier).
Kitchen Tip ~ Cornmeal Shaker ~ Baking Easier © January 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
6 comments:
Your weather sounds so much worse than ours. I've got pics I'll post tomorrow, and today, the chickens finally came out of the coop.
The cornmeal shaker is a nifty idea! I've been using parmesan container lids because they fit on regular mason jars.
You've given me a new idea for my big hole lids now! Pretty good. Thanks and stay warm! xoxo Dolly
I actually deep cleaned the bathroom today and feel very accomplished. Ha! I also finished the afghan I was crocheting in only three days. Of course that's because I sit and crochet/knit a lot because of my back and the cold outside. Take care and stay warm with those nasty temperatures.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Leigh, it's very cold here for sure. I don't by parmesan shakers anymore, but I think I could also get some family to save me a few. Great idea, as the bottom would be a canning jar.
Hibiscus House, you are welcome.
Betsy, sounds like you are cleaning like me right now. Progress in winter is great. That's awesome you finished the afghan so quickly. I seem to have "things" to do around here on a daily basis, so very little crochet or read time these past few days.
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