Dear Home Ec 101,
What is the best way to clean that black yuk that tends to grow in the corners of the shower? I have a ceramic tile shower and I have used every mixture I can think of to rid the shower of the black stuff from straight Clorox to the gimmicks from “As [...]

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Dear Home Ec 101,
If I put flaxseed oil and yogurt in my hot oatmeal, will their beneficial qualities be destroyed by the heat?
Signed,
Goldielocks
Heather says:
If you allow the oatmeal to cool to a temperature comfortable for eating before adding your flax oil and yogurt you should be just fine. Now, there may be an [...]

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Dear Home Ec 101,
A friend and I were talking earlier today. She is a big fan of doubling casseroles and freezing half for later. I was telling her that I don’t because I usually freeze my meat before cooking it and you can’t refreeze meat. She said that as long as you cook it [...]

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Dear Home Ec 101,
I’m going to try to do a lot of baking this holiday season, can you explain the difference between baking powder and soda? If I run out what can I use as a substitute?
Thanks,
Rising in Raleigh
Heather says:
I’ve mentioned before that baking is a matter of chemistry. Both baking soda and powder [...]

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Ivy says:
Ah, the urban legend. We got an email from a reader concerning an email forward that has been floating around for awhile. It reads like most urban legend stories, a warning about the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and a similar product by ScotchBrite. Our reader figured the story was untrue, and writes that she [...]

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