He’s had his own postage stamp, a public school is named for him, he has his own festival held every fall in Lisbon, Ohio – and he even has his own day – March 11th is Johnny Appleseed Day. Unfortunately he didn't have a refrigerator. Johnny was a pioneer in 1800's who wanted nothing more than to plant apple trees. In fact he had 1,200 acres of apple tree nurseries and lived to … [Read more...]
Perfect Oven. Perfect Roast Beef.
Last week, we here at Home-Tech were more than happy to celebrate “Where’s the Beef Day” – a day to honor good old-fashioned American meat. Sure, we love our veggies, and fruits, and grains. But, sometimes greens and wheat germ and beets can get monotonous and we crave some perfectly cooked, amazingly seasoned meat. Where’s The Chef? Typically, the beef craving sends us on … [Read more...]
Maytag Appliances Bring Out the Man in Your Kitchen
This one's for the ladies -- can you believe there's actually an official Men Make Dinner Day? Seriously. Just one day -- one day out of the YEAR – and sadly, it slipped by me a couple of weeks ago, or I would have been ALL over that brief 24-hour period, believe me. As it is, Men Make Dinner Day happens at our house a tiny bit more than once a year, but not by much. Mostly … [Read more...]
Replace or Just Clean Your Refrigerator
It started last week with the mustard. My husband was watching the Golf Channel on Saturday afternoon while enjoying a ham and cheese sandwich. I was somewhere in the vicinity of the refrigerator when he asked me to please grab the mustard. I looked inside and started with the door shelves with no luck. I moved salad dressing bottles, two different brands of soy sauce, and even … [Read more...]
Best Dishwashers of 2014
There’s plenty we want out of a dishwasher – it should clean what we didn’t rinse well enough (or at all), it should be able to handle even the busiest on-the-go dish loader (that includes teenagers who figure out ways to wedge everything inside but the kitchen sink), and – perhaps most importantly -- it should be able to disguise the fact that it’s even there by being nice and … [Read more...]
