So I got up this morning and baked biscuits. Yummy, flaky, tender, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits. Not too shabby for me, the one who does not cook. Usually if I cook something, my kids ask if we are having company or if it's a national holiday. I just never learned how to cook anything fancy, and I don't really enjoy it. Actually it's the cleanup I don't enjoy...or the prep time. I am just not a cook. I've learned to embrace it and accept it. Of course, it's not a marketable asset as a single woman...they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach; I, however, will have to find a different way. I want to learn, but I just don't see myself as a gourmet. I will never be Martha or Rachael or any of those ladies who make magic in the kitchen.

By the way...my biscuits? Frozen. You didn't think I'd actually whip those babies up all by myself, did you? ;)

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Martha Stewart Says:
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant “fix me up.”

Real Women Say:
If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that’s tood arn bad. Please recite with me the “Real Women’s” motto: “I made it and you will eat it and I don’t care how bad it tastes.”

Martha Stewart:
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

Real Women:
Take a lime, mix it with tequila, etc., chill and drink. You might still have the headache, but who cares?

Martha Stewart:
Stuff marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Real Women:
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete’s sake. You are probably lying on the couch, with your feet up, eating it anyway.

Martha Stewart:
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

Real Women:
Buy Hungry Jack potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up to a year.

Martha Stewart:
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

Real Women:
Go to the bakery. They will even decorate it for you.

Martha Stewart:
Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking for a glossy finish.

Real Women:
The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I just don’t do it.

Martha Stewart:
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Real Women:
Go ask the very cute neighbor to do it.

And finally…the most important tip:

Martha Stewart:
Don’t throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

Real Women:
Leftover wine????????