KATHY'S HOME & GARDEN TIPS – HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!!
Are you
having relatives and/or friends over this weekend? Look around your
yard, bet it could use some sprucing up. There are a few quick things
you can do to perk up your property. Cut and manicure your grass. Use
the string trimmer as an edger. Turn it sideways and run it along the
exterior borders. It really makes your lawn look professional.
Clean the
deck. Wet the deck with a diluted mixture of all purpose cleaner and
water. There are also cleaners made especially for decks. Scrub and
rinse with you hose. Clean plastic lawn furniture with 409 or
Fantastic. Spray them, let soak in and rinse.
Trim your
bushes, weed the beds. Put out fresh mulch. Nothing spruces up a
landscape quicker or cheaper than a fresh layer of mulch.
And don’t
forget the Potato salad:
4 lbs Idaho
Potatoes
-
8 Hard boiled
Eggs
- 1 cup chopped
celery
-
½ cup
chopped onion (sweet preferably)
-
½ to 1 cup
Miracle Whip (substitute mayo if you prefer)
-
1 ½
teaspoons salt
-
½ teaspoons
freshly ground pepper
-
1 teaspoon
celery seed
-
2 tablespoons
yellow mustard
Cook potatoes
whole in their skin in plenty of water. Cook until just tender.
Actually take them off the heat before you think they are done. Rinse
in cold running water until they are cool. Chop into ½ in. pieces.
Spread out on a paper towel covered cookie sheet. Put in the fridge.
This will chill and take out the excess water from the potatoes.
Hard Boiled
Eggs--The easiest way I’ve found is to put eggs in one layer in a
heavy pot. Cover with water one inch over the eggs. Bring to a boil.
Low boil 12 minutes. I
usually use extra large eggs. Immediately plunge into cold running
water. Peeling success is dependent on this! Also use eggs that are
at least a week old. Halve the eggs and place on a sheet like you did
with the potatoes. Slice eggs and combine all ingredients except
mayo. Start with a half cup. Stir well. Add more as
needed, but leave it a little
drier than you would like. Chill for at least four hours. Check for
proper consistency, add more mayo if necessary.
KATHLEEN
WEAVER-ZECH & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
