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Food blog Lunch in a Box has a brilliant, simple tip for freezing meat in small portions easily and without wasting too much plastic wrap. First put the food into a large freezer bag and press it out as flat as possible, eliminating air pockets. (Making it thin speeds up defrost time due to the increased surface area, and pressing out excess air guards against freezer burn.) Use a long chopstick or ruler to create divisions within the food, forming individual portions. This way when you freeze the entire bag, you'll be able to quickly break off just as much as you want to use, no more. If you don't have chopsticks handy, any straight edge will work, like a ruler.
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Wired's How-To Wiki guides newcomers gently into the soft terrain of composting, a great way to recycle biodegradable goods and create some of the best growing soil around. You can get started with something as simple and low-cost as a trash bag, the authors note: Just fill it up with a good mixture of browns (paper and plant pieces) and greens (kitchen scraps), soak it down, punch a few air holes and wait three months. Viola! Compost.The wiki has more detailed advice for those who want to keep a tidier pile, or learn more about what makes for great material—one easy-to-find example, as previously posted, is non-glossy, low-color junk mail. Are you composting? What's your setup? Let us know in the comments. Photo by read more »
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Back in the good ol' days of $2.50-per-gallon gasoline, you could ignore simple car maintenance. After all, what was it costing you? A buck here and a buck there? But when prices hit the $4 mark, things changed. Now, every cent counts, and you can save a surprising amount of scratch by performing a few simple maintenance tasks yourself. We've put together a quick list of five basics from Jalopnik's "How To" series, ranked from easiest to most difficult, that can help any vehicle owner squeeze a few extra MPG (Miles Per Gallon) out of their daily driver. 1. Fill Up Smart
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BEIJING — Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday pledged that China, the
world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, would work harder to save
energy and clean up the air as it revamps the economy over the next five
years."We will effectively conserve resources and protect the
environment. We will respond actively to climate change," Wen said in a
speech to open the annual session of China's parliament, or National
People's Congress.
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