Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Homemaking Tip...

Not the start of a new regular series, that's for sure, but I wanted to share a tip that I uncovered this evening. Say you come home and your dwelling smells foul. Ours did tonight, because tomorrow is garbage day and something in the bin reeks.

Some people may spray air freshener, others may light a candle. Some people don't like the propellants in air fresheners or the scents available, and some candles are too strong, a fire hazard and may irritate some people. My approach was completely effective and required none of those things.

For better smelling air you will need:

1 x frying pan
4 x strips bacon

Cook the bacon in the pan and enjoy the smell. Note that the offensive odor earlier present is now overtaken by delightful bacon aroma. It is important not to overcook (burn) the bacon, as that will detract from the aroma. Once the bacon is adequately cooked remove it from the pan and eat it.

Voila! Pleasant smells and bacon in the belly.

Now, time to take the garbage out.

4 comments:

betawait said...

maybe you should concentrate on putting compost in an outside bin. Although if it's -12 degrees I can understand why you woulnd't.

Russell said...

Generally what we do is freeze anything that might generate a smell and then put it in the bin on garbage night, but unfortunately last week we ran out of space in the freezer...

Russell said...

We freeze anything that isn't able to be composted is what I should have said. We compost anything that we can, using a worm bin that is in the garage, hopefully not too cold.

betawait said...

You put garbage in the freezer... OK. I don't get it, but I understand the concept.

Is that common in the cold parts of the U.S.??

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