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[vicarz]

It's finally raining, and I really wish I was in a rock cabin with a wood and log roof in front of a fireplace. Giant windows or just an open porch facing the rain, a little on the warm side, lying on a rug just barely sweating. Pillows. Sigh.

That not being possible, I have Domestic Questions.

1. What is a good brand of non-stick cookie/pizza and muffin tin? I bought some and they stick, wah! I used to get baker secret crap but they rust quickly. I frequently cook muffins, but only in batches of 6 (from washington mixes). Less often I bake toll house cookies, more often I bake pizzas, so I get pizza pans.

2. How do I stop my bathroom sink from stinking? I have a stinky sink and oh oh oh it's nasty. I always forget, and I always bend over to brush my teeth when WHAM! Ew! The sink is new, and I keep it clean. I've poured lemon down there, I've cleaned the sink, I've left clorox and tilex soaking in there, I've pulled the stopper and washed it...nothing seems to last for more than a couple of days. I'm about ready to try a douche...on the sink.

Comments

[cristiex.livejournal.com]

you can use baking soda and vinegar on the sink. i dont recall amounts at the moment, but i remember doing it with my kitchen sink.

not sure about tin pans. i use paper cups and all my baking sheets are ugly. except one off brand that i paid about $6 for and is in perfect condition (wish i bought more)

you need a hints from heloise book!

[sparklypoof.livejournal.com]

mmm. the smell of rain... I love the scenario you've described. can the rug be a furry one? cuz that sounds just peachy!! *toddles off to dreamland scene*

re: nonstick... I just use spray stuffs in the pans... works for me! ;) tho them calaphone or calfone or whatever thems kind are - they are super-nice and my dad has some and they work good.

the end.

[one-andrea.livejournal.com]

She's right on the spray for pans. That always works and no calories. The non-sticks will be expensive.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I'm comfortable with a furry rug, depending on who she is of course.

Spray seems so weird! I already use veg oil. Is spray dif than smearing oil with your fingertips...on the pan?

Wow I am stuck, huh?

[sparklypoof.livejournal.com]

depending on who she is of course.

lol u r teh funz0rz!11!

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PAM FOR YOU!!

[pmhrh.livejournal.com]

for the sink, it sounds like there's something stinky in the pipes. I would say try one of those foaming drain snakes. However, since a clog isn't the problem, make your own foaming snake. Dump about a cup of baking soda down there and follow it with about a half cup of lemon juice. It will foam up and hopefully push the stinky bits further down and out.

for the bakeware, you can always try those silicone muffin pans. They're cheap and you can get them in a bunch of places. As far as the sheet pan, I would recommend making a quality purchase. Go to William-Sonoma and get a nice 1/2 sheet pan AND a silpat. The Silpat is a silicone sheet you put on top of your pan. It's non-stick and it rinses clean with mild soap and water. Your sheet pan never actually touches the food, so you don't have to get it wet. and that my friend = no rusty pan.

I never not-make the euphemism joke. It's a small thing that makes me the most happy!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

The sink was snaked a while ago, like 2-3 months or so. I'll try the soda/vinegar though (also mentioned above). I like solutions that don't destroy the environment.

Silicone? What is a silicone muffin pan? Is that some sort of euphemism?

Re: I never not-make the euphemism joke. It's a small thing that makes me the most happy!

[shadow27.livejournal.com]

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?num=20&hl=en&hs=3CE&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=silicone%20muffin%20pan&spell=1&sa=N&tab=wf

they make all kinds of cool baking stuff out of silicone these days.

Re: I never not-make the euphemism joke. It's a small thing that makes me the most happy!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Oh the plastic squishy thingys! Neat! I saw some in BBB the other day, but they said they were only good to 427 deg F and I bake at 400. It sounded risky.

Have you baked things at 400 and is that ok?

Wow, they come in black, grey....yummy. They're like my Ikea ice cube trays! I could make muffin-hearts!

I'm losing what few butch points i have left. Here, feel my bicept. Is there snow on that mountain!?

Re: I never not-make the euphemism joke. It's a small thing that makes me the most happy!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Aigh! They do have them!
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_4/602-1883293-6026223?%5Fencoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0009F52S6

I'm going to so hit target, plastic muffin heart tins and halloween goodies...ohmi.

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[greekphilosophy.livejournal.com]

I have those IKEA ice cube trays too! All of my friends fight over who gets the stars. I always take the plus signs, since they seem to be least popular.

Your stinky sink problem reminds me of a problem I had once with a slightly gross nalgene bottle which was the house for tea for a little too long. So it got musty. And every time I'd drink from it, I'd forget that it was slightly musty, and I'd think, "Damn! Is that my upper lip? Ew! I have a gross upper lip! Oh. Wait. It's the nalgene bottle. Ew! I have a musty nalgene bottle!"

Every time. Never failed. And I could never get rid of the musty smell. Until the magic day when a dishwasher came into my life and made all the pain go away...and the musty smell in my nalgene bottle.

I'll want a consumer report on the silicone muffin things if you end up getting them. I've considered them on several occasions, but have never taken the plunge. Do tell!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

It's true - I bake and tell! Shh!

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[pmhrh.livejournal.com]

http://store.foodnetwork.com/shop/product.asp?product_code=4559&department_code=6&category_code=113&subcategory_code=134&search_type=viewall#

[shadow27.livejournal.com]

Ditto to PMHRH, also if you are looking to cook pizza specificaly you might look into a pizza stone, I've also been told you can just get a paver from the locl garden shop. The nice thing abotu pizza stones is you can just leave them in the oven, so they don't waste cabinet space.

[(Anonymous)]

"airbake" makes good cookie pans. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00032EL64/103-6170842-0183051?v=glance

for pizza, you want a pizza stone - available all sorts of places. Cook right on that... maybe with a bit of cornmeal thrown on. Get a pizza peel too - it is essencially a big wooden spatula.

I'll second the silicone muffin "tins" but will also mention the "low tech" cupcake wrapper papers.

[violet-heather.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to agree w/ Lori on this one... quality pans will never do you wrong... williams sonoma has sheet pans for about $12-16, don't go nonstick, get a silpat, about $12
nonstick will inevitably wear out, and get nasty
i got some really cool silicone molds in Paris, and the silicone cake pans and such work great, but they need to be stabilized by a regular baking sheet.... also, Sur La Table has this other new thing out, individual silicone cupcake/muffin molds... they look like the little liners you use in muffin tins, except they are silicone :)

Buns would have been too obvious

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I know what I'm doing...I'm going to have silicone muffin pans custom made with a mold of my boobies!

[mrtwitchy.livejournal.com]

Liquid Plumber and others make a foaming drain cleaner to take care of this specific problem. We've had it here in our 12 year old house in the bathroom and it seems to take care of the issue. They have them in grocery stores and I'm certain that Target has them as well.

[kibean16.livejournal.com]

This is my recipe for smelly drain:

First do liquid plumber, then pour 4 parts club soda, one part vinegar, and a few drops of eucalyptus or lavender oil. It will smell good for a few days, as long as you use an essential oil that's very strong smelling.

Or try laundry detergent.

-Kiki

[caligaridc.livejournal.com]

I second the baking soda and vinegar option in the sink.

for muffin pans, i always use the little paper baking cups... i'm still using a muffin pan that I bought at the dollar store, and when making large amounts, I just buy the aluminum ones that i can rinse and recycle.

I'm slowly getting All-Clad pans and such... until I can afford them, Parchment paper is what I use on my cheap baking sheets. No chemicals, weird tastes, or calories - and SO easy to clean up. Pretty much any grocery store has parchment paper - usually buried with the wax paper near the cling film. It comes in handy if you're doing a lot of cooking.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I don't like to use paper because I'm worried about doing damage to the environment. Reduce, reuse, recycle blah blah...yeah I'm silly.

[jwitcraft.livejournal.com]

My mother and I swear by Baking stones.

They are great for pizza, cookies, reheatingthosefriesthatyouknowwilltastenastyinthemicrowave, roasts, other tagine style dishes, pumpkin seeds, whathaveyou. It's a slow, even cook that becomes somehow transformed by the stone itself.

Only problem is, they are a bit expensive.

fuck the muffins

[sunnyfunny.livejournal.com]

I want to pet you.

Re: fuck the muffins

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Aw! *gush*

But...red squishee muffin pans? Heart-shaped? Squee!

[tehcas.livejournal.com]

http://www.naturalhandyman.com/qa/qasinkdrainodor.shtm

this guy helps.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Great link - thank you!

Damn...you've kinda mastered the intraweb, huh?

[tehcas.livejournal.com]

Just google. haha.

I was thinking it could have been a venting issue. Or something with that trap part of the piping that "traps" water to prevent gas from coming up. If the trap works, and there is water there to block it, then it has to be something between the trap and the top, which is all of maybe 2 feet of pipe.

Here's hoping it helped/works etc. :D