GON Reader Letter #1
Don't Throw Out Your Stale Bread...Make Something Delicious
When you're wondering what to do with stale bread, make Bread Pudding.
All you need is stale bread (cut or broken into cubes), milk, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and raisins. Bake! So, so good!?
-- Christine Askew-Palmer
P.S. from Maria: Here's a very good bread pudding recipe from AllRecipes.com
Bread
Pudding
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings:
12
Yield: One 8-inch square pan
Ingredients
6 slices day-old bread, torn into small
pieces
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
½ c raisins
2 c milk
¾ c white sugar
4 lg eggs, beaten
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Place bread pieces into an 8-inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter over bread and sprinkle raisins over top.
3. Whisk milk, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla together in a medium mixing bowl until well combined. Pour mixture over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until all bread is covered and soaking up the liquid.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and the top springs back when lightly pressed, about 45 minutes.
GON Reader Letter #2
I Keep a Spreadsheet with Home Maintenance Information
I own a home and keep a spreadsheet with home maintenance information which includes the item, the year purchased or replaced, the name of the file where the
corresponding paperwork (owner's manual, receipts, etc.) can be found, the vendor and miscellaneous notes. Someone can see at a glance what's been done and when. Here's an example:
Item: Roof
Year: 2014
File: Roof
Vendor: A & D Exteriors
Notes: 10 year guarantee
-- Name Withheld
GON Reader Letter #3
Thank You for The Empowerment to say "NO!"
Hi Maria,
Thank you for the empowerment to say "NO!" in your September 9th issue. I have gotten to where I do not accept swag at vendor
or public information stands unless the item itself is actually useful to me. (I really could use a new rubber jar gripper.)
I also kindly reject taking business cards without thinking through if I might ever use them. Little stuff ...but this helps a lot.
-- Shari Neuberger
