KITCHEN STUFF

Here's how to know whether the power outage when you were gone was momentary or a longer-lasting shutdown that could have spoiled food in your freezer. Before you leave for your trip put a bag of ice cubes in the freezer. When you return, if the cubes have kept their shape, you'll know your food is safe to eat. But if the ice has melted and frozen into one big lump, you'll know the the outage was long enough to spoil your frozen foods. Discard them and don't take a chance of illness. Source: Chere Mauroner, publisher/owner of The Kids Directory of South Mississippi. www.southmskidsdirectory.com.

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Next time you prepare a frozen dairy treat, try a sprinkled layer of "Frosted Flakes" on the top of your bowl of favorite ice cream. The texture may win you over to this cullinary creation.

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