Over Complicated Life Hacks: Kitchen Edition

this is overcomplicated lifehacks kitchen edition or we'll take your simplistic kitchen problems and provide solutions that are more complicated than canceling Comcast everyone loves to enjoy a nice refreshing beverage in the heat of the summer and nothing can make your drink cold as fast as a handful of crushed ice sure full sized cubes can get the job done with a little more time but all they really do is float to the top and slowly melt away until your drink is a lukewarm water down shadow of its former self so what's the real game plan when your ice dispenser kicks the bucket and you're left with a tray of lackluster frozen water well giddyup my friends because here comes Penelope the party pinata and she doesn't mind sacrificing yourself so that you can beat the heat and we don't mind because unicorns aren't real or are they go ahead and remove your vat of ice cubes directly from the freezer pop a hole in the top of your newfound friend and either by hand or by funnel stuff it with as much ice as you possibly can now that she's loaded this fiesta is ready to begin hoist a line over any tall object and raise your party pinata to the sky keep in mind that donning your purple robe of polymorph plus 3 will quickly allow you to creep up on your prey undetected for a seed to give your icy pinata a good thumping now you may find that your wizard staff crushes your pinata before the cubes themselves if that's the case try using something with a softer end such as this hoo emoji plunger that belonged to Merlin himself now that things are really heating up it's time to capture those frozen shards that will begin raining down upon you simply hold out an insulated bag and fill it up with all the beautiful crushed ice that a wizard needs fantastic now just conjure up three glasses and fill them with your frosty treasure it's time for you to enjoy the fruit or lemon of your labor just be careful when filling your glass because everyone knows that unicorns have terrible vision and LASIK is just too expensive breakfast is coming and it's our esteemed honor to present sir bacon of the house porcine of his name the unburnt and breaker of fasts truly a defender of the breakfast realm but as you know even the mightiest warriors have flaws and although sir bacon has always welcomed to any feast he often brings along his travelling companions the Archduke of Greece and Baron bubble guts so what do you do when you just ran out of paper towels and you don't have anything to drain the grease off your delicious meal don't stress it's nothing that can't be solved with a little crafty kitchen construction all you're gonna need is a couple adhesive wall hooks some clothes pins and a little rope or clothesline whichever you prefer find a suitable spot in your kitchen preferably with a countertop and measure out the length of rope that's gonna be needed to stretch between two walls or cabinets mount a hook on both sides using a tape measure to make sure that they're as level as possible now grab your rope and attach both ends to the hooks we decided to use plastic lids to serve as our grease catchers hanging the bacon is just as simple as you might imagine fold just the tip of the bacon over the top of the rope and stick it into place with a clothespin just keep doing this all the way down the line and in just a few short minutes you'll be left with bacon that's not only substantially less greasy but also at a perfect temperature to devour look at all the runoff we collected from just one pack of bacon imagine how that might make your stomach feel if you did you can use whatever you want to catch the grease yourself just don't drip it into the sink because it's horrible for your pipes so that's all there is to it a straightforward solution to your complex problem ah so you're looking to whip up a delicious snack but all you got is a hand mixer let's turn this carpal tunnel inducer into a cardiovascular jello producer first you need to grab that old elliptical that you promised you'd be using right now and place it out in an open area make sure that it has a wheel in the front and if not go buy one that does next go ahead and place a hefty camera tripod adjacent to the exercise machine with a few feet of distance between the two great grab your mixer and locate a slot on the base of the tripod take a bit of force but carefully snap it under the leg brace now this is suitable in most cases but if you can't find a slot go ahead and strap it all down with several zip ties until it's secured in place just like this move back over to the elliptical and bust out a roll of thin electrical tape we're gonna place the tape directly on to the center of the wheel and roll it back so that it easily feeds itself through the machine once it comes out the other side go ahead and peel off one end and stretch it all the way over to your waiting mixer attach it to the wheel of the mixer and feed it all the way around in a similar fashion with your tape fully encompassing both wheels attach the two loose ends of the tape together forming one singular and powerful drivetrain for all your mixing needs if it feels secure go ahead and give the large wheel a nice slow spin just to make sure that you've got everything lined up perfectly if you find the tape going to one side or the other make any adjustments that are required to get a nice smooth flow at this point just place a mixing bowl under the eggbeater and grab your ingredients we'll be cooking up a batch of berry blue jello because it has our favorite actor Shia LaBeouf right there on the box just carefully pour out all the contents of the box into your bolt now add a couple cups of water as well this might work much better if you place the bowl on a lazy susan and recruit a fellow Fitness LaBeouf to assist you hop on board your steel horse and start toning those quads now this thing moves fast so make sure that you anticipate a little cleanup afterwards you will of course eventually discover that you've become a true elliptical mixing master capable of creating something as simplistic as jello but enlightened enough to burn those calories off before you ate it there are countless uses for a nice big bottle of distilled water plants love it it prevents bacterial growth and humidifiers and it even helps bring out the flavor of a cup of coffee but what do you do if your hefty gallon jug starts running on empty simple you build your own water distillery to get started you just need a basic tea kettle a rubber stopper with a hole in it and a little copper tubing that you borrowed from the construction site next door the odds are that your copper tubing won't arrive in the shape that you needed so it's best to grab a large cylinder and carefully wrap it around creating a series of loops you'll want to make sure that both and suit your needs so carefully bend them in to your desired shape we'll be plugging the bottom end into a rubber stopper in the top will be hooked around to drip directly into a bottle once you have this set up it's basically ready to go you just have to add water well in our case I went ahead and filled a glass with last night's bath water to show you just how effective this little distiller is to give it a bit of a pretreatment I used a strainer while pouring the water into the kettle all right the kettles loaded with our dirty nasty water so it's time to fire up the hot plate to full blast while I would love to show you the process with the lid off unfortunately we can't bear to lose all of that heat out the top so we're gonna put a glass hopper on there so you can kind of see what's going on once the water starts to boil the steam will travel up and do the copper and then down through the coils slowly condensing back into little droplets of water at the end of the spout now I won't say what comes out is absolutely perfect but it certainly is more purified than what went in though you can never be too sure with strange water sources however if you're planning on distilling already treated tap water and it'll be nice and safe and free of any minerals and impurities when it comes out in the end you'll eventually produce a semi full bottle of distilled water that's ready to be used however you see fit Oh in the best part well that's simple you'll save up to an entire dollar with just two to three hours of stovetop energy use in a mere $20 in copper tubing but hey you can use it over over and over again so in a good seven to eight years it'll easily pay for itself one of the most sought-after kitchen tools is the famed in rare magnetic knife holder by sheer force of will it allows you to slap your blades on to its mighty surface and hold them for you until they're needed but what if you can't afford such a luxury item well isn't it obvious you magnetized the knives instead I brandished my choice cutlery and mounted it securely for a little modification if you have some just grab that old copper wire and start at the base of the blade carefully wrap the wire down and you may need to clamp it in place to hold everything securely don't get me wrong it's a real blast wrapping coil after coil but take breaks if your hand gets a little sore because eventually you will make it all the way down to the tip you can also clamp this end off as well to keep everything nice and secure now get yourself a 9-volt battery and attach the front wire to the negative terminal once that's on there securely grab the base cable and attach it to the positive terminal you'll notice that the coils immediately begin generating heat so keep your hands away while this runs from about 30 seconds to one minute they can get quite intense during that time but they're also magnetizing our metal when all said and done remove the coils and give your blade a couple tests a small screw should stick right to it with ease this stool worked amazingly well for casual placement in the front of the stove made for a handy location while prepping a meal but ultimately I opted to mount my muffin tin to the wall and use it as a stationary place of rest for my favorite cheffing tools and that's it what an avant-garde and beautiful piece to add to my kitchen no need to spend ten bucks on one of those silly magnetic strips because as long as you've got batteries some wire and a will to succeed you could do it all on your own and that's what really matters isn't it thank you for tuning in if you want more overcomplicated life hacks then you've come to the right end of a video just click the playlist on your screen to experience our full series thank you so much for joining us today and please be so kind as to press that subscribe button on your way out we'll see you soon [Music]

Channel: Household Hacker

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Id: SWhoAR9_Fqk

Length: 10min 50sec (650 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 05 2018