I boiled a pan of eggs last night for egg salad. It was late when they were done. I drained off the water and left them in the pan to cool before I refrigerated them, and, of course, forgot them until this morning! Are they safe to use today? ...more

March 29, 2009

Is it necessary to refrigerate cakes that have dairy ingredients? This cake starts with a mix, but I have to add sour cream to the batter. And the frosting has milk in it. Must it be refrigerated to be safe? ...more

March 1, 2009

Hillsborough County is jumping on the Twitter trend, sending out county news via the social media service under the name @HCNews. So far, there's a small following -- 25 people -- but more could be flowing soon, given tweets from the county such as this one: ...more

February 25, 2009

We roasted a goose for Christmas. It was delicious, but now we have 2 cups of goose fat from the pan. Is there anything we can use it for? ...more

February 1, 2009

The owner of a funeral home who was directed by the state last week to bring her embalming operations to a halt is holding a press conference this afternoon. ...more

January 28, 2009

Responding to complaints from two families, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has ordered a St. Petersburg funeral home to immediately cease any services involving embalming or refrigeration. Sink issued the order last week against the Morning Glory Funeral Chapel of St. Petersburg, 3301 5th Ave. S. ...more

January 26, 2009

Visualize living in the South in 1862. It's time to kill a hog or cow in order to feed your family. Just finding an animal to kill is a challenge - Yankees have been stealing your livestock to feed their invading army. ...more

October 13, 2008

When I try to fry scallops, they steam instead because they lose moisture and the pan ends up containing a lot of water. What can I do? ...more

September 24, 2008

It probably wasn't mice, but it could have been a rat who stole a semi-tractor trailer with 18 pallets of Wisconsin cheese, parked on U.S. 27 in front of Florida Hospital in Lake Placid. ...more

July 28, 2008

If I cut a casserole recipe in half, should I also halve the cooking time? It's a brown rice dish with eight servings. The recipe says to bake for two hours. ...more

June 18, 2008