tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post5946047193917030093..comments2024-02-26T02:53:40.061-05:00Comments on Food Network Musings: Kitchen-KeepingSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-60426768662612707092009-09-14T05:28:11.569-04:002009-09-14T05:28:11.569-04:00Hahaha, goodness gracious! You poor thing! I don...Hahaha, goodness gracious! You poor thing! I don't blame you at all. I HATE ants. I hate all insects.<br /><br />Hopefully everything's better now. That would be very stressful.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204776831565649927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-28913266724931745352009-09-12T12:05:46.017-04:002009-09-12T12:05:46.017-04:00Sheila,
SO DO I!!!Sheila,<br />SO DO I!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-53595391335743030402009-09-12T09:41:43.958-04:002009-09-12T09:41:43.958-04:00Bedbugs? UGH! I hope the one on we're staying ...Bedbugs? UGH! I hope the one on we're staying at has no bedbugs... You KNOW I'm going to lift up the sheets and mattress pad now. I might be on a bench in the park after all! :-)Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461374188982286659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-1040955064784737282009-09-11T10:07:00.599-04:002009-09-11T10:07:00.599-04:00Poor you, Phyllis!!!
I have MANY jars of honey and...Poor you, Phyllis!!!<br />I have MANY jars of honey and, boy, would I have been mad to have to have given them over to the ants.<br /><br />My exterm guy told me that when he goes to a hotel, he lifts up the sheets and mattress pad and looks to see if there is anything black and peppery looking around the piping. THAT'S bed bugs. <br /><br />Grace,<br />I had that problem YEARS ago too. It's the worst, because you have to throw out practically everything that isn't in cans. <br /><br />OMG, I can't even imagine the horror of the flypaper scene.<br /><br />I never thought about the dry dogfood scenario. UGH!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-88953450596366327432009-09-10T21:37:17.075-04:002009-09-10T21:37:17.075-04:00I feel your pain. We got a pantry moth infestation...I feel your pain. We got a pantry moth infestation a few months back. (They came in on dry dog food according to our exterminator...) We tried organic methods (they hate basil so we had bouquets of it in every cupboard - fragrant, but no help...) We then emptied everything, tossed most all perishable items and maintained the cupboards in their non-boarding state for weeks... again, no help. Ultimately, we took the totally gnarly chem routine, bought the irresistible-to-pantry-moth bait and watched in revulsion (and fascination) as about two million of the little horrors hurled themselves onto the alluring fly paper... sooooooooo gross!SayGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135241114675088054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-26439238857124755542009-09-10T02:22:24.773-04:002009-09-10T02:22:24.773-04:00Hi Sue, I'm a little OCD about kitchen cleanli...Hi Sue, I'm a little OCD about kitchen cleanliness too but there's not much you can do about ants when they want to come in. I accidentally left the lid on the honey bottle slightly ajar one really hot summer and then suddenly had a colony of ants in my kitchen. Luckily it only took one exterminator visit to deal with it - don't worry, the worker ants will definitely take the poison bait back to the queen! But now I'm so paranoid I keep all my pantry items in ziploc bags (and double bag all my honey, sugar, and syrups, thank goodness my cupboards aren't see thru!) And your poor daughter - even one mouse is one too many - when we first moved in and replaced our oven, we found an abandoned mouse hole on the wall - just like in the Tom & Jerry cartoons! Needless to say, I now have quarterly contract with an exterminator to keep them away since field mice are common where I live! And don't even get me started about the return of bed bugs - I have nightmares about it, I spend forever reading hotels reviews, looking for any reports of bed bugs before I'll even consider staying there.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964849431612656642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-70287082384840577012009-09-09T20:20:39.527-04:002009-09-09T20:20:39.527-04:00I never thought to look to in my mother's reci...I never thought to look to in my mother's recipe box. I wonder what it would be under. Tell me if you find any other suggestions for pest control.<br /><br />Your poor daughter!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-8757597841871403072009-09-09T20:15:55.825-04:002009-09-09T20:15:55.825-04:00OMG .... I laughed like an insane person when I sa...OMG .... I laughed like an insane person when I saw all your stuff piled up from your cupboards - even the same exact coffee filters I use. The really crazy-weird thing is, my daughter just had a battle in her apartment with "one MOUSE", but I'm afraid it ended rather badly .... a story for another day. You know my Mom had a special index card in her recipe file for a "formula" for kitchen pests. And I swear it had boric acid as an ingredient - I'm going to try and find it.DebCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346937643590111586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-83733069629706364842009-09-09T17:53:08.269-04:002009-09-09T17:53:08.269-04:00But I worry about you, honey!!!But I worry about you, honey!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-10326643731612039502009-09-09T17:32:57.377-04:002009-09-09T17:32:57.377-04:00it was one MOUSE..i don't live in a halfway ho...it was one MOUSE..i don't live in a halfway house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-71344254212647704912009-09-09T16:54:03.758-04:002009-09-09T16:54:03.758-04:00Rach,
Thank you!!!Rach,<br />Thank you!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-76430046497672193482009-09-09T16:52:51.784-04:002009-09-09T16:52:51.784-04:00Go ahead and complain. I know other people might ...Go ahead and complain. I know other people might have worse pests, but I'd be complaining out the wazoo if I had an infestation!The Short (dis)Order Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510572788683143569noreply@blogger.com