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Now that Oxford Dictionary has added the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack.
With each new update to the online version of the Oxford Dictionary, one can practically hear the laments of pedantic grammarians far and wide. This week, among a few dozen new words, we got “awesomesauce” (having nothing to do with sauce at all) and “mkay” (as in, OK … mkay). Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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In the age of all things DIY, MacGyver has become the patron saint of the hack. And if there’s one thing we love here at TreeHugger, it’s a good hack. A clever use of materials allows old things to live longer, creates new uses for things that may be obsolete, and can basically become a super sustainable way to obviate the need to purchase more and more and more new stuff. Long live the hack! So with that in mind, here’s a round-up of some of our best MacGyver moments.
What follows is a long list of hacks. Some are contrived, some are clever but too niche, some might be useful. Anybody have any to add to the list? Mine is poking string into the can of bacon & chicken grease in the kitchen to make a quick tallow lamp. Works well.
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Monday August 31 2015, @04:38PM
What kind of coffee do you drink, and how much?
But yeah, I reuse my oil once or twice, too, when cooking. It does add flavor and reduces the amount of stuff I have to jar and dispose of.
(and when cooking low fat meats, all the fat you can reuse is flavor you might not have been able to get with the meat... Don't buy a pink blob for flavor, because its in the marbling or that tasty fatty stuff being cut off.)
And yeah refrigeration storage of mixed oils is key to preventing a terrible mistake...not doing so is part of a recipe for disaster!