Household Tips From Open Lines
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Open Lines
To heat small amounts of left overs, use an egg poaching pan with the individual cups. Saves lots of pan washing. Only thing that doesn't work is left over mashed potatoes. They seem to get runny when heated in the egg poaching cups.
To keep poached eggs from sticking, try greasing bottom and sides of pan before filling with water. Or add a teaspoon of vinegar to the water before adding the eggs.
Treat mealy bugs or little white spots on house plants by dipping a cotton tip in alcohol and soaking spots with rubbing alcohol. Repeat 2 or 3 times
In lengthening hems of dress, after ripping out the hem, place a cloth dipped in vinegar under the old hem seam and press with a hot iron. It will completely iron out old marks.
When using meat tenderizer to remove old blood stains (and you can by wetting spots first and rubbing tenderizer into stain and roiling up in towel to let stand overnight) be sure to use unseasoned meat tenderizer.
Make homemade coffee pot filters of white paper towels. Cut to any size you need. Note: use only white paper towels for this money saving hint.
Somebody said mayonnaise shines house plant leaves. Apply and wipe off excess being careful not to get the mayonnaise on the underside of the leaves.
To get the squeak out of shoes, pour a little rubbing alcohol into the shoes and let spread over the inside of the shoe bottom by tipping from side to side. Let dry and then put on shoes and wear. If you're in a hurry, no need to let dry.
For homemade furniture polish, mix one third cup each of boiled linseed oil, turpentine and vinegar.
To keep cheese, wring a cloth out of vinegar water and wrap cheese in it. Wrap in waxed paper and store in refrigerator.
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