Household Hints
Source of Recipe
The MaMa's Cook Book
List of Ingredients
All of the white skin lining on an orange will come off with the peel if the orange is soaked in boiling water for about five minutes before peeling.
A jellied salad may be easily unmolded by first brushing the inside of the mold with salad oil.
Box crackers will keep fresher and crisper if stored in the pots and pans drawer of your stove.
A quick way to remove fruit or vegetable stains from the hands is to rub them with lemon juice.
Kid gloves may be kept clean much longer if rubbed gently with bread crumbs with each wearing. An art gum eraser may also be used for this purpose.
Soak that scorched pie-plate in a strong solution of borax and water to restore it's just like new shine.
To insure best results in re-dying any garment, make certin the item is absolutely clean before starting.
Eggs won't crack during boiling if you allow them to stand in warm water for a few minutes before cooking. Another good trick is to add salt to the water while the eggs are being boiled.
Smart home-makers turn their rugs in different directions at least twice each year to equalize wear over the entire surface. Keeps your rugs beautiful and provides them with "life-insurance" too.
Brown sugar will not become lumpy if stores in a glass jar with a piece of blotting paper fitted to the inside of the lid.
If foods boil over in stove or oven, cover with salt to prevent smoking and excessive odor.
Coffee cream may be whipped by adding one teaspoon of gelatin which has been melted and allowed to cool almost to setting stage.
To prevent marshmasllows from sticking to the knife when cutting, first dip the knife into boiling water.Recipe
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