Help and Hints

- cake icing will not sugar if you add a pinch of salt

- To bake potatoes in the oven, boil potatoes in salt water for ten minutes before baking, they will bake faster

- cream will whip more readily if a pinch of salt is added

- if tea is spilt on placemats or tablecloth, cover the stain at once with salt, leave for awhile and then wash. Tea stain usually comes out.

Club Soda

- before shucking oysters soak them in club soda, they will be easier to open

- flat club soda, don't throw it out, water your plants once a week, the minerals in the soda will help them grow

Milk

- maker fish that has been frozen taste fresh by defrosting the frozen fish in a bowl of milk

- make your corn on the cob taste sweeter by adding 1/4 cup of powdered milk to the boiling water

Candles

- to remove wax from a candle holder, put in fridge for about 10 minutes, this causes the wax to shrink and the wax will come out easier.
- candles burn more slowly and evenly if placed in the freezer several hours before using.

- if candle wax has dripped on your wood furniture, remove the wax by softening the wax using a blow dryer set on high. Using paper towel wipe up the wax. If there is still wax remaining rub with a cloth that has been soaked in equal parts of white vinegar and water.

- use a candle to prevent ink from smearing on letters or on your garden sticks. Rub the candle over the area and the ink will not run

- for fluffy omelets add a half a teaspoon of baking soda for every three eggs

- put a box of baking soda in your fridge to keep your fridge smelling fresh. Replace the book every 3 months.

- rather than throwing the old baking soda out, with warm water running, pour 1/2 cup of baking soda in the drain. This will help keep your drains odors free

- keep your fresh cut flowers longer by adding 3 tbs of sugar and 2 tbs of white vinegar to the water

- eating hot foods and burned your tongue? sprinkle a bit of sugar on your tongue and you will feel immedaite relief

- Saving Old Pennies? Clean them by putting the penny is a cup of lemon juice with a dash of salt, let stand overnight.

- Mix 4 tablespoons of lemon juice to 1 gallon of water. This solution will clean windows that are lightly soiled.
- fireplace odor? burn a couple of lemon peels to get rid of the odor.