USEFUL HINTS

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(a) Sprinkle popcoorn with grated
parmesan cheese and stir well for a
different flavor.

(b) To chop hard-boiled eggs quick-
ly, use the potato masher.

(c) Before handling berries, put
lemon juice on your hands and let it
dry. The hands will not stain as much.

(d) Boil cauliflower in a cloth and
it can be lifted out unbroken. To
serve, cover with cheese sauce and
sprinkle with paprika.

(e) Add lemon juice to water in
which rice is to be boiled. The white-
ness will be increased and the grains
will remain whole.

(f) When canning some of your to-
matoes, put onions and peppers in
with them. This is tasty with rice or
macaroni and it all ready to use.

(gz) I drop two or three kernels of
popcorn into the oil when I am going
to fry potatoes, chops, chicken, etc.
When the corn pops, the oil is hot
enough.

(h) Freeze corn on the cob in a
large paper bag lined with a plastic
bag the same size. You can pack more
quickly and take out just what you
need.

(i) Par-boil sausages for 8 to 10
minutes before frying or boiling.

(j) Hot honey poured over fried
chicken is just delicious.

(k) We still pep up meat with
Pete’s Mustard—equal parts of dry
mustard, sugar and flour, mixed to a
paste with white vinegar.

(1) Always put bacon on to fry ina
coll frying pan.

(m) To separate refrigerated bacon,
run hot water over a rubber pot
scrapper and slide it between the
slices.

(n) Grate a little lemon rind into
mayonnaise when making a _ fruit
salad, It gives it a tart taste.

(o) To add a different flavor to
salad dessing, substitute the liquid
off sweet pickles (strained) for part of
the vinegar in your recipe.

(p) Clean rusty sink stains by using
cream of tartar and a few drops of
hydrogen peroxide.

(q) Clean wax off tiles with am-
monia, wash clean with water then
rewax.

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