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Opened Fruit, Fish or Vegetable: Never allow opened fruit, fish or vegetables to
stand in the tin can. Never stir anything in tin, or, if it is done, use a
wooden spoon. In lifting pies or cakes from bright tin pans, use great caution
that the knife does not scrape off flecks of bright metal.
Never use water which has stood in a lead pipe over night. Not less than a
wooden bucketful should be allowed to run.
Never use water from a stone reservoir for cooking purposes.
Never allow fresh meat to remain in paper; it absorbs the juices.
Never keep vinegar or yeast in stone crocks or jugs; their acid attacks the
glazing, which is said to be poisonous. Glass for either is better.
Squeaking doors ought to have the hinges oiled by putting on a drop from the
sewing machine oil-can.
Plate Glass and Mirrors: A soft cloth, wetted in alcohol, is excellent to wipe
off plate glass and mirrors, and prevent their becoming frosty in winter.
A red-hot iron will soften old putty so that it can be easily removed.
To test Nutmegs: Prick them with a pin; if good, the oil will instantly spread
around the puncture.
A good Way to clean Mica in a stove that has become blackened with smoke, is to
take it out, and thoroughly wash it with vinegar. If the black does not come off
at once, let it soak a little.
To banish Rats from the Premises, use pounded glass mixed with dry corn meal,
placed within their reach. Sprinkling cayenne pepper in their holes will also
banish them. Chloride of lime is an infallible remedy, spread around where they
come, and thrown into their holes; it should be renewed once in two weeks. Tar
is also a good remedy.
To prevent the Odor of Boiling Ham or Cabbage: Throw red pepper pods or a few
bits of charcoal into the pan they are cooking in.
To brighten Gilt Frames: Take sufficient flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge
to about one and one-half pints of water, and in this boil four or five bruised
onions, or garlic, which will answer the same purpose. Strain off the liquid,
and with it, when cold, wash with a soft brush any gilding which requires
restoring, and when dry, it will come out as bright as new work.
All cooking utensils, including iron-ware, should be washed outside and inside
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