Did You Know?

 

• Fresh lemon juice will take away the smell of onion & garlic from your hands.
• Soaking colored cottons overnight in strong salt water will prevent them from fading.
• Marigolds will prevent rodents.
• To prevent egg yolks from crumbling when slicing hard boiled eggs, wet the knife before each cut.
• Add a little vinegar to the water when an egg cracks during boiling.  This will help seal the egg.
• To prevent crust from becoming soggy with cream pie, sprinkle the crust with powdered sugar.
• Cut drinking straws into short lengths & insert through slits in pie crusts to prevent juice form running over in the oven.  This permits steam to escape.
• If juice from a fruit pies does run over into the oven, shake some salt on it.  This will cause the juice to burn to a crisp so it can be easily removed.
• You can get more juice from a dried up lemon if you heat it for 5 minutes in boiling water before you squeeze it.
• Adding a little milk to the water in which you are cooking cauliflower will help the cauliflower remain attractively white.
• Potatoes soaked in salt water for 20 minutes before baking will help them bake faster.
• When making fruit salad,  dip your bananas in lemon juice right after they are peeled.  This will prevent them from turning dark.  The same goes for apples.
• Keep a toothbrush near the kitchen sink.  It's great for cleaning rotary beaters, graters, choppers, and similar kitchen utensils.
• Plant a few sprigs of dill near your tomato plants to prevent tomato worms from invading your plants.