Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 9, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 January 1941 — HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

Overstirring and mixing causes muffins to rise in peaks arid burst open. • * * * * Biscuits need a preheated, hot oven, ’then you have to bake them only 10 or 15 minutes. * * ' * •b y- . Onion or fish odors can be Removed from tHe hands by rubbing them with dry mustard.or salt and then rinsing them in clear water. |* * * To get all the juice out of a lemon, warm it before squeezing. * * * ’~ V. Cider jelly is an excellent accompaniment for turkey. Or,mold it in ring shape, fill the center with chilled. diced fruit and sur : round it with salad dressing; Serve as first course salad. • When washing cut vor etched glassware use warm, soapy water and then rinse the dishes in quantities of water of the same tern-, perature. Hot water is likely to crack the glass, To avoid chipping, set the articles on a towel in dish pan or on the draining board. I *** - . . Grease can be removed from an iron by rubbing corn meal over it. * * * Gold or silver cloth shoes will not tarnish if they .are wrapped in black tissue when not in uge. A black stocking pulled over the shoes may be used instead of black tissue paper. < ■ * t ♦ . * Always wrap a rubber hot water bottle in soft cloth before placing in a patient’s bed. Place the bottle near, but not against the patient’s flesh. If placed too close ‘he patient may be burned before realizing it.