To clean a stained coffee cup, wet the cup and sprinkle in some table salt. Scrub the salt around with a cloth, then rinse the cup. Repeat if needed. This works for me every time. —Lois M.,…
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To clean the inside of your microwave in a jiffy, place a bowl of water inside and microwave it on high for 2 minutes. This steams up the inside and makes any splatters easy to clean up with a…
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While managing a restaurant, I learned an easy way to clean up spilled cooking oil—by sprinkling flour thickly over the spill. Wait a moment, then just sweep the flour into a dustpan. —Carlie P.,…
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Guests will shower you with compliments when they see this fresh idea for Napkin Roses. To start, lay a square napkin flat with the right side down.
Fold napkin in half diagonally. Fold…
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The next time you make baked apples or stuffed peppers, use jumbo muffin pans to prevent them from tipping over. - Karen Ann Bland, Gove, Kansas
Put drinks in muffin pans to serve them. They…
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My dishwasher is next to my sink. So I store my dish brush and plastic scrubbing pads on the dishwasher’s top rack. After I’m done using them, I don’t have to worry about them dripping onto…
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In 3,000 B.C., Persians began using colored eggs to herald the arrival of spring. Thirteenth-century Macedonians were the first Christians on record to use colored eggs in Easter celebrations.
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Storage bags can be messy and hard to hold when filling. So line a tall drinking glass with a storage bag. Fold the top of the bag over the rim of the glass. Now your hands are free to fill. The…
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I don’t have a garbage disposal, so I came up with this trick. When I rinse the supper dishes, I always place a colander in the sink first. This catches all the food scraps so I don’t have to dig…
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To get cooking odors out of the kitchen, boil some red-hot candies and a few cinnamon sticks in water for several minutes. Soon a delicious aroma will fill your kitchen and the rest of your home.…
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