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Show Get more servings from your meat roast by cooking slowly at a low temperature. e Save a scrap of wool from the material of the suit you are making mak-ing and turn it into a bracelet handbag. These carry-all purses hang from the arm and are simple to make. e Delicate fabrics, such as organdy organ-dy and fine voiles, can be restored to their original crispness with gelatin. To do this, dissolve a teaspoon tea-spoon of plain gelatin in a quart of boiling water. Strain the solution solu-tion and use as you would boiled starch. To pick wild greens, use a large moisture-proof vegetable bag such as those used in the refrigerator to keep the greens fresh. To prevent cake frosting from breaking when cut, beat a tea-spoonful tea-spoonful of vinegar into it when the flavoring is added. Add a little salt when cooking dried fruits and it will help bring out the fruit's natural sweetness. When sewing on pockets baste top of pocket in place first, then sew around the sides and bottom to get the pocket straight. Less time is required and there is less danger of doughnuts slipping slip-ping back into the fat if a wire egg whip is used, to lift them instead in-stead of a fork. e Use a large piece of glass as a backsplash for a washstand or sink. Have an ordinary piece of glass cut to the desired size and secure it to the wall with L-shaped screws. The glass will be easy to clean and look neater than oilcloth. |