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Show HOUSEHOLD S QUESTIONS jjjf7 Overstirring and mixing causes muffins to rise in peaks and burst open. As potatoes get old add a little sugar to the water in which they are boiled. They will taste as good as new ones. Biscuits need a preheated, hot oven. Then you have to bake them only 10 or 15 minutes. Cider jelly is an excellent accompaniment ac-companiment for turkey. Or mold it in ring shape, fill the center with chilled diced fruit and surround sur-round it with salad dressing. Serve as first course salad. Onion or fish odors can be removed re-moved from the hands by rubbing them with dry mustard or salt and then rinsing them in clear water. Gold or silver cloth shoes will f-not f-not tarnish if they are wrapped I in black tissue when not in use. A black stocking pulled over the shoes may be used instead of black tissue paper. Grease can be removed from an iron by rubbing corn meal over it. Always wrap a rubber hot water bottle in soft cloth before placing in a patient's bed. Place the bottle bot-tle near, but not against the patient's pa-tient's flesh. If placed too close the patient may be burned before realizing it. When washing cut or etched glassware use warm, soapy water and then rinse the dishes in quantities quan-tities of water of the same temperature. tem-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. |