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Show mm i am in i mm, . mi n It Makes Cents Y By ' vvk Vi Judge Blake Why not try this Temporary Filing Cabinet for Kitchen Information Infor-mation and Recipes. Instead of clipping such items' then having to look for them later, tape them to the inside of your cupboard doors. You'll see them often and thus be prompted to act on them. This is also a good place to tape snapshots and pictures of your loved ones. Much better than filing them away in a box, drawer, or album, where they'll seldom be seen The inside doors of medicine cabinets also provide an excellent place to post first-aid information. Apples! What do with them except eat them, make applesauce, bake them, make apple pie or Brown Betty Pudding? Or bob them in a tub of water for Hallow een fun.? If you have plenty of apples or some that are starting to shrivel, pop one, peeling and all, in your next pot of stew. It will absorb grease and add a sw eet, tangy flavor. Adda chopped apple to meat loaf to extend it and add a pleasant taste. Tone down the flavor of strong vegetables such as cabbage, turnips, and onions by boiling a cut-up' apple with them. Add minced apples to poultry dressing. A change from the traditional apple salad: Chop and mix together with your favorite boiled dressing, one large apple, an orange, and a small onion. And an old-time recipe for Apple and Pork Pie: Two medium potatoes, 4 medium apples, 2 cups diced cooked pork, salt to taste, water or meal broth. Method: Pare and cube potatoes. Core, peel and slice apples. Add meat and place all in a baking dish. Cover with water or broth. Bake in 375 oven a half hour. Top with biscuits and bake at 425 until biscuits arc brown. Oh, that we had an apple tree! Did you know that rubber goods, even elastic tape, get "stretchy" again when soaked in a one-to-two solution of ammonia and water. Ammonia is great for many things around the home - like sterilizing a thermometer or a needle for extracting a sliver. My mother used to make a wallpaper cleaner with 3 Tbsp. ammonia, 1 Tbsp. salt, 1 Tbsp. kerosene, 1 cup flour, and 12 cup water. When you cook beets, leave a few inches of stalk on the bulbs so that they won't bleed so much in boiling thus losing some of their beneficial vitamins and minerals. Have you ever cooked beets in milk? This gives them a new look and flavor. Also, try dipping slices of raw beets in bread crumbs and fry them as you would zucchini or eggplant? A friend of ours makes a delicious salad with raw, shredded beets mixed with chopped celery, shredded carrots, and onions. She serves it with a tart dressing. Because almost everyone uses an automatic washing machine, these days, bluing is no longer commonly added to the rinse water to water to whiten bed and' table linens. Those of us with w hite hair, however, might well add a small amount of bluing to the rinse water w hen we shampoo to take care of the unwanted yellow tinge. Bread pudding for a main course? Yes, indeed when you substitute grated cheese for the sugar and raisins and add a bit of poultry spice. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Doors are interesting. They open. They close. And the doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. Flora Whittemore Readers: Thanks for sharing your good ideas. Send yours to; IT MAKES CENTS, 328 'So. 300 E. 5, St. George, Utah 84770, or e-mail e-mail (viblake(K infowest.com). If used here, I'll send you $2 or a copy of "Kitchen Tricks" or "Vinegar, the Homemaker's Best Fnend." Please state your choice. ' You might also want to check my web page for more good ideas, www. infowest.comcents. Click ARCHIVES for back issues of IT MAKES CENTS. |