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Show Useful Information. When washing glassware do not. put it into hot water bottom first, as it will be liable to crack from sudden expansion. ex-pansion. Even delicate glass can be washed in very hot water if slipped in edgewise. Instead of putting food into the oven to keep hot for late comers, cover if closely and place over a pan of hot water. The steam will keep the food hot and at the same time prevent it from drying. To test beef press it down quickly with the thumb. If it rises quickly the meat is good. It should be fine grained, of a bright red color, with streaks of clean, white-looking fat. The meat will be tough unless there is plenty of fat in it. Linen wyj be made snowy white by dropping a little refined borax in the water. Blankets and flannel garments should not be wrung out. but allowed to drip and that not in the sun. |