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Show Be sure the cloth or potholder you use to handle hot pots and pans is dry. If it's wet, the moisture will form steam and burn your hand. To scrape the bottom of a pot, use a wooden spoon or the sharp end of a wooden clothespin. This minimizes noise as well as damage dam-age to the pot. When raisins get stale and hard, they can be freshrned and used if you put them in a strainer and set the strainer with a cover on it over a pot of boiling water for about 15 minutes. Most common types of shoe polish can be removed with cleaning clean-ing fluid. Or, on washable whites, let the polish dry and then brush most of it off. After that, wet it and let it dry again so you can brush it again. In an emergency, when you haven't time to change from your best shoes to your house ones for some last-minute cooking or dish washing, protect the shoes by slipping paper bags over your feet and secure them at the ankles with rubber bands. When you empty a hot-water bottle, blow air into it and then screw the stopper in. When an uncolored photograph (not glossy) needs cleaning, wipe it with a damp cloth; then place it face down on a smooth dry cloth until it's dry. |