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Show HU0USEHOL0 Salt meat requires longer boiling boil-ing than fresh. Put it into cold water, wa-ter, quickly bring it to a boil, then let it simmer. . A siphon of charged water is an excellent fire extinguisher as the carbonic acid gas. in the water helps to stifle the flames. The siphon si-phon can be tilted, and the fluid will carry to a considerable height such as the top of a blazing curtain. WheD using a double boiler, the food, will cook more quickly if the water in the outer vessel is salted in the proportion of a fourth of a cup of salt to one quart of water. Dampness often comes up through cracks in cement floors. To stop the cracks, chisel them to between a quartr and one-half inch wide, then fill them with hnt tar. Specially prepared commercial commer-cial cement can also be used. I |