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Show If grease spills on a wooden floor, pour cold water over it at once. This hardens the grease so it may , be scraped off before it penetrates the wood. Then scrub floor with hot, soapy water. Hickory nuts placed in boiling water and let stand for an hour : will crack easier and come out in j larger pieces. The thin-shelled kind require less time. When roast chicken is half done, sprinkle lightly and restrainedly with nutmeg, finish baking and hear the praises of the diners. Cook meat at a low temperature tempera-ture to keep essential juices, for better flavor and to make the protein pro-tein more tender. It's handier to pour waffle batter from a pitcher than to spoon it from a bowl. Water used in cooking rice may be used to starch small items such as bits of lace and crochet. To make a new hole in a sew ing machine belt, pierce with a hatpin heated very hot. If sandpaper is placed over a small flat block, more surface can be covered in a short time. Brooms and brushes: Wash after aft-er use, and store. |