Household Tips

by Sarah Landes

1. Rub Ketchup on copper kettles or pot bottoms to make them really shine.
2. Use lemon juice for cleaning and deodorizing cutting boards and wooden spoons.
3. An address label attached to your gas cap may be the key to its return if you leave it at the gas pump
4. Greeting cards can make unique postcards; cut off the pictures side and write your message on the back, leaving room for an address and a stamp.
5. To clean under the refrigerator, cover a yard stick with old nylon stockings, dampen and lightly clean
6. To wash your windows, mix 1/4 c. ammonia to 2 c. hot water and add a drop of dishwashing detergent.
7. Grate hardboiled eggs to make a nice, firm egg salad.
8. To make mashed potatoes ahead of time, butter inside of crockpot, turn on low, add mashed potatoes and cover. It should last an hour or longer if you make your potatoes on “the wet side.”