Silver and Gold Magazine Fall 2018 | Page 10

HOUSEHOLD TIPS + TRICKS Add a second shower curtain rod (the screw-in type works great) and you’ll have plenty of “out of the way” room for more towels. Keep cut flowers alive longer by cutting an inch off the bottom of the stems and placing them in water within 13 seconds to prevent inhalation of air.  When taking distasteful medicine first run an ice cube over the tongue to temporarily freeze taste buds. Wrap cheese in aluminum foil to keep fresh longer and avoid mould (that’s why cheese triangles come wrapped in foil, and cream cheese comes with a foil top). Bell peppers are much sweeter when they have four bumps on the bottom (ie: for salads and dips); crunchier and with less seeds with three bumps (ie: or stir fries). Broken glass? Use a piece of bread to pick up the smaller fragments safely. those pesky moths! Repel pantry moths by keeping an open packet of Epsom salts inside each shelf and cupboard. Mothproof clothing by wrapping them in newspapers. Moths dislike the taste of printer’s ink.  10 Click to check out our website! www.silvergoldmagazine.ca Whiten your fingernail tips by soaking nails in lemon juice for ten minutes. Fill knee-high stockings with one or more of the following items, then tie a knot: lavender, clover, rosemary, mint leaves, thyme.