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Crafty Critters Corner By Karina
Happy New Year to Everyone!
TEAM TALK
If, like me, you need to recharge your crafting batteries after the Christmas Season, then I am sure whatever craft I put in the February issue will simply be ignored as too much like hard work J.
So I decided, instead, to include a few handy hints which I have tried and can therefore confirm they work:
1. Burnt pots Liberally sprinkle Bicarbonate of Soda in pot, add some hot water, and allow to simmer on stove for a few minutes. Switch stove off and allow water to cool right down before washing the pot. I usually leave it overnight.
2. Smells Sprinkle with Bicarbonate of Soda. Leave for a few hours then vacuum or brush / wipe up the Bicarbonate of Soda.
3. Car freshener You can either sprinkle Bicarbonate of Soda in car, or alternatively you can purchase a fabric softener( the kind in thick plastic which looks like a roll) and leave it in the car for the month. At the end of the month, take it in to the house for washing clothes with it, and place a new fabric softener in the car.
4. Clogged drains Pour about a cup of Bicarbonate of Soda into drain. Follow this by about half a cup of vinegar and watch it bubble the dirt in the drains. Once the fizz subsides, rinse with cold water. NB: And extremely clogged drain may need a few applications
5. Remove pet hair If wanting to remove pet hair from furniture, clothes, etc. take a length of packaging tape, hold each end in a hand, and apply the sticky side to the pet hair.
6. Fat in food Ah, who has not had this problem. You open the pot and find a thick layer of fat floating on top of the food( especially with mince!). The easiest way is to throw some ice blocks into the pot and then fish them out. But watch where you throw them as the fat clings to the ice block I immediately and it can end up looking like blocks of potato.( And yes, I doubted it would work until I tried it – was sure the ice block would simply melt
7. Salt in food Another foodie one. When you have added too much salt to your cooking food, peel and put a potato in the pot. It will absorb much of the salt.( I generally remove potato once it has cooked and give it to dogs as it is far too salty for my liking.
8. Fluffier scrambled eggs A chef once told my Mom to use water instead of milk when beating eggs for scrambled eggs as it makes them lighter. We have been doing it for many years now and it is true – the egg is lighter and fluffier when water is added as opposed to milk.
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