My, Delma, I just finished copying and pasting to my tib bit folder along with the tips from Steve, and I did use the one where it said to let the potato sit in cold water, for the crispiness....and yep, it did work, and we had Turkey burgers with crispy french fries!! Yumnmmnmnmnmnmnmnmnmnmnmmy!! Thanks Sugar (Syl)
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." ~Sugar ----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:03 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] HELPFUL HINTS > > > HELPFUL HINTS > > (Some of these are wonderful!) > > 1. When your hands are badly stained from gardening, add a teaspoon of > sugar > to the soapy lather you wash them in. > > 2. Before emptying the bag of your vacuum cleaner, sprinkle water on the > newspaper into which it is emptied, and there will be no scattering of > dust. > > 3. To whiten laces, wash them in sour milk. > > 4. Dip a new broom in hot salt water before using. This will toughen the > bristles and make it last longer. > > 5. Try waxing your ashtrays. Ashes won't cling, odors won't linger and > they > can be wiped clean with a paper towel or disposable tissue. This saves > daily > washing. > > 6. Plant a few sprigs of dill near your tomato plants to prevent tomato > worms on your plants. > > 7. Marigolds will prevent rodents. > > 8. Spray garbage sacks with ammonia to prevent dogs from tearing the bags > before picked up. > > 9. You can clean darkened aluminum pans easily by boiling in them two (2) > teaspoons of cream of tartar mixed in a quart of water. Ten (10) minutes > > will do it. > > 10. Soak colored cottons overnight in strong salt water and they will not > > fade. > > 11. To dry drip-dry garments faster and with few wrinkles, hang garment > over > the top of a dry cleaner's bag. > > 12. If a cracked dish is boiled for 45 minutes in sweet milk, the crack > will > be so welded together that it will hardly be visible, and will be so > strong > it will stand the same usage as before. > > 13. Potatoes soaked in salt water for 20 minutes before baking will bake > more rapidly. > > 14. Sweet potatoes will not turn dark if put in salted water (5 teaspoons > to > 1 quart of water) immediately after peeling. > > 15. Let raw potatoes stand in cold water for at least 1/2 hour before > frying > to improve the crispness of French fried potatoes. > > 16. A few drips of lemon juice in the water will whiten boiled potatoes. > Delma > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
