1-1/2 cups neat’s foot oil 1-1/2 cups mineral oil Combine oils in a 1-quart bottle. Put lid on the bottle and shake to mix. Store tightly sealed. To use, wipe onto leather with a soft cloth. Let sit 10 to Read More …
Leather Oil
Category: Hints, Tips and Tricks
Cardamom – Green
The cardamom plant is a tropical, shade-loving perennial with long, light green, lance-shaped leaves growing 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 m) high, similar in appearance to a ginger plant or lily. The leaves are slightly shiny on top, Read More …
Curry Leaf
Curry leaves actually come from the leaflets of an unassuming yet delightfully fragrant, small tropical evergreen tree that grows to about 13 feet (4 m) in height under favorable conditions. The trunk is slender and flexible and supports a series Read More …
Leather Preservative (for polished leather)
1 cup lanolin 1 cup castor oil Mix well. Clean leather surface with a warm soap solution. Apply preservative with a soft cloth every three months. Polish as usual, if desired. Store preservative in a tightly-capped glass jar. Post Views: Read More …
Leather Upholstery Cleaner
1/2 cup isopropyl alcohol 1-1/2 cups water 1/2 cup vinegar Mix ingredients. Store in a clean glass jar with a tight-fitting cover. Apply solution to leather upholstery with a soft cloth. Buff dry with another clean, soft cloth. If you Read More …
Leather Upholstery Cream
How To Use Your Pressure Cooker
Use more if you choose, but never less water than called for when adapting your own recipes. Always add 1 cup or more liquid to roasts after browning and cover cooker at once called for in any recipe. Liquids other Read More …
Using Honey in Cake and Cookie Recipes
How To Adapt Favorite Recipes To Pressure Cooking
Once you have become a skilled in the use of your pressure cooker, you will want to adapt some of your own favorite recipes to pressure cooking. Spending a few minutes in converting a pet recipe will pay dividends in Read More …
Lace Scorch Prevention
How To Tell When Food is Spoiled
Whether you are a mom who cooks for many, a bachelor who cooks on rare occasions for himself, or a new college student who for the first time has his or her own refrigerator — you will eventually all open Read More …
Rabbit Repellent
Homemade Wipes
To make any of these wipes, tear off paper towels and lay in a square plastic container. They can be folded or cut in half. Mix ingredients in a large measuring cup, and slowly pour over a stack of paper Read More …
Houseplant Mix
1 quart finely sifted topsoil 2 quarts finely sifted compost or high-quality leaf mold 1 quart coarse builder’s sand, perlite or vermiculite or pre-moistened peat or sphagnum moss 1/2 cup dehydrated cow manure or 1/4 cup dehydrated poultry manure Put Read More …
How Eggs Work
Eggs! They are indispensable to baking. Try leaving the eggs out of your favorite cookie recipe. Chances are that the recipe won’t work at all. But even though we use them all the time, we probably don’t know how they Read More …
How to Blanch Almonds
Place shelled almonds in a saucepan. Cover with cold water. Turn burner to high. Once water boils, remove from heat. Drain and cover almonds with cold water to cool. Press each almond between thumb and forefinger to slip off skin. Read More …
How to Make Spun Sugar
2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 1/2 teaspoon corn syrup Vegetables spray and/or oil Cover the work space with parchment or waxed paper and the floor with newspaper. Spray a large, heavy baking sheet with vegetable spray, wiping any Read More …
Hurricane Window Cleaner
This is the cleaner that was used to take tape marks off windows after the hurricanes in the southeast in 1986. It is also great for removing soap film on shower doors. 1/2 cup ammonia 1 pint alcohol 1 teaspoon Read More …
Key Lime Dish Detergent Powder
Given the sheer volume of dirty dishes generated by the average household, this is probably the most ecologically important recipe. Powdered dish detergent eliminates the need for buying plastic bottles and then recycling or disposing of them. The weight of Read More …
Kitchen Cleaning and Safety Tips
To keep steel wool pads from rusting in humid climates, store in sealed plastic bag in the freezer after using. The next time you have to use it, just run it under hot water and it is "thawed" out and Read More …
Kitchen Ideas
To preserve leftover egg yolks for future use, place them into a small bowl and add two tablespoons of salad oil. Then put into refrigerator. The egg yolks will remain soft and fresh, and egg yolks kept in this way Read More …
Kitchen Potpourri
1/4 cup whole cloves 1 cup whole allspice 10 (3-inch long) cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces 8 small bay leaves 4 whole nutmegs 3 tablespoons star anise 2 tablespoons whole cardamom pods Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mixing Read More …
Using a Candy Thermometer
Before making candy, check your candy thermometer for accuracy by placing it in water and bringing the water to a boil. The thermometer should register 212 ºF (100 ºC). If the reading is higher or lower, take the difference into Read More …
Homemade Laundry Soap
1 bar Ivory Soap (plain, pure soap – no fragrance) 1 cup washing soda (not baking soda) Fill a large bucket or container with hot tap water. Set aside. Grate the bar of soap into a saucepan. Add water just Read More …
Upholstery Cleaner
Gold Cleaner
Gold Jewelry Cleaner
1 teaspoon mild dishwashing liquid 1 quart warm water 1 teaspoon ammonia In a small bowl, mix dishwashing liquid and ammonia in water to make a sudsy solution. Immerse the gold to be cleaned in the solution for a few Read More …
Gold Polish
Golf Ball Cleaner (for white golf balls)
Grape Fungi Control
4 teaspoons baking soda 1 gallon water Dissolve baking soda in water. Spray evenly over grapes and vines. Apply once when the fruit starts to appear and weekly thereafter for about 2 months. Also, re-apply after each rain. Post Views: Read More …
Grout Cleaner
Imperial to Metric
LIQUID AND DRY MEASURES LENGTH MEASURES OVEN TEMPERATURES IMPERIAL TO METRIC WEIGHTS IMPERIAL TO METRIC WEIGHTS OUNCES POUNDS GRAMS KILOGRAMS 1 oz 30 g 1/4 lb 100 g 1/3 lb 150 g 1/2 lb 250 g Read More …
Ink Remover
1 tablespoon white vinegar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon borax Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Place the portion of fabric with the ink stain between several thicknesses of paper toweling. Paint the spot with the Read More …
Ivory Cleaner (for very dirty ivory)
This is excellent for ivory piano keys. 1 part peroxide 1 part water Mix. Sponge it onto the ivory and let it sit for 10 minutes, then rinse. You can also use this on a burn or scorch stain on Read More …
Jicama
Select medium-size jicama that are smooth, hard and free of spots. To prepare, pare away the brown fibrous skin, then slice into sticks. Jicama may be eaten raw or cooked. It is especially good sprinkled with lime juice and chili Read More …
Hard Boiled Eggs
Get perfect eggs every time by putting the eggs in cold water. Bring the water to a hard boil, then remove the pot from the heat. Cover it and wait for 20 minutes! Any less time and you will have Read More …
Gentle Silver Polish
Hindenburg Menu
The Menu available on the Zeppelin HINDENBURG was probably the finest cuisine ever available to air travellers. The Four cooks were supervised by a Chief Cook, almost all of them having previously worked aboard the older GRAF ZEPPELIN and trained Read More …
Ginger Root
The trick to slicing ginger is to put the whole piece of it in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes before you begin. This makes the peel come away easier as well as the slicing through it a cinch. Read More …
Holiday Color for Winter Fires
Common table salt for a yellow flame Borax for a green flame Rock salt or calcium chloride for an orange flame To produce the colors, simply soak logs in a solution of water and the chosen substance. Use enough water Read More …
Glass Film Remover
1 cup household bleach 1 cup white vinegar Fill dishwasher with all your dirty dishes. DO NOT put any silver, aluminum or brass in the washer with this method. Put a bowl in the bottom of the dishwasher. Pour household Read More …
Homemade Baby Wipes
Making your own baby wipes is a practical and safe alternative to using the commercially available wipes. Most baby wipes on the market list Propylene Glycol as the second ingredient. PG is the cosmetic form of mineral oil used in Read More …
Glass Scratch Remover Paste
2 tablespoons glycerin 2 tablespoons jeweler’s rouge 2 tablespoons water Mix into a paste in a glass or plastic jar. Dab some paste on a clean cloth and rub scratched area. Wash off with clear water. If scratch is deep, Read More …
Homemade Fly Trap
2 cups water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup vinegar Mix ingredients and pour into a fruit jar. Punch holes in the lid large enough so that flies can get inside. Set outside away from the kitchen door. It will Read More …
Gnat, Fly and Mosquito Repellent
This will not harm babies’ faces. It can also be sprayed onto horses to prevent pests from bothering them. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 cup water Mix. Store in a tightly-covered container. Rub this mixture on faces and arms. Also Read More …
Garlic Vinegar
To make, put 4 to 6 minced garlic cloves in 1 quart of cider vinegar. Let stand, covered for 20 days. Strain, then bottle. Storing Garlic in Oil It is a practice with some of us who want garlic immediately Read More …
Gas Line Antifreeze
Gentle Fabric Soap
1 cup soap flakes 4 cups boiling water 1/2 cup borax Combine soap flakes and borax in a large pan and pour the boiling water over the mixture, stirring until soap is dissolved. Cool, then store in a plastic squeeze Read More …
General Rules for the Cooking of Meats and Poultry
Cooking Times and Techniques ROASTING Red Meats – Beef, Lamb RARE – allow twelve minutes to the pound plus fifteen additional minutes MEDIUM – fifteen minutes to the pound plus fifteen minutes WELL-DONE – twenty minutes to the pound plus Read More …
Guidelines for Use of Dehydrated Onions, Green Peppers, and Parsley
ONIONS Dehydrated, chopped and dehydrated compressed, chopped onions maybe used in any recipe which specifies “onions, dry, chopped or sliced.” REHYDRATION GUIDE: Dehydrated Onions + Water(70-90°F.) = Rehydrated Onions OR Dry Onion Equivalent* Dehydrated, chopped onions 2 Read More …