Martha's Way Vs My Way III & IV

"Martha's Way Vs My Way"
Part III

Martha's way #11: Brush some beaten egg white
over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful
glossy finish.
My way: The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do
not include brushing egg whites over the crust
and so I don't do it.

Martha's way #12: Place a slice of apple in hardened
brown sugar to soften it.
My Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be "soft?"

Martha's way #13: When boiling corn on the cob, add
a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural
sweetness.
My Way: The only kind of corn I buy comes in a can.

Martha's way #14: To determine whether an egg is
fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it
sinks, it is fresh, but if it rises to the surface, throw
it away.
My way: Eat, cook, or use the egg anyway. If you feel
bad later, you will know it wasn't fresh.

Martha's way #15: Cure for headaches: Take a lime,
cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing
will go away.
Martha, dear, the only reason this works is because
you can't rub a lime on your forehead without getting
lime juice in your eye, and then the problem isn't the
headache anymore, it is because you are now blind.

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"Martha's Way Vs My Way"
Part IV

Martha's way #16: Don't throw out all that leftover
wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles
and sauces.
My way: Leftover wine?

Martha's way #17: If you have a problem opening
jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give
a non slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
My way: Go ask the very cute neighbor to do it.

Martha's way #18: Potatoes will take food stains
off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on
the stains and rinse with water.
My way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing
the antibacterial soap in the handy dispenser
next to my sink.

Martha's way #19: Now look what you can do with
Alka Seltzer.
* Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets,
wait twenty minutes, brush and flush. The citric
acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china.

*Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom
of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in
two Alka-Seltzer tablets.

*Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into
a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two
minutes.

*Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water,
drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for
an hour (or longer, if necessary).

My way: Put your jewelry, vases, and thermos in
the toilet. Add some Alka-Seltzer and you have
solved a whole bunch of problems at once.
Received on Tue Feb 24 09:04:42 2004