Handy Hints
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In your Kitchen
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If you have been preparing onions and want to remove the odour from your hands, Mrs. Holly suggests rubbing them with salt. |
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In your Kitchen
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Alan Hutchins serves cinnamon sticks in coffee to add a little extra flavour. |
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In your Kitchen
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To make baked potatoes look more attractive, Jo Mair sprinkles paprika over them. |
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In your Kitchen
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To make a cold drink more interesting, Paddy Cole put a small pieces of fruit in her ice cube trays then fills with water before freezing, she has a friend that does this with edible flowers. |
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In your Kitchen
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Joyce Smith makes her own sour cream by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a 300ml bottle of cream. |
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In your Kitchen
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To prevent potatoes from boiling over, Mabel Wright greases the rim of the pot with butter. |
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In your Kitchen
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If you have a problem opening jars , try using rubber/ latex dish wash gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easier. |
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In your Kitchen
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Delia Smith says to stop potatoes from sprouting, put an apple in the bag with the potatoes, and also from Delia, if you accidentally over salt a dish while it is still cooking drop in a potato slice to absorb the excess salt. |
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In your Kitchen
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Kay Sorkin told us, to use Dishwash liquid more economically put it in a Hand wash dispenser with a spout. Just 2 taps on the spout gives enough dishwash for a bowl. She also recommends to clean silver when you have no Silvo use toothpaste (Very Sparingly) and then buff up. |
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In your Kitchen
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Maureen Holden says a pot of chicken soup will not boil over if you add a teaspoon of cooking oil while cooking. |
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Handy Hints
Every week several newspapers through out the Manawatu, Wanganui and Kapiti Coast feature our popular handy hints column. Most of these hints are sent to us from readers of the columns. The hints are collated on this page.
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Handy Hints