Clean a deck of playing cards. Place the deck of cards into a paper bag, adding four tablespoons Kingsford's Corn Starch, and shake briskly. Remove the cards from the bag and wipe clean. Soothe skin irritations. Apply a paste made of equal parts Kingsford's Corn Starch, zinc oxide, and castor oil.
Corn starch has twice the thickening power of flour.
When a gravy, sauce, soup, or stew recipe calls for flour, use half as much corn starch to thicken. One tablespoon of corn starch equals two tablespoons flour. Relieve the pain and discomfort caused by hemorrhoids. Ben Charles Harris, author of Kitchen Medicines, suggests mixing one tablespoon Kingsford's Corn Starch in enough water to make a paste, gradually adding more water to measure a pint, boiling the mixture for a few minutes, allowing it to cool, and then using it in an enema. All rights reserved.