Evening star., 1944-05-19
Thanks to Mrs. r. +. F.,
WdShinutOu.j

'(Thanks to Mrs. r. E.F,
Washington
In answer to Mrs. G.. w. MS re-
quest for simple, but good, dinner
to serve 8. I'd like to suggest the
following:
A platter of cold sliced ham (if
you purchase half of a tenderized
ham, it is not necessary to cook it,
and this saves work and time).
Baked macaroni and cheese, which
may be prepared the night before
and then just before serving add
milk and pop in the oven to heat
through. Fresh asparagus salad,
pineapple mullins Il use biscuit mix
and add crushed pineapple). Ice
cream for dessert.
I served this dinner to six guests
the other evening and they all
seemed to enjoy it very much, COM
ing back for seconds.
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ORANGE PEEL STAINS?
REQUESTED by Mrs. C. S., Arlington. }
Could some one please tell me how
TO remove stains from orange peel
on my lovely wooden salad bowls?
Instructions say the bowl Is scien-
tifically protected against food
stains, but perhaps hot weather and
the wax in the orange peeling were
too much for it. I've tried soap and
water, reliable cleanser, alcohol
rub, to no avail!
I'll appreciate it so much If some
one knows the right way to remove
the stains. Thank you for your fine
column. It's a genuine help!
X y y
ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR.
Thanks to Mrs. E. G.,
Greenbelt, Nd
Since its beginning I have been
reading your Clearing House and /
think it Is wonderful. One of the
most helpful columns of its type I've
ever seen.
I'd like to help Mrs. j. C. O., Wash
ington, whose request for aid with
her electric percolator appeared in
Monday, May Is. column.
I've found that as soon as the cof-
fee Is the desired strength, it Is wise
to remove the basket of grounds, as
If they are allowed to drip back into
the coffee the brew will become
strong and bitter.
If that doesn't turn the trick. I
would be inclined to blame the per-
colator and take it to a reputable
place for replating or RELEASING, as /
believe it's called
ELECTRIC WAFFLE IRON.
(Thanks to Mrs. C. F., College
Park, Md
To the request Of Mrs. A. r. W.,
Yorktown Village, as to what can be
done to make an electric waffie iron
usable again, I wish to tell her of
our experience.
Salad oils are usually made from
cottonseed oil, which is a semi dry
ing oil and becomes gummy. Olive
Oil is not drying oil and therefore
will not become sticky. Our wafYie
iron was in such a condition, that
we could not use it because the waf-
f1es always would stick. We tried
different things to remedy the con-
dition and even asked several PROM
inent business places in Washington
to have new parts put in the iron.
but there were none available. So we
decided nothing could be done and
we would have to discard the iron.
AS a last resort, we cleaned it with
popular securing powder, water
and brush and rinsed it gently with
water and dried it by heating the
iron. Then We coated the iron with
olive Oil and heated to maximum
temperature, where it automatically
cuts off for a period of about 10
minutes. This conditioned the iron
and from then on we had no diffi-
Guilty in making waffles. We believe
the sticky condition was caused bv
our having used cottonseed base
salad oil. We had first used olive
oil, but later on changed to the
salad oil.