Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen Useful Remedies Scavenged by Shoshana 1. MOSQUITO BITES. To get rid of the itch try applying soap on the area and you will experience immediate relief. Haemorrhoid cream also does the trick. I am not sure how many have this in their house. I know I didn't own one until baby #4. I think I don't have it anymore. There's a sudden influx of mosquitoes where I am. They're nasty creatures, they are. 2. HEADACHE. Take a lime, cut it in half and rub on your forehead. Throbbing will go away. 3. When peeling garlic, thump the clove with the side of a knife or cleaver and the skin will lift away easily. 4. BEE STINGS. Bees leave their stings in, so first priority is to carefully remove the sting. Then soothe the skin with a solution of bicarbonate soda and water. 5. HEAVY DUNDRUFF. Pour on vinegar. 6. How fresh are your eggs? Put egg in to 4ins. of water, if it stays on the bottom it's fresh. If one end tips up it is less fresh and if it floats to the top it is either bad or at the stage where it will be impossible to fry without breaking. 7. Hard boiled eggs - To prevent the outside of the yolk turning black, immediately after cooking plunge the egg into cold water and allow to cool down. To prevent them crumbling when sliced, wet the knife first. 8. To remove excess fat/grease from soup or gravy, dip a slice of fresh bread gently into the liquid and this will absorb the fat. Alternatively, use a clean piece of kitchen towel, however, great care should be taken to avoid leaving any of the paper behind. 9. Smelly pans. If previous dinner smells remain in the saucepan, fill with water, add vinegar and boil up. The pan should be fine but the kitchen smells of boiled vinegar! 10. Smelly fridge or plastic containers. It is said that to prevent smells in the first place, leave a piece of charcoal on one of the shelves and this will absorb any odours. However, if there was no charcoal to hand and the fridge smells, dissolve 2 - 3 teaspoons of Bicarbonate of Soda in a pint of water and wipe out the inside of the fridge. Fill any offending plastic containers with the same mixture and leave to soak overnight - all should be odour free in the morning. 11. Burnt sauce or Gravy. pour it into a clean pan, add some sugar to it a little at a time to avoid the final result becoming too sweet - it takes the burnt flavour away. 12. Sprinkle the burnt food with baking soda, add some water and then boil or simmer - this should remove it. 13. To clean up a broken egg pour a handful of salt over it, leave for a few minutes, the salt will harden the egg enabling it to be cleaned up more easily. More hints and things here. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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