Grandma Hystad's Recipes, Food Information, Cleaning Tips

Commercial cleaning supplies can aggravate your allergies and
have long terms effects on your health. You can save on your house-cleaning bill with very good results using less toxic substances. This article has cleaning, stain removal tips, plus food information.

HOW TO REMOVE WINE FROM ARTICLES:
Salt is the best ingredient to be found in the kitchen to remove or the like, from tablecloths or carpets. Pour on the discoloured spot of wine stain to thoroughly cover and imbibe all the liquor, then repeat if necessary, after brushing off all the salt first saturated. In this manner the cloth or carpet will be restored to its new condition.

To Remove Stain From Cloth.
Tartaric acid, or salt of lemons, will quickly remove stains from white muslin or linen. Put less then half a teaspoonful of salt or acid into a teaspoonful of water; wet the stain with it, and lay it in the sun for an hour; wet it once or twice with cold water during the time; if this does not quite remove it, repeat the acid water, and lay it in the sun.

STAINLESS STEEL AND CHROME:
Good for pots, sinks, and stove tops. Rub the area to be cleaned with a damp cloth and baking soda. Baking soda is an excellent general cleaner for removing many stubborn stains, including tea stains, and can be safely used on stainless steel, chrome, and ceramic.

Squeaky Clean
Germs and kitchen are like a married couple, always close by.
Germs really love the kitchen, especially sponges, dishcloths and
sinks. You can disinfect all three by soaking sponges, and
dishcloths for 5-10 minutes in the sink in a solution of ¾ cup
Clorox Regular Bleach and one gallon of water. Rinse with clean
water and let dry.

You can use the same solution to disinfect food spills,
refrigeration, door handles.

Touching surfaces that have germs on them, such as faucets, can
spread bacteria, cutting boards, tables, phones, light switches,
anything touched by humans, animals.

WINDOW WASHING
Pick a cloudy day to wash, never in hot sun.
Don't use soap. Mix ½ cup ammonia, ½ cup of white vinegar and two tablespoons of cornstarch in a bucket of water. To make your window sparkle, mix a ½ cup of antifreeze in a quart of water. Sponge down the glass and wipe dry with newspaper.

STAIN REMOVAL
Before washing, it is essential that all stains be removed.
Sometimes Soap or hot water will set a stain and make its removal
impossible.

WARNING: DO NOT MIX BLEACH AND AMMONIA TOGETHER, THE FUMES CAN BE DEADLY.

Commercial cleaning supplies can aggravate your allergies and
have long terms effects on your health. You can save on your house-cleaning bill with very good results using less toxic substances.

Ø Ammonia - cuts grease, cleans windows, Strip wax off floors.
Ø Baking soda - cleans, deodorizes, polishes, and removes stains.
Ø Bleach - whitens practically anything, removes mould and mildew.
Ø Cornstarch - cleans and deodorizes carpets and rugs.
*Rug Stains: Use a solution of half water, half white vinegar.
*Shirt or blouse stain: Just a little of water and cornstarch will remove.
*Grass stains: Dampen stain with cold water, and rub with plain
bar soap. (One without moisturizers). The stain should come
right out. Then wash normally.
*Toilet bowl: Use tang, or sprinkle baking soda into the bowl.
Drizzle with vinegar. Scour with toilet brush. Cleans and
deodorizes.
*Basin, tub and tiles: rub the area to be cleaned with a half
lemon dipped in Borax. Rinse and dry with soft cloth.
*Fix plaster walls: with white glue and baking soda. Try it,
crack will disappear in minutes.

Berry Stain, place the stained part over a pot and pour boiling
Water over it from a height of about 2 feet so as to strike the stain with force.

Plunge the stained part up and down in the hot water until the stain is removed. If stain is persistent, use javelle water.

Peach Stains, are not easy to remove. Be careful not to wipe
hands with peach-stains on a good napkin, towel or apron. Stretch
stain over a pot of hot water and apply javelle water with a
medicine-dropper. Do not allow it remain too long in contact with
the fibres. Javelle water rots even cotton and linen. Apply
oxalic-acid solution to neutralize the alkali and rinse thoroughly in hot water.
Several applications may be necessary.

Tea And Coffee Stains.
Follow the same procedures as for berry stains above.
Blood and Meat-Juice.

Cleaning tips
Never put in hot water as that sets the stain. Soak at once in cold water. Rub with soap and wash. A paste of raw starch mixed with cold water will remove these stains on flannel, blankets, and heavy goods. Repeat until stain disappears.

Egg-Stain, wash in cold water, then warm water and soap.
Mix 50-50 water, white vinegar. Great for stubborn carpet
stains.

Wood Furniture; to remove water stains, dab white toothpaste
onto the stain. Allow the paste to dry and then gently buff
with a soft cloth.

LIGHTSIDE
In court, the prosecuting lawyer asked the farmer on the witness stand, "At the scene of the accident, did you tell the policeman you had never felt better in your life?"

"That's right." The farmer replied.

"Well, then, how is it that you are now claiming you were seriously injured when my client's auto hit your wagon".

The farmer explained. "When the policeman arrived, he went over to my horse, which had a broken leg, and shot him. Then he went over to Rover, my dog, who was banged up, and shot him. When he asked me how I felt, I just thought under the circumstances, it was a wise choice of words to say, I've never felt better in my live."

FOOD INFORMATION, TIPS, During Storms.
Parts of USA and Canada have been hit with disaster, from fires in California to floods in British Columbia, snow and ice storms in eastern USA and Canada. Many will be dealing without power, flood houses. Here is information to help you get through some of the problems.

NOTE: To prepare for a disaster go to my archives on my website, and read my article "Ring Of Fire".

The refrigerator will keep food safely cold for about 4 hours if it is unopened. A full freezer will hold the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) and the door remains closed.

Discard refrigerated perishable food such as meat, poultry, fish, soft cheeses.

Food may be safely refrozen if it still contains ice crystals or is at 40°F or below when checked with a food thermometer.

Never taste a food to determine its safety!

Obtain dry or block ice to keep your refrigerator and freezer as cold as possible if the power is going to be out for a prolonged period of time. Fifty pounds of dry ice should hold an 18-cubic-foot full freezer for 2 days.

If the power has been out for several days, check the temperature of the freezer with an appliance thermometer. If the appliance thermometer reads 40°F or below, the food is safe to refreeze.

If a thermometer has not been kept in the freezer, check each package of food to determine its safety. If the food still contains ice crystals, the food is safe.

Discard any food that is not in a waterproof container if there is any chance that it has come into contact with flood water. Discard wooden cutting boards, plastic utensils, baby bottle nipples and pacifiers.

Thoroughly wash all metal pans, ceramic dishes and utensils that came in contact with flood water with hot soapy water and sanitize by boiling them in clean water or by immersing them for 15 minutes in a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water.

Disclaimer: The Author of this article is not responsible for accuracy or completeness nor shall he be held liable for any damage or loss arising out of or in any way related to the information or utilization of it.

Article Source: Bruce Chambers sold his printing, publishing, mail order business and retired in 1980. He came on the Internet in 2003. He researched for 1 year, and then started a free monthly Internet marketing report, plus free monthly recipes, bar mixes, tips newsletters. At present he resells from his website. You can subscribe to either or both free newsletters by going to his web site. Please visit: http://www.cbestbuys.com/