> Martha's Way: Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a > sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. > My Way: Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone for > Pete's sake, you are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating > it anyway. > > Martha's Way: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the > bag with the potatoes. > My Way: Buy Hungry Jack Mash Potato Mix and keep it in the pantry > for up to a year. > > Martha's Way: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, > use a bit of the dry cake mix instead & there won't be any white mess on > the outside of the cake. > My Way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you. > > Martha's Way: To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a > pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it's fresh, but if it rises to > the > surface, throw it away. > My Way: Eat, cook or use the egg anyway. If you feel bad later, you > will know it wasn't fresh. > > Martha's Way: To cure a headache, take a lime, cut it in half and > rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away. > My Way: Martha, dear, the only reason this works is because you > can't rub a lime on your forehead without getting lime juice in your eye, > and then the problem isn't the headache anymore; it is because you are > now > blind. > > Martha's Way: Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into > ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces. > My Way: What leftover wine? > > Martha's Way: Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just > slice and rub raw potatoes on the stains and rinse with water. > My Way: Mashed potatoes will now be replacing the anti-bacterial > soap in the handy dispenser next to my sink. > > Martha's Way: Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to > soften it. > My Way: Brown sugar is supposed to be "soft"? > > Martha's Way: Now look what you can do with Alka-Seltzer: To clean a > toilet, drop two tablets in, wait 20 min, brush and flush. To remove a > stain from a vase or glass cruet, fill with water and drop in two > tablets. > To polish jewelry, drop two Alka-Seltzer tabs into a glass of water and > immerse jewelry for two minutes. To clean a thermos bottle, fill with > water > and drop in four tabs and let sit for an hour or more (if necessary). > My Way: (a real time saver) Put your jewelry, vases and thermos in > the toilet. Add a bottle of Alka-Seltzer tabs and you have solved a > whole bunch of problems at once. For the really bold......drop in your > dentures too!
