Don't use liquid fabric softener on towels and cloths
for bath or kitchen. The liquid renders
the linens non –absorbent. There are a couple of ways to soften your clothing: Add 1/2 - 1 cup vinegar to the rinse water in the washer. Another way to soften clothing is to purchase some "dryer balls" to bounce around in the dryer while your clothing or linens are drying.
Don't forget to keep on hand some inexpensive nylon tulle/net (the cheap kind, NOT the soft stuff one would use for wedding items). If you've left a tissue in your pocket and it "snowed' all over your clothing, just put a length of tulle in the dryer with your clothing. I don't know why it works, but it does (friction, perhaps?). I keep a light/white length and a dark/black length on hand for the respective load - 1 1/2 - 2 yards each is a good length. This tulle will last through several loads. When it becomes too soft for this use, give it to the little girls to play dress-up or cut into narrower strips for 'ribbon' on a package.
If you've run out of buttermilk for your baked goods don't fret, make your own. Pour 1 - 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice into a measuring cup. Add regular milk to make the amount of butter milk needed. Vinegar also works. Stir a little; after a few seconds, your milk with 'thicken' into 'buttermilk'.
Just-a--Pinch of instant coffee granules takes the “bright
white” glare out of cream gravy; the flavor can't be noticed (unless you added too much).
Low on fresh milk?
Add water for liquid – sprinkle dry milk into other dry ingredients…works
great with pancakes, waffles, cakes etc. ( add the dry milk to flour and other dry ingredients, first - then add the water when your recipe calls for the 'milk').
If you're out of Self Rising flour, you can make your own: For each cup of flour, mix in 1 ¼ tsp baking
powder and ¼ tsp salt
Finally, for today, if you're out of BAKING POWDER, again, make your own: For each tsp.
Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar and ¼ tsp. baking soda.
© 2014 Cat Brennan
