To prevent fies from swarming around garbage containers, hose them down and allow to dry in the sun. Then, sprinkle a little dry soap into them.
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Lydia Critchley
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To make your own fabric softener sheets pour a few capfuls of any fabric softener into a small bowl of water. Swish a washcloth in the solution. Ring it out and toss into the dryer along with the wet clothes. It's that simple. But best of all, it is a lot less expensive than using the tear-off sheet brands.
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An easy way to insure that biscuits will break apart in the center is to roll the dough out 1/4″ thick, instead of 1/2″, then fold half the rolled dough on the top of the other half. Cut biscuit out and bake.
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HIDE-AND-SEEK FRUIT
1 (4 1/2 oz. or 5 oz). can Vanilla pudding
1/4 cup Orange yogurt
3 Tbl. Milk
3/4 cup Bite size fruit pieces such as strawberries, grapes, orange sections or pineapple chunks
In a small mixing bowl stir together vanilla pudding, orange yogurt, and milk with a fork or spoon.
Divide the fruit between three cereal bowls. Spoon one-third of the pudding mixture over the fruit in each bowl.
Yield: 3 servings
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To convert recipes for slow cooker usage, usually 1 hour of conventional cooking at 350 degrees equals to 8 hours of slow cooking on low setting or 4 hours on high setting.
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Deep fryer basket is a handy tool to use when cooking pasta. Place the basket in your kettle before adding the pasta and it will lift out the pasta for draining, rinsing or serving quickly and with less mess than trying to drain with a kettle cover or lifting out with a lifter spoon.
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ROLY-POLY BREAKFAST BALLS
1/2 lb. Ground sausage
1 8-count pkg. Crescent rolls
1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, grated
Optional:
16 slices Bacon
Vegetable bits
In a skillet, brown sausage until thoroughly cooked. Drain and pat with a paper towel to get rid of any excess grease. (This step may be done the night before. Refrigerate cooked and drained sausage in a covered container.)
Remove crescent roll dough from package and spread each piece on a sheet of wax paper.
Place one spoonful of cooked sausage and one spoonful of grated cheese in the center of each piece of dough.
Roll dough into a ball and place on a cookie sheet. Bake according to package directions.
Optional – for an extra special breakfast, decorate the cooked breakfast balls with faces, using small pieces of vegetables or fruit. You might even try adding a bacon bow tie when you serve the breakfast balls. ; For each bow tie take two pieces of bacon, fold and twist together in the shape of a bow, and then cook in the microwave until very crisp.
Yield 8 breakfast balls
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WAGONS
2 Celery ribs
12 Toothpicks
16 Carrot rounds
1/2 cup Peanut butter (creamy or chunky), cheese spread, or ranch dressing
20 Raisins
Cut celery ribs crosswise into two pieces each, about 3 inches long. Push toothpicks through sides of celery to form “axles” for four wheels. Fill celery wagon with peanut butter, cheese, or dressing. Stick carrot wheels on the ends of toothpicks. Cover tips with raisins. Stick a toothpick into the end of the celery at a 45-degree angle to form wagon handle. Cover tip with a raisin.
Be careful with the toothpicks when little children are eating this.
Yield 4 wagons
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Mix the whipped cream with powdered sugar to keep it up longer or place it in a seive or strainer so the buttermilk can drain off if prepared ahead of serving time.
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Stubborn stains can be removed by boiling 2 tablespoons of baking soda, 1/2 cup vinegar, and 1 cup water for 10 minutes. Reseason with salad/vegetable oil.
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