Salad spinner can quickly dry wet cooked noodles
An old sock comes in handy when cleaning underneath your kitchen appliances
Some household hints from contributors:
A great substitute for a saucepan lid is to place a metal colander over the pot upside down like a dome. The holes allow air to escape, without the water boiling over. Submitted by: Nancy
Nobody likes dripping wet, cooked pasta noodles. Dry the pasta by placing it in a salad spinner. Spin the noodles before adding sauce. Submitted by: Nancy
Before I go out, I always check to make sure that my leather shoes or boots are clean. If they are not clean, I buff them with WD-40 and a soft cloth. Doing this makes them shiny and, best of all, waterproof. Submitted by: Rowan
It was always difficult for me to clean underneath my appliances, until I discovered this handy little secret. Take a ruler and put a sock over one end. Fasten the sock with a rubber band. Push the stick under the appliance and move the stick back and forth to clean the floor. Submitted by: Xavier
My grandkids gave me an iPad that I don’t use very often, because I have a different one. I decided to put the extra iPad to use by hanging it on the wall in my kitchen. Now whenever I need to look up a recipe or check a conversion, I just use my iPad. It’s very handy. Submitted by: Elda
I am known around my town as being a great Italian pizza maker, because I never serve a soggy crust. Here is my secret: Put the cheese onto the crust, next add the sauce and last add the meat. Submitted by: Morgan
FEEDBACK FROM A WISE CONTRIBUTOR
I noted with interest your response to the question about converting Celsius to Fahrenheit. Here’s a method created shortly after metrics came to Canada. Double the Celsius, number, subtract 10 per cent, then add 32. (40 X 2; 80-8; 72 +32 = 104. Exact conversion!) This, in simple terms, is exactly what you do if you do the long and complicated formula, and has the same results. To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, you do the reverse. Subtract 32 from Fahrenheit number, add 10 per cent, and then divide by two. (104-32; 72 +7.2; 79.2 divided by 2 = 39.6, rounded to 40) Submitted by: Alan Disclaimer: Every user assumes all risks of injury or damage resulting from the implementation of any suggestions in this column. Test all products on an inconspicuous area first.