Discover the Power of Vinegar, Your Home’s Most Versatile Solution
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First, make the “cone” of the volcano. Mix 6 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 4 tablespoons cooking oil and 2 cups of water. The resulting mixture should be smooth and firm (more water may be added if needed). Stand a soda bottle in a baking pan and mold the dough around it into a volcano […]
As a tenderizer for tough meat or game, make a marinade in the proportion of 1/2 a cup of your favorite vinegar to 1 cup of heated liquid, such as bouillon. Or for steak, you may prefer a mix of vinegar and oil, rubbed in well and allowed to stand for two hours.
½ cup ripe berries (blueberries, cherries, blackberries, strawberries, elderberries, raspberries, etc.)½ teaspoon vinegar½ teaspoon salt Fill a strainer with the berries and hold it over a bowl. Using the rounded back of a wooden spoon, crush the berries against the strainer so that the berry juice strains into the bowl. Keep adding berries until most […]
Cotton and wool blankets become soft, fluffy and free of soap odor if 2 cups of white distilled vinegar are added to the rinse cycle of the wash.
Mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar with each ½ cup of hot water, then add food coloring. (Check egg-coloring booklets or food dye box for specific directions.) Vinegar keeps the food dyes bright and prevents streaky, uneven colors.
Cake icing can be prevented from becoming sugary if a little vinegar is added to the ingredients before cooking. The same is true when making homemade candy.
When you are color dyeing, add about a cupful of white distilled vinegar to the last rinse water to help set the color.
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