Dear Heloise: I have tips for making slow-cooker soup recipes and getting sticky pine sap off your hands: Since I am retired, I no longer use my slow cooker. Instead, I make the recipe in an ovenproof pan with a lid and put it in the oven on 275 F for three hours. I don't have the slow cooker sitting on my counter, and the stew/soup comes out great.
If I'm trimming pine trees, and I get sticky sap on my hands, the best way to get it off is to spray and rub my hands with cooking spray, then wash them with warm, soapy water. — A.S.
, Waverly, Iowa Cut-up T-shirt reuse Dear Heloise: We cut up old T-shirts to make handkerchiefs. After my hubby retired, we had five white T-shirts that he would no longer need to wear under his business shirts. Simultaneously, our house was overrun with toddler grandchildren who had frequent runny noses.
Now we have a stack of hankies where the tissue box used to be. The toddlers know where to look when they need a hanky. — Kathi Smith, A Ventura County Star Reader Reusing candle wax Dear Heloise: I'm excited to share this useful hint with your readers.
It requires a wax warmer for scented pods. If you are like me, you have your favorite scented candles, and the wick burns down, leaving residual scented candle wax in the base. When the wax cools, I pop it out of the container using a knife and cut or break it into pieces.
I then drop it into a wax-melter unit (on low heat with no flame), and these beautiful wax pieces will provide a fragrance to .
