That a little salt added to mustard when being mixed, helps it to keep its fresh colour, and prevents it from turning brown.
To keep the yoke of an egg fresh until wanted, when the white only. is required at the time of break the egg, mix the yoke with a little cold water, and beat it up well. It will than keep fresh for several days.
To light a fire without wood. Take half A sheet of newspaper, fold it up Icosely into a roll, and then tie it into a loose ring. Arrange about five of these on the top of each other at the bottom of the grate, pile small lumps of coal Jail over these paper firelighters, put a match to the lighters and the fire will burn as well as if wood had been used. This method is particcalarly good when relighting a fire in the night in an invalid's room, fas it does away with the noise of the crackling wood.
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