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Things mother used to make, a collection of old time recipes, some nearly one hundred years old and never published before (1914) “ To Boil Eggs Put your eggs into a bowl which can be sent to the table. Pour boiling water over them and let stand eight or ten minutes. It is essential that the water be boiling. This way of boiling eggs, though so simple, is going out of fashion, unfortunately, as it makes a wonderful difference in the appearance of the egg when broken open, and above all, in its digestibility. Eggs should never be boiled in any other way for invalids. To Make Tea and Coffee Always use freshly boiled water. Do not boil more than three or four minutes. This is very im- portant, in making a good cup of tea or coffee. Never use water which has stood in the teakettle over night. A Use for Left-over Coffee Do not throw away the coffee you have left from breakfast. If you do not care for iced coffee for dinner, make a little coffee jelly, by the recipe on page 27. * To Remove Disagreeable Odors from the House Sprinkle fresh ground coffee, on a shovel of hot coals, or burn sugar on the shovel. This is an old- fashioned disinfectant, still good. A Use for the Vinegar Off Pickles When your pickles have been used from your glass jars, do not throw away the vinegar. Use it in your salad dressing. It is much better than plain vinegar because of the flavor. Do not Allow a Child to Eat Fresh Snow  This often looks clean and pure but fill a tumbler with it, cover to keep out the dust and then show it to the child, that he may see for himself, the dirt it contains. To Soften Boots and Shoes Rub them with kerosene. Shoes will last longer, if rubbed over with drippings from roast lamb. Old- fashioned people always used mutton tallow on children's shoes. A Fine Way to Keep Cut Roses Immerse them at night in a pail of cold water, blossoms down. Mark New Rubbers Take a pointed stick a wooden skewer from the butcher's is best dip it into ink and write the name, on the inside. A free Kindel Book, but  impossible to copy text from, so I went to the well.  A really delightful read. *Coffee Jelly 1 Small Box of Gelatine 1 Scant Quart of Boiling 1 Pint of Strong Coffee Water 1 Cupful of Sugar Flavor with Vanilla Soak the gelatine in cold water for fifteen minutes. Stir into the coffee and add sugar, salt and water, then vanilla. Pour into a mould and set away to cool. Serve with sweetened whipped cream. ”

Putting new life into dead meat

How I discovered nahcolite In the early 1930s I was was hired by a guy named Armand Hammer* to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.  He saddled me with an oaf named Henry Walton who later wrote a book taking all the credit for my success, but that's another story.    During our dig (somewhere, way in  East Muhammad),  I discovered a substance I called nahcolite (the brand printed on  underwear I  purchased in Cairo)..  Tinkering with it at night, I discovered a number of properties that seemed promising, especially as a chemical leavening agent.  Walton, and not for the last time,  stabbed me in the back and told Hammer about it. Faster than you can say "Jack Benny,"  Hammer captured the market on it, marketing it as Baking Soda, He never paid me a cent.  But that's not what I wanted to tell you.   When I want back to Coral Springs, Egypt (where I made that discovery) I found something shocking.  Coral Springs was nearly covered by sand, and there were but two inhabitants; a Moslem rug merchant and a twelve year old boy.  It seems that  all the men who worked in the Arm & Hammer nahcolite mine had suddenly come down with what Achmed (the rug merchant) called "تدلى المعكرونة" (drooping noodle).  That is a condition  where the bone and muscle in the penis crumble, making it impossible to achieve what doctors call a "stiff stander." Thus, over time, the population simply died out.  It was believed that it was caused by nahcolite, but alas there was no EPA (Egyptian Penis Association) to stop the mining operation.. But that's not what I wanted to tell you. A few weeks ago I snapped out of a sound sleep (this was 9 years after that trip back to Egypt) with a vision.  I went into the kitchen and began doodling with -er, make that experimenting with Baking Soda and meat.  I made a remarkable discovery.  If  you cover a cheap piece of meat in a mixture of water and baking soda,  and refrigerate for a few hours, the meat will become as tender as a the finest rib eye.   Just be sure and rinse it with cold water before cooking; no after taste that way. You're welcome. *By way of clarification, At the time I didn't know that Armand was in the employ of Joseph Stalin, and twelve guys in the Roosevelt administration. Aside - today there is heavy mining of nahcolite in Colorado, which may explain why the state has recently become home to so many dickless liberals.