14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22, 1962
For the
Farm Wife and Family
BAKING SODA
By Mis, Richard O. Spence
Ke\t time you measure baking soda into a mixing bowl to
make a delicious chocolate cake, ask youiself What other
tleanei would I dteam of baking with’ Or swallowing as a
heartburn remedy gargling and blushing my teeth with
bathing in to lelieve a skin lash? Baking soda (ilure soda
bicaibonate) is uuicuie among household pioducts for its
an aii > diveigent uses And not the least of them is cleansing.
Soda, the gentlest house
hold cleaning aid, is ideally
suited to 90 pei cent of your
cleaning day tasks eieiy
thmg but heavy duty scrubb
ing and scorning Cleaning
with soda pieieuts skin rough
ness often caused b\ strong
soaps detei gents and clean
seis Because soda is pure and
entirely odoi free, it leaves
no pungent after-odoi on your
hands In fact soda is an ex
cellent deodonzei foi your
nands aftei you occasionally
snub with am of the modern
day choloimated scorning pow
dei s
Hei e aie some tvais soda
ran be used to help jou do a
bettei job ot housekeeping:
REFRIGERATORS
AXD FREEZERS
For inside suifaces sprinkle
baking soda on damp cloth and
wipe all sui faces including
shell es and i acks Rinse w ith
cleai ho f watei and div Wash
ue trays cuspei bo\es and all
food contameis in a solution
ot 3 tablespoons baking sodi
lissohed in 1 quait of naim
iwitei Rinse in cleai hot wate"
uul di>.
COFFEE POTS, GLASS
OR STAINLESS STEEL
not aluminum
Wash in a solution of 3
tablespoons baking soda dis-
Mihe-d in 1 Qnait of si aim
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w'ater or run coffee maker
tluough hie wing cycle using
3 tablespoons baking soda in
stead of coffee Rinse in clear
hot water and dry well.
FOOD AND
DRINK CONTAINERS
Lunch boxes, bread boxes,
WATER SOIL
Is \onr watA 1 safe to drink? Now is the time for soil
Vnceitmuj repiesents an auahsis I)r ior to lall seed
iiiineccssai't health hazard, .
Have an appioied hacterio
logical and or chemical Prompt analyses and re
analjsis preformed at commendations fiom
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Phone Leola OL 6-9043
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vacuum bottles, picnic jugs,
ice buckets .
Wash flist m hot soapy waf
er Sprinkle 2 tablespoons bak
ing soda in each container.
Partly fill with warm wate”
and wash. Shake bottes well.
Rinse in clear hot water. Rub
coiks of bottles with dry bak
ing soda Diy containers but
let bottles air dry.
SILVERWARE
For on the spot cleaning
sprinkle baking soda on damp
coth and rub tarnished spots.
Rinse well and dry. For elec
tion tic cleaning - spread a
sheet of aluminum foil In an
enamel pan Add 3 tablespoons
baking soda and 3 quarts wat
er Bring to boil; remove from
heat and lower silver into the
hot solution. Let stand a few
minutes, then rinse in hot clear
water. Dry thoroughly and
polish with soft dry cloth.
TILED SURFACES
Sprinkle soda on damp clotli
and mb bathroom or other
tiled surface. Rinse 'with clear
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hot water, and tiles will gleam.
-CRYSTAL AND CUT GLASS
Wash in a solution of 3
tablespoons baking soda dis
solved m 1 quart of warm
water. For stubborn stains
make a paste of baking sodi
and water. Rub surface or use
a soft brush. Rinse in clear
hot watei and diy with a soft
cloth.
PLASTIC DINNBRWARE
Sprinkle baking soda on a
damp cloth and rub plastic
ware Rinse in clear hot water
and diy as usual.
QUICK HINTS WITH SODA
TO KEEP YOUR IRON
READY FOR USE:
Rub that starch-stained iron
with a cloth or sponge sprin
kled with baking soda and all
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starch will disappear.
TO REMOVE BURNED POOD
PROM FRYING- PANS:
Spi inkle generously With,
baking soda Cover and let
stand a few minutes. See how
easily the food rubs off.
TO STOP GREASE FIRES
QUICKLY:
When grease catches lire in.
a skillet or boiler, throw bak
ing soda liberally on blaze.
Soda smothers fire by forming
caibon dioxide gas which
shuts out oxygen. Being a
cooking ingredient soda does
noi harm to food, and can bo
rinsed away once the lire is
extinguished.
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