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Heard?
BY
DORIS W. THOMAS
Extension Agent - Family Living
PREVENT REFRIGERATOR
AND FREEZER ODORS
Today’s refrigeration appli
ances boast many innovative fea
tures that help solve our food
storage concents. But one prob
lem manufacturers cannot help
solve is unpleasant-food odor in
the refrigerator or freezer.
There are several causes of
refrigerator-freezer odor. Some of
the more common ones are:
* Foods stored uncovered or
improperly wrapped.
* Poor maintenance - spills not
being wiped up right away.
* Foods left in the refrigerator
too long.
* Power dr mechanical failure
that causes food spoilage.
41 Cleaning agents leaving a
strong chemical or fragrant odor.
The best way to deal with odors
is to prevent them. Here are sever
al ways you can avoid refrigera
tor-freezer odors.
* Discard leftovers, vegetables
and dairy products that are beyond
safe keeping.
* Promptly clean any spills.
* Clean die refrigerator once
every two weeks, as needed.
When cleaning, remember to take
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out all shelves and other remove
able parts and wash them with
warm soapy water. Wash the
inside walls and floor of the
appliance with a solution of two
tablespoons of baking soda to one
quan of warm water.
* Cover or wrap foods stored in
the fresh food section of your
refrigerator. Cold, dry air will
cause food that is not covered to
dry out while it gives off odors
inside the refrigerator.
* Also, the drip pan must be
cleaned. The drip pan is under the
unit and is frequently forgotten
because it is out of sight.
To cure existing appliance odor
problems, I recommend:
* Washing your appliance with
a baking soda solution.
* Activated charcoal can be
obtained at your favorite drug
store. Spread the charcoal into
shallow pans and place them on
your refrigerator and freezer
shelves.
* Pour dry baking soda in shal
low pans and place them on your
refrigerator and freezer shelves.
* An unusual but effective tech
nique is to remove all food items,
pack each shelf with newspaper
and sprinkle the newspaper lightly
with water. Allow the refrigerator
to run for a few days, then replace
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the newspaper. This technique
may take five to six days, but can
eliminate strong odors.
Here are a few final dps. There
are many commercial' cleaning
products on the market that mere
ly mask odor and do not get rid of
it; other products are hazardous to
use around a food-storage appli
ance. Read product labels careful
ly to determine the best use. Also,
never keep the doors closed when
a refrigerator is not running.
Allow enough air to circulate into
the appliance to prevent odor,
mold and mildew from building
up.
With these basic maintenance
techniques you should be able to
keep your appliance in odor-free
operation.
Sewing And
Crafts For Profit
LANCASTER Do you have
a desire to turn your craft or sew
ing skills into a business? Inter
ested in learning more about a
home based business as a means
of increasing your income? Sew
ing and craft oriented, home
based businesses include speciali
ties like drapery and home furn
ishings, custom-sewing, clothing
alteration, bridal wear, quilting,
crafts, soft toys and many more.
Home-based businesses are on
the increase. Individuals are
deciding to stay home to work.
Some of the reasons given are the
increased flexibility of time sche
dules, the reduction of rent and
transportation costs and being
your own boss as well as doing
something you enjoy.
This one-day seminar is spon
sored by Penn State Cooperative
Extension and will be held at the
Lancaster County Farm and Home
Center in Lancaster. It is sche
duled for Monday, April 24 from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Advanced
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As you read this article, my
husband and I expect to be in Ire
land. We’ve been planning this
trip for several months. We got
passports and plane reservations a
few weeks ago.
I feared my garden might not be
planted before I left but somehow
it was managed. You see, I had a
problem finding someone to roto
till the soil. And, even now I think
it might have to be done over
again. But the sugar peas, lettuce,
radishes, onions and lettuce have
all been sown.
Probably I’ll be telling you a lot
about our trip in the next few
weeks but today I’d like to remi
nisce about the World’s Fair of
1939. I’m sure that many people
over 50 have fond memories of
this spectacular tribute to George
Washington with its trademark of
a perisphere and a trylon.
registration by April 14, of $2O is
required. This includes lunch and
all materials.
The morning program features
Robin Leidhecker, Color/Image
Consultant and Sewing Specialist.
Her topic will be “The Art of Jug
gling Time and Family Effective
ly.” She will cover tips on balanc
ing your time effectively between
your business, your family and
other responsibilities.
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The New York Historical Soci
ety is exhibiting many photo
graphs, cards and souvenirs to
commemorate the 50th anniver
sary of the fair which, what it
closed in 1940, had entertained 45
million people.
1 was privileged to visit the fair
not once but twice. It remains as
one of my more pleasant memo
ries. The first time was a bus tour
with high school students. It was
probably the first time that I had
gone that far from home and had a
chance to see a big city like New
York. One scene stays in my mind
and that was the very beautiful
display of colored fountains that
shot up and down over Fountain
Lake in response to orchestra
music. I’m surprised that I was
allowed to be there alone at night
Another time I visited the
World’s Fair with my grandfather,
mother and sister. We traveled by
train from Lancaster and admis
sion to the fair was seventy-five
cents. Some mementos that were
in our home long afterwards were
a pickle pin from Heinz 57 Variet
ies and a small, plastic perisphere
and trylon. The musical horn on
the small transportation carts were
also a trademark of the fair. One
thrilling experience of this long
ago fair was the parachute jump. It
brought my stomach up to where
my heart should have been. Years
later, when I vacationed in New
York City, I discovered it had
been moved to Coney Island.
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