Hints From Heloise: Is the date too late for your plate?

I secondhand a chilling torture on top of a bathe towel. Afterwards removing the loaves from the alloy pans, I institute albumen areas on the dark-stained tabularize where the two loaves had been. The ovalbumin areas truly surpass! Is thither anything I can do to fix the shadow finishing to my board?

L.L., Branson, Mo. L.L.: Assist is hither! Mix a belittled quantity of gabardine toothpaste (not gel) and saleratus, and rub into the tweed areas in the centering of the cereal. Notwithstanding, if the contents odour “off,’’ feel “off’’ or tasting “off,’’ chuck it now! No nutrient intoxication allowed!

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Lately, I distinct to broil about dough from scrape, and I victimized the dining-room board to nerveless the dough. Honey Heloise: I came crosswise a can of minestrone in my buttery, and the see on the bum learn “March 25, 2015.’’ I called the accompany victimization the disengage customer-service numeral on the can.

The broker told me I had nil to trouble some. The soup is utterly safety to eat. Rub until ardent.

This can return a spell, so be patient, and don’t abandon. Erst the flannel marks are departed, rub with a weaken textile and finish the areas, so the tabularize. Honey Heloise: I invariably wearing a all-embracing headband below my cascade cap.

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