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En vogue The art of house chores Good advice is like a good anti-wrinkle cream. Both minimize furrowed brows and other anxious, what-do-I-do-now lines on the face. To protect you from fading to grey we’ve collected a variety of good, useful tips. Unfortunately they’re kind of like good jokes: you never remember them when you need them. But now you know where to find them.
3. How to store apples, plums, peaches and pears? Leave them alone
1. How to make sure your home never smells of old socks: Jump in silver nano particles
2. How to overwhelm your summer guests with trendy floras? Serve geraniums
Shoes mean sweat, sweat means odour and odour makes your nose wrinkle. It’s been this way since the invention of the shoe, but now we can eliminate this kind of smelly household problem. More companies have been producing the next generation of socks – the odourfree nano socks – a good example of intelligent design. The socks are impregnated with large silver nano particles that prevent the growth of bacteria and fungus.
Want to really make an impact? Impress guests with pastel-coloured scented geraniums. The flower is a new addition in the multi-starred kitchens. Chefs experiment, blanch, glaze and decorate with this finely scented up-and-coming blossom. There are an endless amount of varieties that taste of – and smell of – ginger, chocolate/mint, scented oak, rose, lemon, lime, musk and coconut. Create, for example, braised rhubarb with geranium, whipped cream, and spruce needles. Or use geraniums as an edible garnish. Whether you garnish or blend, you are very, very en vogue.
4. How to give your sauce a lift Freeze the leftovers
5. A typical day for a typical dish cloth Dirty
6. The easy way to clean your kitchen drawers: Use your nylon stockings
If you have a little red wine left in the bottle, put it in ice cube bags and freeze it instead of throwing it away. Whipped cream can also be frozen in your ice cube tray. Then it’s always easy to give your sauce a lift – for both small and larger get-togethers.
A dishcloth is a bacterial paradise. So change your dish towel often, a least once a day. And only use your dishcloth to wash and wipe tables, stovetops and other kitchen surfaces. The juice of meats and leftovers spilled on the kitchen counter should be wiped up with a paper towel. You can reuse your cloths, if you wash them at a minimum of 60 ° C.
You might be asking yourself what nylon stockings have to do with cleaning? The answer is surprisingly simple. If you want to clean the drawers without removing the silverware or whatever else you might have lying in them, place a nylon stocking over the hose of your vacuum cleaner and let the vacuum do the rest. The nylon stocking ensures that only dust gets sucked up. The same procedure also works for cleaning toy shelves and the like.
Manca Krnel, photo: Jeff Bickert
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Not all fruits are sociable. Apples, plums, peaches and pears emit ethylene gas that kickstarts the ripening process of all other fruit. Bananas and cucumbers are especially susceptible to ethylene. So, if you want a firm banana in your banana split, keep it away from the other fruit.