Hints From Heloise

Dear Heloise: Whenever I’m making peanut butter cookies or any others that need to be pressed out, instead of using a kitchen fork like I was taught by my mother, I use my meat-tenderizer tool.

I just dip it in a little flour, and because it has a bigger pattern on one side and a smaller pattern on the other, I can vary my cookie design.

People have always commented on what a unique idea this is, and if you are making a lot of cookies, the meat tenderizer is very efficient. - Lynn Faber, Bonners Ferry, Idaho

Dear Heloise: Here is another suggestion for keeping socks from getting “lost” in the wash.

Have all family members put their dirty socks in their own medium-size zippered mesh laundry bag marked with a different color yarn for each person.

This is a real timesaver, as the socks don’t get lost and sorting is minimal. - M.A.S. Stoops, Waynesboro, Pa.

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