Dear Heloise: I love your column. I get it in the Newark Star-Ledger.

I went to my parents’ house for a holiday visit and my mother, Angie DeLuca, had a great idea for drying lettuce. She washed the romaine leaves and put them in a pillowcase. She tied a loose knot and put the pillowcase in the washing machine on the spin cycle. It really worked great. -Lois Huntenburg, Madison, N.J.

Dear Heloise: I have a hand-held can opener that I wash each time I use it. The cutter blade would not cut open a can very well. So, I took nonstick vegetable spray and sprayed the cutter blades and now the can opener works like a new one. -Helen Cole, Ashville, Ohio

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