Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: Recently, my sister and her gang of four boys stopped at our house, just at mealtime.

Fortunately, I had a big pot of spaghetti sauce brewing. Now, any homemaker knows you can “stretch” sauce with extra tomato sauce, etc.

However, one loaf of garlic bread wasn’t going very far. So I thawed some frozen hot-dog buns, split them in half, spread them with butter and sprinkled them with garlic powder. I browned them under the broiler, then laid them back together and served them to the children. It was a huge hit – each child had his own “loaf” of garlic bread. – Mabel, Bradenton, Fla.

Dear Heloise: When you are cutting up onions, just light a candle and set it close to you. The flame eats the “gas” the onion gives off when you cut, and you get no tears. To get rid of nasty onion smell on hands after cutting, simply rub your hands on something stainless steel while washing, and the smell simply disappears. – Marti C., West Virginia