Some people think they cannot make brown cookies without ginger. But I think they are much nicer if you put in one teaspoonful of vanila and one cup of strained cold coffee instead of water.
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When frying eggs it is much better to heat your grease or butter before breaking the eggs in, then salt and pepper them and cover with a lid to keep in the hot air. They will be nice and white over the top and will cook more evently.
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Have you ever wondered what to do with some stale cake or cookies which nobody wants to eat and which is too good to throw away?

Stale cake or cookies can be turned into a delicious dessert this way: Put them in mixing bowl. Add contents of one can crushed pineapple. Let stand one hour. Mix together and pour into greased baking dish. Dot with butter. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes (350 degrees). This is very good. You can use other kind of fruit.
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How to make tomato soup without having it curdle.
Here is a suggestion: try stirring a pinch of soda into the milk.

The sweetbread, rabbit and wild duck, were all prepared in treble the quantities called for by the recipes, and although the guests took typical Thanksgiving appetites to this dinner with them and were thereby enabled to do ample justice to yours delicious cooking, the minister’s family lived on dainty rechauffes prepared from leftovers for a couple of days after. And no one even remembered that n lordly turkey should have graced the Thanksgiving table!

When the covers of fruit jars will not unscrew easily, invert the jar and hold the cover in hot water for a few minutes, when it will come off without trouble.