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Recipes for May 2 (More fish and cornbread recipes) 
Recipes for May 4 (Salmon)
Recipes for May 5 (Upside Down Cake)
Recipes for May 6 (Potato Recipes - Recipes for 2  
Recipes for May 7 (Bisquick Main dishes)
Recipes for May 9 (Spaghetti Recipes)
Recipes for May 10 (Household Tips)
Recipes for May 11 (Uses for Baking Soda)

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Uses for Baking Soda

Health Uses:
1. Use it as an antacid.

2. Use it as underarm deodorant by applying it with a powder puff.

3. Mix half a teaspoon with peroxide paste and use it as toothpaste.

4. Use it as a face and body scrub.

5. Add a cup to bathwater to soften your skin.

6. Relieve skin itch from insect bites and pain from sunburn.

7. Remove strong odors from your hands by rubbing them with baking soda and water.

8. Put two tablespoons in your baby’s bathwater to help relieve diaper rash.

9. Apply it on rashes, insect bites, and poison ivy irritations.

10. Take a baking soda bath to relieve skin irritations.

11. Heartburn? Take a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with one-half glass of water.

12. Freshen your mouth by gargling half a teaspoon of baking soda mixed water.

13. Relieve canker sore pain by using it as mouthwash.

14. Use it to relieve bee stings.

15. Use it to relieve windburns.

16. Apply it on jellyfish sting to draw out the venom.

17. Unblock stuffy nose by adding a teaspoon of baking soda to your vaporizer.

In the Home:
18. Keep cut flowers fresh longer by adding a teaspoon to the water in the vase.

19. Put out small fires on rugs, upholstery, clothing, and wood.

20. Put an open container of baking soda in the fridge to absorb the odors.

21. Sprinkle it on your ashtrays to reduce bad odor and prevent smoldering.

22. Sprinkle it on your slippers, boots, shoes, and socks to eliminate foul odor.

23. Turn baking soda into modeling clay by combining it with one and 1/4 cups of water and one
cup of cornstarch.

24. After feeding your baby, wipe his shirt with a moist cloth sprinkled with baking soda to
remove the odor.

25. Wipe your windshield with it to repel rain.

26. Improve the smell of dishrags by soaking them in baking soda and water.

27. Suck it in with your vacuum cleaner to remove the odor.

28. Freshen the air by mixing baking soda with your favorite perfumed bath salts. Put the mixture
in small sachet bags.

29. Restore stiff brushes by boiling them in a solution of 1/2 gallon of water, 1/4 cup of vinegar,
and a cup of baking soda.

30. Put it under sinks and along basement windows to repel cockroaches and ants.

31. Scatter baking soda around flowerbeds to prevent rabbits from eating your veggies.

32. Sweeten your tomatoes by sprinkling baking soda on the soil around your tomato plants.

33. Sprinkle it onto your cat’s litter box to absorb the bad odor.

34. Sprinkle it on your pet’s comb or brush to deodorize their fur and skin.

In Cooking
35. Use it as a substitute for baking powder by mixing with it with cream of tartar or vinegar.

36. Wash fruits and vegetables with it.

37. When plucking/boiling a chicken, add a teaspoon of baking soda to the water. Feathers will
come off easier, and the flesh will be clean and white.

38. Soak dried beans to a baking soda solution to make them more digestible.

39. Remove the distinctive taste of wild game by soaking it in a baking soda solution.

40. Make a sports drink by mixing it with boiled water, salt, and Kool-Aid.

41. Remove the fishy smell from your fillets by soaking the raw fish in a baking soda solution for
an hour inside the fridge.

42. Make fluffier omelets by adding half a teaspoon of baking soda for every three eggs used.

43. Reduce the acid content of your tomato-based recipes by sprinkling them with a pinch of
baking soda.

Cleaning Purposes:
44. Add a cup to the toilet, leave it for an hour, and then flush. It will clean the toilet and absorb
the odor.

45. Use it to scrub sinks, showers, plastic and porcelain tubs

46. Spray it on walls, mirrors, and countertops.

47. Add a spoonful to your dishwasher to make scrubbing dishes easier.

48. Remove grease from pots and pans.

49. Dry clean carpets and upholstered furniture by sprinkling baking soda over the fabric and
gently brushing it. Leave it for an hour or overnight, then vacuum.

50. Boost your laundry detergent’s cleaning power by sprinkling a handful on dirty clothes.

51. Combine it with water to make a paste for polishing stainless steel and chrome.

52. Remove scratches and crayon marks from vinyl floors and walls.

53. Clean your shoes with it.

54. Clean garbage cans with it.

55. Use it to wash diapers.

56. Clean the fridge with it.

57. Soak brushes and combs in a baking soda solution.

58. Mix it with water to wash food and drink containers.

59. Put three tablespoons of baking soda to a quart of warm water, then use the mixture to wash
marble-topped furniture.

60. Absorb it with a damp sponge, then clean Formica countertops with the sponge.

61. Use it to get rid of stale odors from cooling containers and thermos bottles.

62. Run your coffee maker with a baking soda solution, then rinse.

63. Combine with hot water to clean baby bottles.

64. Sprinkle it on barbecue grills, then rinse it off.

65. Scatter it on your greasy garage floor, scrub the floor, and rinse.

66. Remove burned-on food from a pan by soaking it in a baking soda solution for 10 minutes
before washing.

67. Clean your ashtrays with a baking soda solution.

68. Keep your drains clean by putting four tablespoons of baking soda in them each week. Flush
it down with hot water.

69. Clean your shower curtains by soaking them in baking soda and water.

70. Put it on a small brush to rub canvas handbags clean.

71. Use it to remove melted plastic bread wrapper from a toaster. Sprinkle baking soda on a
damp rug, then use the rug to clean the toaster.

72. Use it to clean your retainers and dentures.

73. Make a thick paste of baking soda and water, and used it to scrub enameled cast iron and
stainless steel.

74. Mix four tablespoons of baking soda with a quart of warm water, and use it to clean the
inside part of an oven.

75. Use it to unclog gas stoves.

The most amazing thing about baking soda is that it’s very cheap. You can do all these things for
a very small cost. Baking soda is truly a miracle product, whether it’s used for baking or not.
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For Jean: a courgette is a zucchini or small squash.
Have a great day,
Barb in Ohio

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For Jean Cecil VA in ref to her question from the May 10 Newsletter. Courgette is zucchini. I had
never heard it called courgette either but when I did a search for it, I found out what it was.
Interesting that someone would use that word rather than the common name.
Sara in FL

Comment
The recipe was sent in by someone in England. In England it is a courgette and in the US it is a
zucchini.
Nancy Rogers

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Nancy I have to thank you once again for all the glorious recipes you share. I Share them all with
my local cooking group as well here in Idaho. They just love them !
Linda, North Idaho

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Jan requested fresh pineapple buttermilk cake recipes in the 4/28 newsletter. I am not sure if
she was hoping for layer cake or bundt cake recipes, or if an upside down cake will meet her
needs. I hope this helps her.
Robbie IN

Fresh Pineapple Upside Down Cake

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large pineapple, cored and cut in to 1/3 inch slices, about 10 slices
1/4 cup dark rum
1/2 cup heavy cream
For the cake
2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4teaspoon salt
3/4 cups softened, unsalted butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 eggs, separated
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup fresh pineapple juice
1/2 cup buttermilk

Combine butter and brown sugar in a cast iron skillet and cook until bubbly. Add pineapple and
caramelize until a deep golden brown, turning once. Remove from skillet. and set aside. In a
skillet heat cream and rum and cook about five minutes, until it thickens, stirring constantly with
a Wisk. Remove from heat. Grease a 10 inch round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
Arrange pineapple rings to cover bottom of pan. Pour cooled sauce over pineapple and set aside.
Sift together all dry ingredients. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy;
one at a time add egg yolks, beating after each addition. Add vanilla extract. Combine buttermilk
and pineapple juice. Alternately add sifted, dry ingredients and pineapple/buttermilk mixture to
creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Whip egg whites to soft peaks and fold in to batter. pour into pan containing pineapple rings
and spread evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for 55- 60 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
Invert pan on to a serving platter.
Robbie IN
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Hi Nancy,
Irene in La. mentioned she was having problems copying recipes into Word. That happened to
me too so what I've done is set up a notepad file on my desktop.

Anywhere on the desktop, right click with the mouse. That will bring up a list of options. Go
down and click on "new", then click on Folder. Name the folder (mine's called Recipes from
Nancy's Site). Open the folder and either set up categories or simply each individual recipe
(either way - right click, click on new, and then Text Document). Simply paste the recipe to the
document and save it.

They are handy and I never have to pull up Word and look for them. Hope this helps.
Sherry, from Indy

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