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When cooking eggs it helps prevent cracking if you wet the shells

in cold water before placing them in boiling water.

Add a little vinegar to the water when an egg cracks during

boiling. It will help seal the egg.

Meringue will not shrink if you spread it on the pie so that it

touches the crust on each side and bake it in a moderate oven.

When you cook eggs in the shell, put a big teaspoon of salt in the

water.Then the shell won’t crack.

Set eggs in pan of warm water before using as this releases all

white from shells.

Egg whites for meringue should be set out to room temperature

before beating, then they can be beaten to greater volume.

If you want to make a pecan pie and haven’t any nuts, substitute

crushed cornflakes.They will rise to the top the same as nuts and

give a delicious flavor and crunchy surface.

To prevent crust from becoming soggy with cream pie, sprinkle

crust with powdered sugar.

Cut drinking straws into short lengths and insert through slits in

pie crusts to prevent juice from running over in the oven and

permit steam to escape.

Put a layer of marshmallows in the bottom of a pumpkin pie, then

add the filling.You will have a nice topping as the marshmallow

will come to the top.

If the juice from your apple pie runs over in the oven, shake some

salt on it, which causes the juice to burn to a crisp so it can be

removed.

Use cooking or salad oil in waffles and hot cakes in the place of

shortening. No extra pan or bowl to melt the shortening and no

waiting.

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