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—Bob Schuetz Phoenix, Arizona
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Even though we raise our own beef cattle and hogs, and instruct the local butcher to reduce the hamburger/sausages fat content, we have an additional home method: We brown the crumbled meat for casseroles or spaghetti-type dishes, and then rinse the meat under very hot tap water in a colander. This eliminates more grease then simple draining could ever do. We then return it to the pan, and add onions and seasoning to create a lower-fat, healthier ground-meat dish.
—Leslie Newberry Grand Ronde, Oregon
Over the years, I've learned a lot about cleaning up paint overruns or goofs on walls, woodwork, and outside trim — spray furniture polish or wax.
For instance, to clean up an overrun on outside house trim, I carry a can of polish and a little pouch containing cloths (soaking them in the polish makes it easy to apply and carry on a ladder). Since the furniture polish or wax contains petroleum distillates — the main ingredient in paint thinner or brush cleaner — it works fast to dissolve any goofs. I then quickly use a clean cloth to remove the wax and paint. This convenient method makes easy work out of a tough job.
—Matthew Thomas, Jr. Lynchburg, Virginia
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