Tagged for Tips

Since Penny tagged me for doing the tips I have been wracking my brains for any. Not much came to the fore, I fear.
1. If you spill red wine - resist the temptation to wash it or put salt on, though sopping up any loose wine is a good idea. Then pour on a generous amount of white wine - sweet, dry or medium - it seems not to matter. The only thing with sweet wine is that it takes more washing next day because it is sticky. By next day the stain will have gone. Someone spilt red wine on a fluffy white carpet in our drawing room. We poured on the white wine and left it till next day. I then had to crawl about feeling the carpet to discover where it was wet and slightly sticky. Promice - there was not a scrap of red to be seen.

2. As said by most others, do not have pets of any kind in the house, to reduce the cleaning. (Not a favourite, I fear!)

The rest need an AGA, so perhaps the next tip is Put one in! Might be rather expensive though!

3. To iron things, smooth them out as much as possible, fold them if large and put on the lid over the hot plate. I find that while wet, things can go on the hotter one, but once dry they will scorch there, so always use the cooler plate lid. Some things can be hung on the rail in front, where one keeps the tea towel etc.

4. To air things or dry things after conventional ironing, put them on the shelf above the AGA. Not everyone has one. Why? I ask myself. It is incredibly useful. It is an open iron job, hard to describe. I lay ironing on it. I hang stuff like socks, pants, vests etc from the cross pieces.

5. On same shape, warm plates dishes etc if not enough room in the cool oven. Keep the joint warm up there while it rests (covered by a piece of foil and a tea-towel)

Pretty poor I fear but there we are - I was never enamoured with anything to do with the house!