Nonculinary uses of lemons:
• Lemon juice cleans piano keys and copper pots, brightens porcelain, absorbs odors, and removes lipstick and wine stains.
• Half a lemon, from which most of the juice has been squeezed, makes a fresh cleaning pad for faucets and sinks. Use it with a little salt as an abrasive.
• Equal parts lemon juice and beaten egg can be boiled briefly and scented with rose water to make a natural face lotion.
• Undiluted fresh lemon juice is just the thing to clean water spots and stains from your automobile chrome.
Before there were so many lotions and ointments in stores, people relied on commonsense cures. These remedies were recommended in the 1800s:
• If you cut yourself while cooking, apply molasses to the wound to bind it temporarily.
• For relief from a toothache, apply a poultice of gingerroot to your cheek on the side of the tooth pain.
*Copied from the online Farmer's Almanac, August 6, 2009 edition.
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