The best flavoring a hostess can add to her entrees?
Hungry guests.
Tricks of the trade can give anyone an edge. Here are a few I’ve learned. For some of you, at least some of this information is old hat, but hopefully I can pass along some useful trivia to help make your life a little brighter.
Use triangles in photo composition.
They don’t have to be perfectly symmetrical, of course, but three points in a photo that create a triangle make for a pleasing image.
Use parsley to get rid of garlic breath.
Ever wonder what the sprig of parsley is doing on your plate? It’s not just decorative. It’s nature’s breath mint (well, a couple of mint leaves will help too).
Call TV news stations after lunch but before your afternoon siesta.
Want your local news to cover your event? Generally speaking — and on any given day, this can change — your local television news staff has the most time between 12:30 and 2:30. The morning news program is over, and they still have plenty of time to pull together the evening news. So they have time to listen to your pitch.
Rub a walnut on scratched wood furniture.
It’s basically the oil in the walnut that does it, of course, but you feel so ingenious doing this.
Baking soda does wonderful things.
Scour out your kitchen sink. Mix it with hydrogen peroxide and gob it on insect bites. Sprinkle it in your shoes. The list goes on and on…
And I’ll say it again, hungry guests are happy eaters.
Any helpful tips you’d like to add?
Image Credits: Triangles, Walnuts and Tip icon courtesy of Pixabay; Background on header © Dreamstime; Reporter © Bigstock.
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Wonderful stuff…especially the baking soda info. Thank you!
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Baking soda is wonderful stuff! There are books full of what it can do.
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Love this and have been trying to think of tips to add. I can say that I remember brushing my teeth with baking soda as a young girl. It tasted horrible, but my mother told me my teeth never looked whiter!
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Baking soda is nature’s cleanser, I think! I remember brushing with it, too. I think I wanted to throw up, but no doubt my teeth were clean!
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