“Eggs for winter were kept by filling two gallon crocks with eggs and covering them with a mixture of “Water Glass” and water.
Boiled potatoes, old and new: Your great-grandmother knew this secret, and you should too. Always start boiling old potatoes in cold water. Cook new potatoes in boiling salted water.”*
*Anonymous. 1982. Prairie Grass to Golden Grain, Ogema and District Historical Society, Ogema.