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AVAILABLE POLLYS POINTERS Polly Fisher To store wine you must be precise By Polly Fisher DEAR POLLY My husband and I have just purchased a case of and we would like to know what the optimum storage temperature is BERYL DEAR BERYL For long term storage especially if are the wines an Ideal temperature Is between and degrees Fahrcn bell Optimum humidity in the slor age area should be GO to unless you have a wine cellar lis not insy maintain these precise conditions Assuming thai you wilt drinking your wine within a year or so less than perfect conditions should quale The wine may be stored in tbe refrigerator where It will not age or at least not as rapidly as under cool place The temperature should be fairly constant as big fluctuations in temperature can ruin wine fatter tban anything DEARMEC else can Also not be too warm less than At time the hot Iks must be protected from reeling If refrigtrali Jour wine will be cold and may mid to warm up at room tempera until it reaches the desired drink temperature Wine sug grit that this is about degrees for while wines roses and champagne and GO to for reds Bui you may drink wines at whatever temperature you prefer POLLY Do you know way to remove yellow brown rLltcilains from fingernails 1 mdes CAROLYN CAROI YN Of course Ihe stained portion thi nails will grow out In time provided you stop smoking so stained fur And really my BLVT advice However you may able to bknch out stains by soaking nails In a solution a tablespoon of tartar in 3 la hit spoons wafer The may also be painted on Ihi nails lo sit for 10 to minutes rfnsid oil Soaking In a weak lion a teaspoon of bleach a cup water will help to remove stains With either solution be sun to wash your bands and noils thoroughly after treatment apply a rich band cream to minimize any drying of the skin and nails POLLY Alt Y My dryer have a timer on it so place a chain of pins in it with the clothes I can easily heir the in I know whin it stops The do not damage the inter or of iJil drum To a frozen double crust pic I cover it aluminum foil and bake it for minutes remove the foil then finish baking The fruit cooks and Hie crust too brown CLARA DCAR CLARA AND IIS Your dryer lip Is a good one a lightweight neck chain might be If a safely pin accidentally be came unbooked it could damage the clothes Many thanks tar your helpful hints LY DbAR POLLY I know my moth used oatmeal In her but I m not sure how Arc you supposed to the oatmeal How much oat meal is needed to stretch a pound of meal SANDRA DEAR SANDRA Oatmeal ILALTON lilt I December 1S87 PagcZS a sending you a copy of my news letter Nutrition Boosters which in eludes a recipe for a vegetable and meat loaf that Incorporates even more nutrition Into the loaf because vegetables layered in the meat mixture This issue alio offers recipes for other enriched foods including a formula for Cornell enriched bread fruit filled oatmeal cookies and more Others who would like a copy of this issue should send for each copy to sire but too much will cause the lost POLLY POINTERS in care of this to be mealy instead of meaty A loaf newspaper Box retched with oatmeal may need ex land OH Be sure to in liquid In It to stay moist so I add elude the title POLLY cup beef broth although it could makes an excellent filler for loaf Not only does II stretch the meat and help bind the loaf it also valuable fiber and nutrients approximately Vt cup of rolled pounds of meat Slightly less may be used be juice water or another for juiciness and an egg or two to help hold everything together nntely meatloaf is a flexible and for giving recipe You can vary the vors of your loaf by changing tbe liquid type of meat and the sea at will I usually season with Worcestershire garlic onion DEAR POLLY Why don of panty hose put their name on a label Inside them I have a pair that I like so much but I don t remember where purchased them or the brand so I can get another pair FREDA DEAR FREDA for all those maoufactDr Sounds to me like re losing Homeless granrtfe ruins a marriage By Meg Whitcomb DEAR MEG No one in the wanted my grandmother to live with them She 81 and needed some place to live but rrv mother sisters and aunts said they t take her So my husband offered to let her live with us because wc have a four bed room house and no children Bobs offer made mc happy But now that Gram has been with us for six weeks my marriage and family are falling apart Bob is so angry that my family wouldn give Gram a home that he doesn t want me to speak to them And he won t let Gram sec them ther I know what they did was selfish but why should I pay for their selfishness One day Bob is nice to Gram and the next be says be doesn want her here But she has only W00 a month from Social Security and nowhere else to go She t need nursing but she definitely needs direction and bates to be alone at I feel cut off from my family and I starting to feel bitter toward Bob Everything is a mess HOUSE IS NOT A HOME ST PAUL MINN DEAR HOME Yon need all the help you can get fast Bob may have bitten off more than be or you could chew in offering your grand mother a home But since there no other lmmedi ate solution your first priority is to make this one work Bob should let other members of the family shoulder their share of the responsibility and you should Insist on It They are bound by duty to lighten your load If you get no cooperation you can Set Information and help from over 50 resource agencies founded under the Older Americans Act To find the one nearest you get a copy of A Di rectory of State and Area Agencies on the Aging Bulletin No It SO from the S Government Printing Office Washington DC Good luck DEAR MEG All my life I ve planned to go to college and have a career Now I m very serious about a guy I been dating for six months and I think would to spend the rest of my life with him He wants to get married as soon as I graduate from high school But if I marry him I almost sure I can t go to college I afraid that If I don marry him 1 11 lose him to someone else and I don I want that to happen under any circumstances But 1 d hate give up my hope for college Should I just go lo college and let him figure out what to do about us or go ahead and marry him SENIOR IN LOVE DEAR I L Don I rule out the college option In act If your boy friend is making marriage college an eitheror proposition question his motives This is the time in life be broadening not nirrowing your horizons If he truly cares or you he you to finish your education DbAR MEG The psychiatrists at the hospital where I staying want to release me to a halfway house that Includes male residents They want to maintain mo on my medication a ma jor tranquilizer I feel very optimistic about the plan but my mother is fighting She wants me to stay in a bouse with just women and she insists that I still have too little control over my anger when Im on medication She visits roe every week and says she loves roe but always roc for being overweight She says that the reason the rest of my family won t visit me I dont believe her Meg I have been in and out of men hospitals since I was 19 and I finally convinced I can take that first step toward independence if I lowed to follow doctors orders I want to complete my recovery and eventually be able to help other peo ple who suffer mental illness I feel I could handle life if my moth would just allow me to do It the way the doctors say J WING- DALE NY DEAR J Doctors orders are more important than your mother wishes or opinions Nobody not even your mother can prevent you from following them if you set your mind to It It hurt to tell your mother this Sounds like she part of the prob lem Good luck 0RANGEVILLE DETACHED 1 111 This little gem won t last so call Connie right away Shows to perfection Priced to sell 457 MLS j ROYAL CITY REALTY LIMITED REALTOR