Dear Heloise: Could you please reprint the roach recipe? It has helped me in the past. Thanks for all you do.—Trish in Houston

Trish, this question comes in over and over from readers plagued by roach problems. The “recipe” is to kill them, not cook them!

Roaches feed on kitchen scraps, crumbs, garbage, bookbinding, soap, paper, paint chips, wallpaper paste and other glued items. They are extremely hardy and can live without water for up to three weeks! They will be here long after we are all gone.

To banish roaches:

• Clean under sinks and...

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