LADIES READ

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 26, 23 November 1943, Page 2

LADIES READ

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS ?

To prevent whipped cream I'rom becoming watery I'rom standing, dissolve. a little gelatine in a little cold water (about two tablespoons) and whip it into the cream, lit can then be allowed to stand for hours and will remain quite linn. If a plain cake fails to rise or sinks in the middle, cut out the centre, fill it with tinned fruit, top with cream and present it as (Ilory Trifle. !\s an alternative,, put the unrisen cake into a basin, steam it for an hour and serve, with a good sauce, as plum pudding. A wooden match is much belter than a pen for addressing parcels; it saves the. pen and makes the writing bolder and clearer. Before placing silver on the table at mealtimes strain boiled potatowater over it and dry in a tea-towel. The silver will shine as if it had been cleaned by silver plate-polish. One of the simplest wool-holders, if you have to wind alone, is the door handle, preferably a high one if standing to wind. The knob of a drawer in a ehest-of-drawers would do as well. A delicious way to cook cauliflower is! to boil it in milk instead of water. When cooked drain and use the milk for white sauce by adding flour, butter and pepper (salt having been used when boiling the vegetable). To make delightful chocolate icing mix in a saucepan a heaped teaspoon of cocoa in two dessertspoons of water, bring to the boil,, add a dessertspoon of butter and vanilla and cook a few moments, then work in sifted icing sugar to spreading consistency. When making apple, .jelly add Some small pieces of pineapple. Tt gives a delicious flavour to the jelly. To keep vegetable marrows through the winter rub all over with line and store in dry place. Glass, will glisten if polished with a piece of Uannel dipped in methylated spirit and rubber briskly. For cut-glass use. a soft paint brush dipped in the spirit.

Fasten rings on to heavy curtains by passing a small piece of tape through each ring and machining the tape twice on to the curtain material: this is quicker, neater and stronger than sewing the rings on direct and will not tear the material.