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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 September 1915, Page 3

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.Uost people, at limes, kiul ihat liiey cannot uo ah the cooking tuey waut with one tiring. It is a good plan, it you need the oven for baling, to braizo your meat in a saucepan. Put somo dripping in the pan, ami stand it oil the stove. When it is boiling, have your meat well floured and salted, and put it into the saucepan. When one side is brown, turn and brown the other side, and when mcoly 'browned all over, cook it just gently, «uid you will tiud it much hotter than roasting in the oven. You can also bake your potatoes as well. Then you will have your oven for your other cooking. ■Washing lilankots. —Dissolve, some soap tho day before, so as to make io like a jelly. Add some to the water. Have it just nice and warm, with some ammonia added. Leavo awhile, when the dirt will come out easily. Do hot wring them out of quite dean water — jutst a little soapy is best—and add a little ammonia to hist rinsing water, as it tends to keep fleas away in the summer It it> a good plan to put a littlo in tho rinsing water for all washing in tin: summer. Tea and Colfee Stains, to remove.— .Soap helps to lix these: so, before washing, just put the soiled part over a basin, and pour boiling water through. If very obstinate, add a little borax. Iron mould.—Touch with salt and lemon juico. Rinse will with ammonia and water. This usually answers. Scorched Linen.—Out an onion in half, and rub the scorched part with it. Protecting Food from Flice.— Itinso the butter-muslin that you put vessels to keep flies away in Tiot camphor water j flies jiafco 'thjo sliieii of camphor. ■ To Wa&h Chintz.— Boil lib. rice m a gallon of water, and when quite soft pour into a wash tub, and leave till hike warm; then put in your cove.:s, and rub with the rice instead of soap. Itinse in cold rice water. Put through tiie mangle, and hang up to dry, then iron. They will look like new.