Household Hints

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 November 1916, Page 3

Household Hints

When peeling onions hold a cork "between the teeth and; the eyes will 11:,t become affected. A little,. flavouring is a tremendous improvement, jto junke.t, amd coffee makes a delicious flavouring. All scraps of cold fish, whether cold •or salted, should be saved and made into rissoles, mixed with mashed potato. Scraps of meat should never be thrown away. They should be melted down, and .then clarified. The dripping obtained from them is excellent. To give pastry a brown, shiny finish, beat an_egg into about a teaspoonful of water until both are well mixed ; brush on to the pastry before putting into the oven. If hard fruit is just covered with cold water, brought quickly to tJlie boil, and the water then drained off amp the booking started afresh, very little sugar will he needed. To clean the pipe of a scullery sink add a .teaspoonful of powdered ammonia of two tables'poonsful of soda, andl pour over it a gallon of boiling •water. This will dissolve any grease in the sink. "When darning stockings, thread your needle also with a good, fine, .strong tliread the same length as the wool and then darn in the usual way. Stockings darned this way will la«t dioublo the time. fDiir.t can be soaked out, so that if clothes are put in soak overnight the washing is half done before the actual labour of washing is commenced. Hot water fixes dirt and stains: lukewarm water is the be.-t -olvciit oT dirt. 'HanDel and coloured garments must never be soaked overnight; soaking shrinks 'flannels and causes colours to run or .fade.