Household Hints.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 170, 5 July 1909, Page 3

Household Hints.

Ham Sandwiches.— Arc not ordinarily much appreciated,but if'made from my recipe they arc always liked. To each cupful of minced ham add a good teaspoonful of butter, a teappoonful of made mustard, and a small pinch of allspice. Mix thoroughly and heat over the fire till rather soft, and then pre? = into jars. When cold slice very thin, and lay between slices of thin white bread and butter. Coffee Cake.--.Stir well a cup sugar, one half butter and three well beaten egg». then one quarter cup of sweet milk, one quarter cup flour, one half teaspoon baking powder: work the dough well, and lay in two greased pie tins,put chopped nuts on the top, sugar and cinnamon.

Sheep's Tongues. —Make a good cold dish when a change is required. Soak four or five sheep's tongues in a strong brine for three- or four hours. Then boil with so::-.'- .'n.ve.-.vhi'.ie p<-pper.and allspice, tiii the ksin will peei oil. Remove all tk<- -mail Ijor.os from the roots and pn-ss ih.c tongues into a cake tin large r-nough to hold them. Place a weighted dish on the top and when cold turn out. Put a cut paper frill round and eervefor breakfast or din ner. Salt Beef Ragout. —Take some slices of cold boiled beef,two onions, a tablespoonful of vinegar, and half a pint of gravy. Slice the onions first, and fry in a little dripping, adding enough flour to thicken the gravy. When all is a nice brown stir in the vinegar and gravy and boil up. Place the meat in this and stand the pan at the side of the fire, and let it simmer till tender, then flavour with a little ketchup and made mustard. Have ready some boiled carrots and turnips, mash them with a little butter and season with pepper and salt. Make a wall of this round the dish, and put the ragout in

the centre. Dust chopped parsley over the vegetablle border, and if liked put slices of hard boiled egg on the meat. Dents in Furniture. —A. dent in furniture may be removed by applying warm water to the injury and covering with several thicknessses of brown paper, previously soaked in warm water. Then clap on a hot iron, and when the moisture has evaporated it will be discovered the dent has swelled out. Use for Old Cloth.— Never throw away left off suits, the cloth always comes in handy. Take to pieces ar/' wash. Cut the best parts out, and cut in squares,which, joined together, will make nice warm quilts. Bind all round the edge with braid. The smaller pieces can also be used to make rugs. The worn and greasy collars ard cuffs of a coat can be easily cleaned with benzine and an old clean brush. A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled with clothes will greatly help to whiten and disinfect them. To Stiffen Felt Hats.— Place the damp cloth over the brim, and iron with a hot iron until the cloth is quite dry; the hat will then become as firm as when new. Blacklead mixed with vinegar will give a much better polish than if made in the usualway, whilst beeswax and salt, used as a polish for fiat irons will keep them always smooth, and prevent them from sticking to :hematerial when ironing starched articles.