HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 291, 3 September 1910, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Iced Curry in Cucumber Cases. — Prepare cases of cucumber by cutting off neatly peeled lengths, stamp out in a fluted shape, and hollow out in centre. Stew gently half an hour, and fill with the following curry. Prepare fairly early, and stand on ice. Curry for the cases —two tablespoonsful of melted butter, ditto curry powder, one ditto lemon juice, three small onions minced fine. Simmer ten minutes, then add half-pound of finely minced veal, and simmer for half an hour. Add one pint of milk, simmer slowly two hours, till all moisture is nearly absorbed. Rhubarb Pudding.—Clean and wash three dozen sticks of rhubarb. Put it in a stew pan with the peel of a lemon, a bit of cinnamon, two cloves, and as much moist sugar as will sweeten it. Set it over a fire and reduce it to a marmalade. Pass it through a hair sieve; then add the peel of a lemon and a little nutmeg grated, a quarter of a pound of good butter, and the yolks of four eggs and one white, and mix all well together. Line a pie dish that will just contain it with good stiff paste, put the mixture in, and bake it half an hour. Oatmeal Frappe.—This is an excellent drink for children. Over two tabledpoonsful of oatmeal pour one quart ok boiling water. Let stand for 20 minutes; when cool strain and sweeten to taste. Crush half a pint of fresh strawberries, add juice of two lemons, and a few slices of pineapple; pour all together, and with generous quantity of shaved ice shake in shaker until cold, but not ice cold. Combination Ice Cream.—There are various ways of disguising plain ice cream and serving it in delicious form without much trouble. A vanilla Liilian Russell is made of half a canteloupe filled with ice cream, and the combination of fruit and cream leaves nothing to be desired. Add pieces of fruits, or candied fruits may be served mixed in ices or creams.

Cafe Frappe. Make three pints of strong, clear coffee; sweeten, and freeze into a thick mush in the freezer; serve in small glasses with one teaspoonful of whipped cream on the top of each, ornamented with a small mint drop; some prefer flavouring the cream with mint. Macaroon Ice Cream. —Whip two pints of double cream until stiff; sweeten with one cupful of powdered sugar, and freeze; cover 15 macaroons with the juice of four oranges and one half cupful of sugar for thirty minutes, then add to the cream when partly frozen; freeze, and serve in macaroon cases. Egg Lemonade.—Make a thin syrup by boiling one and a-half pint of water with two cupsful of sugar. Add the grated rind of one lemon and juice of two. Cool with ice. Just before serving whip lightly in two eggs beaten separately and a small quantity of bicarbonate of soda. Serve while foaming. Iced Tea. —Prepare a brew of China tea in the ordinary way, allowing it to stand not more than two and a-half minutes on the leaves. Strain into a glass, add two lumps of sugar —if liked—-half fill the glass with crushed ice, and lastly, add a slice of lemon. Eau-de-Cologne for Tired Feet. — The girl who suffers with her feet as soon as the summer comes will find relief by bathing them frequently with eau-de-Cologne or methylated spirits. To suffer with the feet is a great strain on the nervous system. Besides rubbing them wtih eau-de-Cologne, the woman with sensitive feet should change her shoes and stockings constantly. To make good pastry the ingredients must be very cold. A brush dipped in salt water should be used when cleaning bamboo furniture. Good macaroni is of a yellowish tint, does not break readily in cooking, and swells to two or three times its bulk. Warm bread and cake should be cut with a knife, the blade of which has been heated by being plunged in boiling water. A sewing board to use in the lap, made of a nice clean piece of white pine or poplar, about ten inches wide, by eighteen or twenty inches long, will be a help to the woman who sews a great deal. Round off fhe edges neatly. For basting or cutting, such a board is most convenient. It has an advantage over a table top, as it may be tilted at any desired angle. A shirt waist box for the baby is better than the usual basket for his small belongings, as it will also bold all the clothing. Make a tray to fit the box, and in this keep such articles as pins, powder, soap, etc. In the lower part the dresses, skirts, and flannel") may be folded.

"Damnable operations of the Oil Trust," was how Mr T. M. Wilford referred to the octopus in the House last week, when interpolating a plea for the nationalisation of the oil industry. The Speaker referred to Mr Wilford's irrelevancy, and the Premier said Mr Wilford must withdraw the words used. Mr Wilford refused to do so, on the ground that the expression was not un-Parliamentary. He was not referring to anyone, he explained, but was referring to the Trust. That strange white dolphin, known as "Pelorus Jack," one of the wonders of New Zealand, was reported to have disappeared a few days ago. For fully a week the vessels passing through Pelorus Sound were not met by their mysterious finny pilot, and doubts were expressed as to the safety of "Jack." Captain Crawford, of the Pateena has now reported that the fish was at his post on Tuesday week as usual, and frolicked arour.d the steamer with his customary playfulness. At rare intervals "Pelorus Jcak" takes a vacation which has been known to extend into several weeks, but it is a long while since he has been on a holiday, and there was reasonable ground for anxiety as to his whereabouts. According to Mr Harold Beauchamp, chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, who has just returned from a visit to Australia, it is expected that shipments of frozen mutton and lamb and dairy produce next season from Australia will establish records. Mr Beauchamp, continuing, says:—"This is not a pleasurable anticipation for New Zealanders as heavy consignments to the United Kingdom spell low prices. With this in view, we must keep ever on the look-out for new markets. lam of opinion that in spite of the duty of IS cents per lb, we ought to get a footing for our mutton and lamb in the States of America." LADIES are you going visiting today. Then tell your husbands to dine in Town at the Arcadia Dining Rooms, it will save you cooking a hot dinner.