HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 308, 2 November 1910, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOW TO MAKE TEA.

Tea is responsible for many ills, especially among women. While it is the simplest matter in the world to make tea properly, it is unhealthfuliy prepared more often than otherwise. Tea is absolutely unfit to drink when the brewing process has proceeded beyond a certain point, and tannin is liberated; but if care is taken, the evils of moderate tea drinkng may be reduced to a minimum. The old rule, which calls for a teaspoonful for each person and one for the pot, i-i unthinkable from the standpoint of the modern dietitian. Such a brew is ruinous to the skin, stomach, and nervous system. To make tea properly, and as nearly as can be, hygienically, buy good tea, preferably black. Heat the 1 receptacle in which the tea is to be made with hot water, use one teaspoonful or less of tea to a pint of boiling water, allow the water to remain in contact with the leaves five minutes, then pour off and use at once. Never put the teapot directly in contact with intense heat. A very safe and satisfactory way of making tea is by the use of a tea-ball, as very little tannin contaminates the beverage thus made. The abuse of tea is common, and a fertile source of serious nervous disease. The habit of giving tea and coffee to young children is little short of criminal.

While on the subject of beverages, let me remind you of buttermilk. The beauties of three generations looked upon buttermilk as an invaluable aid to their charms. They used it as a wash, and drank it freely. While it does not appeal to our modern ideas of cleanliness to bathe in it, we still consider buttermilk one of the most healthful foods.

Let me suggest a few luncheon menus for our girls who want to look wholesome and feel well. For instance, try a glass of sweet milk or buttermilk, with brown bread, between thinly-cut slices of which cream cheese has been spread. If these sand wiches are made at home, variety may be obtained by adding to the cheese a few chopped nuts, a little chopped sweet pepper, and a few pistachio nuts, etc.—"Woman's Home Companion."