STONE CREAM.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 June 1914, Page 8

STONE CREAM.

This is a most useful sweet, as it can be put all ready beforehand, and does not even need to be turned out. Required : Half a pint of thick cream, three-quarters of an ounce of gelatine, the grated rind of one lemon, two ounces of castor sugar, one wineglassfiil of sherry or vanilla to taste, one gill of-hot-water, a small tin of apricots, glace cherries, or other decoration. Put the sugar, water, and gelatine in a - saucepan on the fire, and stir until the gelatine is quite, dissolved. Then padd the greated lemon rind. Whisk the cream until it will just hang . on the whisk. Arrange a. layer of fruit in a glass dish, but put no syrup except what clings to the fruit. When the gelatine is melted ! and feels warm, but not hot, to the finger, strain it into the cream, stirring it all the. time ; add what-. ever flavouring you -may be using, and stir. When it is just beginning to set pour it all o\er the fruit in the dish, so that it sets and covers it like a slab. Leave until cold, then decorate the surface with halved cherries, or crystallised fruits. To purify the air of offices or sickrooms, soak a few pieces of brown paper ita a solution of saltpetre and allow them to dry. When desired for use, lay a handful of flowers of lavender, which can be got at any drug-store, on a tin pan with a few pieces of the paper and light. The aroma is refreshing and agreeable, and drives away insects. If hot water is procurable a few drops of oil of lavender in a glass of very hot water is good. It purifies the air at once, and effectually rids the room of flies and insects of all kinds. This is an excellent way to make an old brown bag* look like new. First wash it with soap and water, then give it a good rubbing with a flannel moistened in oil. Allow this to dry into the leather. Now take some brown liquid boot polish, and paint the bag with it, giving it at least three separate coatings. Finally, apply a thin coating of white -shellac, which will provide an excellent polish. A black bag may treated in similar fashion, only us^* - ing black polish or "gloss,': of course instead of brown. The proper way to wash a knitted coat is as follows : Make a gooci lather and dip the coat up and down in it till all the dirt is extracted. Then rinse it in warm ••Viiter (taking care not to wring the coat at all) and put it into a pil-low-slip. Pin this or to a clothesline on a dry, windy day, and when the coat is nearly dry take it out and put it on a coat-hanger to finish drying. If you stm a few newspapers in the sleeves they will hang better. To keep celery fresh, place it in brown paper which has been sprinkled with water, wrap in a damp cloth, and keep in a cool, dark place. When required, soak in cold water for an hour. To render a suet crust light and digestible, rub a little lard into the flour before rubbing in tfe* f ra»fc.