HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 113, 30 December 1918, Page 1

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove a blot, of ink, or a figure from accounts, use a piece of fine tand paper pressed tightly over the forefinger. Rub this on the spot till completely erased. A clear fire for grilling purposes can be quickly obtained by sprinkling over it a little powdered nitre. This is used a good deal by firstclass cooks and chefs. To remove mildew from linen, first rub the spots with a piece of soap, then put on a layer of scraped chalk, hang up to bleach, and re neat process until the spots have disappeared. Before using a new saucepan fill it with water.and a lu™p of soda and some potato peelings, and let it boil Tor some hours. Then wash out thoroughly, and all poisoning from the tinned lining will be gone. A good way to give stews a brown colour, without adding colouring, is to save the outside of onions, and when washed add them to stew, and boil together. This will be found a much nicer way than adding browning. Very frequently when separating the whites from the yolks of eggs the yolk becomes broken and falls into the white. Dip a cloth in warm water, wring it dry, and touch the yolk with a corner of it, and the yolk will adhere to the cloth and may easily he removed.