THE HOUSEHOLD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 16 April 1891, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD.

To Remove Paint from Wiwdow Panes. *»A very easy way to remove paint marks Irom window panes is to smear the glass With turpentine. After leaving the turpentine on a few minutes, you will find, on rub' bing, that the paint will come off easily, i Salt for Moths. — Salt is the best exterminator of moths. The nuns in one of the hospital convents have tried everything fclse without success, and their experience Is valuable, as they have so much clothing of the sick; and 9trangers; when dying there, often leave quantities of clothing, Sec. *fhey had a room full of feathers, which were sent there for pillow-making, and they were in despair as they could not exterminate the moths, until they were advised to try common salt. They sprinkled it around, and in a week.or ten days they were altogether free of the moths They are never troubled now. In heavy velvet carpets, sweeping them with salt, cleans and keeps them free from moths, as particles of silt remain in the carpet and corners. . Garnishes. -- i. Parsley is the mosj Universal garnish for all kinds of cold meat? poultry, fish, butter, cheese, and so forth. Horseradish is the garnish* fo^roasfc beef. and for fish in general ; fo^the feitte^Jices of lemon are sometimes laid alternately with the horseradish.— 2. Slices of lemon for boiled fowl, turkey, and fish, and for roast veal and calfs head.— 3. Carrot in slices , for boiled beef, hot or cold. — 4- Bar berries, fresh or preserved, for game. —5. Red beetroot sliced for cold meat, boiled beef, and salt fish.— 6. Fried smelts as gartoish for turbot.— 7. Fried sausages or force--meat balls are placed round; turk^caßpn,^ :br fowl —8. Lobster coral and parsley- round boiled fish.— 0. Fennel for mackerel and salmon, either fresh or pickled.— 10. Currant Jelly for game, also lor custard or bread pudding.— 11. Seville orange or lemon in slices for wild ducks, widgejonfc teat aha so forth. 12. Mint, either witn tor Swnhout parsley, for roast lamb, either hot or cold.— 13. Pickled gherkins, capers, or onions, for tsome kinds of boiled meat and, stews. ; £ Fruit Canning. — Now' that we have such quantities of canned fruit, we wonder how our great-grandmothers managed to keep house without it. A Californian pamper says that the correct principles of fruit rcauning were learned from the ajicient Pom- , peiians About' 75 years ago, when "the early excavations were made at Pompeii, a party of Englishmen found, in what appeared the kitchen of a ruined home in 1 the buried city, a quantity of stone jars of preserved figs One was opened, and the fruit proved fresh and delicious. Naturally, the means of preserving fruit through centuries of time was carefully looked into. Examination shewed that the figs had been put into the jars in a heated state, and an aperture left for the water to escape, and then sealed with wax. The hint was taken, and the next year canning was introduced in England and the United States, the process being identical with that in vogue in Pompei' 20 centuries ago. The ladies in Americ:-. who can tomatoes and peaches do not real.se that they, are indebted for this art to a people who were ashes but a few years after Christ. Chemicals for Household use.— lt is surprising, considering how many women have been instructed in chemistry in their school days, to find how few housekeepers make any use of chemicals in various household processes. Especially is this the case in cleansing processes. The washing of clothes is usually wholly accomplished by rubbing the clothes on the washboard, and with no other detergent than soap. The rubbing of the clothes wears them out fai more than use, and if housekeepers only knew, or if knowing they would take advantage of, the fact that many washing compounds will almost entirely cleanse clothes which are soaked in them over night, and thus almost entirely do away with the labot and wear of the wash-board, wash day might be robbed of half its terrors. Receipt; for washing fluids, the ingredients of which are soda-ash, ammonia, and lim«, can be found in nearly every housshnJ-l receipt ! book and are very cheap and harii. iuss. All such washing compounds are useful and convenient for cleaning woodwork, paints, and carpets in a house ; also in washing dishes and securing that desideratum oi housekeepers, clean dish cloths Ammonia is a simple, cheap, and harmless chemical that should be bought bythejquart and. kept in every family. A , lety d^ops added to water will cleans^ chtld&'ri's hair anij make, it softand sweet ; if is.an.admirabje.. disinfectant to remove the odour of psr--3>i ration ;it will remove grease spots trom othing and often restore colours to stains. Its common and frequent use cannot be too frequently urged. Borax is anothec chemical that should find a cbntThon^is.s'in every family. For cleansing the t eth and sweetening the breath a few grains of the powder in water are unexcelled. . It.||sojsQftea% and whitens flannel. Salicylic acicTi's a'perfectly odourless and harmless yet powerful disinfectant, and for many disinfecting uses in the household is valuable. NICE DISHES. Pork Cake. — One pound of pork chopped fine, one pint of boiling watenpp'Wjd upon the porlc, one pound of' raislrfs'^eeaed ahd ; chopped, quarter pound citron shaved into shreds, two cups of sugar, one cup of molasses, two eggs, one te^pqpnfuleach of soda, cinnamon, cloves*' arid? allspice, and flour enough to mix well. Cottage Pudding.— One cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, -two eggs, one cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, or enough to make tolerably stiff batter, onehalf tablespoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar sifted with flour, one teaspoonful of salt. Jtub the butter and sugar together, beat in the yolks, then the milk and soda, then salt and the beaten whites, W alternately with the flour. Bake in a but,- i teredf fcpu^lf, i tfcrn out bs6fi<hsftj> fcOtjitM slices and eat with liquid sauce. ' Fish Moll— Fry four onions in butter for about 10 minutes,, then, a<|& a,t^a§poonful of flour, arid about a..feajlsp<»h »f turmeric powder. Fry for a minute or two, then add the milk of a cocoanut. Boil for a few minutes, add th« skins of half-a-dozen green chillies cut up, a few slices of green ginger, one small clove of garlic, cut up, and t two or three soles, filleted. Let it gently p cook from 15 to 20 minutes, and just before serving add half a teaspoonful of salt and a dessert-spoonful of vinegar. Serve plain boiled rice in a separate dish. Corn Flour Cake.— Take half cup butter, half cup sweet milk, half cup corn starch, oneanda-half cups flour, one cup ? sugar, half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one teaspoonful salt. 1-ast. add the whites of three, eggs, beaten stul. Flavour with manilla. Bake in sheet. As icinc tor same, take enough pulverised sugar to make the desired ambuntf; and Bavour with vanilla. Add a little cold water to moisten the sugar, the 1 add a Piece * of melted chocolate, size of a walnut ■*" Spread on the cake with a broad-bladcd knife.