HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1749, 6 November 1917, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A little lemon-juice added to the water in which the face is washed will quickly remove sunburn. If a knife is placed under a tumbler or. glass dish, boiling milk or water can be put in without breaking the glass. When stewing meat always cover it with boiling water. This makes the meat more tender and far more nourishing. After washing lamp chimneys, polish them with dry salt. This gives the glass a brilliant shine, and prevents it from cracking. Never warm up a dish containing mushrooms. They develop injurious properties, and are apt to be harmful. Only cook what will be eaten at a meal. Do not hang a mirror where the sun’s rays can fall upon it. The light and heat injure the quicksilver at the back, and make the glass dull and cloudy. Breadcrumbs should be saved, and placed on a clean piece of paper and put to brown in the oven. Then roll them until quite fine, and store in a covered jar for frying fish.

To ensure well-baked cake, have two cake-tins of the same size. Put the cake into one and turn the other over the top so that the rims meet. This also effects a saving of gas. When swimming, if you should get your hair wet, it should be washed in fresh water immediately you leave the sea. To allow the salt water to dry on the hair not only spoils its colour, but makes it harsh and lifeless-looking. Whitening mixed to a soft paste with water, to which a few drops of ammonia have been added, is excellent for cleaning mirrors. Rub it on with a soft cloth. Why dry rub off with a clean, dry duster, and polish with, a newspaper. When black-leading your stove, instead of just using ordinary blacklead, mis it with a little vinegar in an old saucer as some people add water. Apply with a soft brush, and polish with-a hard one; a brilliant polish will ensue. This is very economical, as it requires less blacklead. Prepare your blacklead thus: —Dissolve a tiny piece of soap in a tablespoonful of hot water; then add a little paraffin. Into this mis one block of blacklead, and use in the ordinary way. Result, a clean range showing a brilliant polish,