HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1877, 14 September 1918, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A tablespoonful of cold water 1 added to a beaten egg makes a cake lighter. Place lumps of charcoal amongst potatoes That you want to keep. The charcoal helps to prevent them from sprouting. Before baking potatoes, let them stand in hot wafer for 15 minutes. They will only require .half the time to bu ke. • When making pastry use china bowls instead of enamelled ones. The china is much cooler, and makes the pastry much lighter. Remember when mixing a mustard piaster-that if the white of an egg is used instead of water’the plaster will not blister the skin. Apples that are to be baked should be pricked with a fork before being placed in the oven, and they will not break while cooking. Coffee should be made with cold water, and 15 minutes is the proper time to allow for it to come to a boil. It should boil live minutes. After cutting off the rind of bacon, dip each piece in Hour, and fry or toast it quickly. The Hour prevents the bacon from running too much to fat, and also improves the Havour. To prevent a door banging back against a wall, fasten an old rubber heel-pad on to the Hour at such a distance from the wall as to break the force of the jar, Wipe gilt picture frames occasionally with a cloth wrung out of eojd water in which an onion lias been boiled. This helps to keep Hies away from the frames. Brush wire mattresses over with a little parallin when doing cleaning. The parallin helps to prevent the wire from rusting. Leave the paraffin on for a little while, then rub the wire with a soft duster. When breaking (lie point of an indelible pencil, or when sharpening it, save the pieces and put in an inkpot with enough hot water to dissolve them. This will make an excellent purple ink, which has the doable advantage of making a good writing fluid and being easily removed from children's clothes, table covers, and the like.