HOUSEHOLD LORE

NZ Truth, Issue 1175, 7 June 1928, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD LORE

CLEANING FLASKS CRUSHED egg-shell and a little ~ vinegar is an excellent thing for cleaning thermos flasks. Shake well, then htilf-flllthe flask with water and let stand forfjj.alf. an hour. # # ■ # TROUBLE the quantity of juice will be obtained from a lemon if it is thoroughly heated, before being squeezed. ; . # # • * STAINED CARPETS TO remove grease or oil from a carpet, * rub the mark with dry flour, allowing the flour, to remain until the grease has been absorbed. #'.# ' * ' |F onions are peeled under water, the hands will not smell. # .■ ' * * A FRYING-PAN should be covered ** with salt immediately after use and wiped clean with a cloth. '■'*•■• * #' TESTING EGGS

TO test an egg, hold it to the light. ~ If it looks • perfectly clear, it is fresh, but if cloudy-looking/ it is stale. Shells of fresh eggs should be dulllooking; shiny and mottled-looking are not fresh. / „ : :;

WHEN making fruit, pies, always " place the sugar between the layers of fruit. This prevents the juice from boiling over. ;:

CALT will remove ink stains from a •* carpet, provided the stain, has not been allowed to dry m. Rub the salt m -^yell, repeating the until all the ink haa been absorbed; then bruah the salt out. .

A PINCH of borax added to the water m. which greens are boiled, makes them a brig-lit color.