Hints and Recipes.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 296, 11 July 1929, Page 2

Hints and Recipes.

Finger spots and other marks on painted woodwork and walls can be removed by rubbing them with a rag moistened with vinegar and dipped in baking soda. When cutting jelly squares, use scissors dipped m cold water instead of a knife- The jelly can be cut much smaller, and dissolves quicKer. The best way to remove dust from books is to take two of about the same size and strike their sides together several times until all the dust is expelled, and not to apply cloth or duster to tuc leather or gilt. Metal teapots, if disused for some time, give a musty flavour to the tea when next used. This may be prevented by placing a lump of sugar in tno teapot before putting it away. Before cooking a cauliflower, soak it in unsalted water. This draws out the insects. If the water is salted the insects are killed, but remain in the vegetable-

Newspapers folded into a thick pad with a little bath-brick sprinkled on are excellent for cleaning knives. The printer's ink gets the stains out very easily.

Sterilise your needle before extracting a thorn or splinter from any one's hand. This can be done by holding tiie point m the flame of a candle for a moment or two.

Fresh milk mixed with an equal quantity of turpentine will improve snabby linoleum. The mixture should be rubbed in with a soft cloth and afterwards polished with a cotton duster which has beep slightly warmed. When polishing furniture wring out a cloth in hot water, and wipe over tlie polished surface before applying the cream. The result will be a hign polish that will not show finger marks. Before washing new lace curtains, calico, or anything containing lime, soak them overnight in water to wiiic-. salt has been added. This takes out all the lime, and, consequently, saves soap and labour. Seme Uses of Paraffin A few drops of paraffin sprinkled on a soft cloth is very useful for cleaning purposes. For cleaning windows it has no equal. If each window in turn *-? cleaned with a cloth which is wrung out in paraffin tlie first one is ready for a final polish by the time the last one is cleaned. Paraffin will remove mar.. s from tiles, floors, and furniture, and it is effective in the case of hot-plare marks on polished furniture. Paraffin and salt are ideal for -cleaning* baths, bowls and sinks, causing the grea-3 and dirt to be removed without my trouble. For cleaning white paint, too, paraffin is excellent. ,

Wien Making -Lingerie A great many women and girls like to make their own underclothes, as j they find they can do so more econo- j mically than buying their lingerie j ready made. Of course, it is possible to buy beautifully made underelotnea, but by making them at home, if one is a good needlewoman, money can be saved- Never waste your time making inferior lingerie. Only really goodwearing and washing materials should be used. That is why the pure British silk, Japshan, is so popular ror this purpose, as it washes beautifully and wears excellently. Nursery Dishes Popular with Children Chocolate Queen’s Pudding. —Put

into a double saucepan a cup of staie breadcrumbs, l£oz. unsweetened chocolate, half a cup of sugar, and a cup ot milk. Cook until a smooth paste is formed. Then lightly beat two egg yolks with a cup of milk, two tablespoonfuls of warmed butter, and a pinch of salt. Stir them into the hot I mixture and cook till the whole j thickens. Flavour with vanilla es--1 sence, put into a buttered piedish, and j bake in a slow oven for twenty min- , utes. Allow to cool a little, then cover with a meringue made from the whites v of the two eggs and some castor sugar. Bake in a slow oven till the mpringT—- ] is set, and serve either hot or cold. I Bread and Currant Pudding.—Soak 1 some stale bread, including left-ovt,r : slices of bread and butter from tea, etc., in boiling water until it is quite soft. I Drain closely and beat it with a fnrß 1 until it is quite fine and smooth. Turn into a pudding dish. Grate an orange over it, add the juice of an orange, two tablespoonfuls of washed currants, and mix well together. Beat up an eng j add it to a breakfasteupful of nii'k I and sugar to taste. Pour this over the breadcrumbs, etc., stir well, and bake in a quick oven. I Fried Eggs on Buttered Bice.—Cook some rice in salted water until tender, drain well and put in a dish with little ! dabs of butter and a sprinkling of pepper and salt. Fry some eggs and place on top.

| Potatoes for Young Children.—The I best way to cook potatoes for young J children is to bake them in their jaej kets, or to steam them in their skins. 1 and then remove the skin afterwards, ilie latter is the better way, as with baking some of the outer' skin gets | hardened. The most valuable part t ,s a potato is that just under the skin, ; and consequently when potatoes n-e , peeled this i s lost. After the poFa■l u ° es are taken out of their skins, mash j.them finely with a wooden spoon, and I add to them a little salt, plentv of 1 butter, milk n~ cream, or porhans » j little yolk of egg, and serve with j ff r " v X- In this wav potatoes me'-" „ j suitable first course fo- n young eMVI», I 'l'-ner. In summer weather, a so led n* Odd notato mashed no wifi, a li*n, i and lemon juice is ov-iient and healthy fare for small folk.