Hints and Recipes.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 311, 24 October 1929, Page 2

Hints and Recipes.

Tar splashes on stockings and frocks can be easily removed if lard is well rubbed into the marks before the garments are washed. When it is inconvenient to wash a flour, boards may be cleaned by rubbing silver sand into the grain of the wood, using a short-bristled brush and working in the direction of the grain. Use a softer brush to remove t' sand. When making jam or pickles the covers of jars can be made air-tight by brushing them with well-whisked white of egg. A lump of alum kept in the drawer in which silver is stored will prevent it tarnishing. To prevent currants, naisins, peel, etc., from sinking to the bottom of a cake, rub them with flour before using them.

To Prevent Misty Eyeglasses.— When cooking, washing, or engaging in other work in a steamy atmosphere, wearers of eyeglasses are often in. discomfort. If, however, the glasses are rubbed with soap and polished well, it will be found that moisture docs not rest on them. To Wash Velveteen. —Make a soaplather, and add to it ammonia in the proportion of about one tablespoonful to a gallon of water. The water should not be very hot when the garments are put into it. Rinse in two lots o t warm water, with the same proportion of ammonia added, and at once hang out in the air to dry. On no account wring velveteen, or it will be marked in streaks.

Making Sponge Cakes. —To find if a sponge sandwich is baked sufficiently touch the top lightly with the finger. If the cake is properly cooked the impression of the finger will disappear immediately. When Making Milk * • Biddings.— Wash all grains before using them, and soak tapioca, sago, or barley fOr a while before cooking. If eggs are used they should not be added until the grain is well cooked and the pudding will curdle. If the yolk and white of an egg are beaten separately and added, the pudding will be very light. If a pudding is to be baked without any previous cooking in a saucepan, the oven must be very slow; wise the milk will boil before tbe grain has had time to swell and thicken it. Simple flavourings are best, such as grated lemon rind, nut™eg, ground cinnamon, and the addition of a few plump currants, which possess valuable mineral salts, increases nutriment. A pinch of salt in is improvement to all milk puddings^ Some Uses for Old Newspapers. —A damaged piece of newspaper is good for polishing windows or lamp chimneys, while newspaper is excellent for trimming a lamp wick. Rub tho charred part, off with the paper, instead of cutting it, then there will be no pieces sticking up to make the lamp smoke. If two or three thicknesses of neatly-folded newspaper are placed under the stair carpet it will *

wear bettor and be much softer to walk on It is also economical to lay papers evenly all over tho floor under your carpet. Newspapers tprn in shreds, soaked and sprinkled on tho carpet before sweeping take up the allowed to cool a little, otherwise they