HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 99, 22 October 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

DAINTY DISHES. LEMON BUNS. Take two ounces of butter and rub it into half a pound of flour. Mix together two ounces of sugar, half an ounce of chopped peel, and a teaspoonful of baking powder. Add' a wellbeaten egg and sufficient milk to mix the whole to a stiff dough. Roll out and cut into equal sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball, and bake for ten minutes in a quick oven.

SAVOURY BREAKFAST PATTIES

Chop up finely four ounces of cooked ham and one hard-boiled egg. Mix together with a gill of white sauce, a seasoning of pepper and salt, and a little grated nutmeg. Roll out threequarters of a pound of good pastry, and cut it into rounds slightly larger than the patty pans it is to line. Grea.se the little tins, then line them with the pastry, fill with some of tne mixture, and cover with a row of pastrv. pressing the edges well together; flake them with a knife, and decorate the top of each with a pastry leaf. Brush the top of the patties with beaten egg, and bake in a quick oven for twentv-five minutes.

BAKED CORNFLOUR PUDDING. Mix half an ounce of cornflour smoothly with a little cold milk, and put the remainder of half a pint of cold milk into a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then pour on to the mixed cornflour, stirring all the time. Cook gently, stirring carefully for live minutes.' Separate the whites from tie volks of two eggs, beat up the yolks and mix with three teaspoonfuls of caster sugar and an ounce of butter. When the cornflour has cooked, etir this in, mix all together, and turn into «. buttered piedish. ,>\h, - * whites of the eggs very lightly into the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven for five minutes. Serve immediately.

HOME HINTS. \ USE FOR OLD LTNEX CUFFS. -Soak-well to remove all starch. 1 hen sew them firmly together and you Trill have an excellent lron-ho'der. A HINT ABOUT SILK GLOVES. Place a tinv piece ot "oUon-wo';, in the tip of each finger. This prevents the nail from rubbi-u the glove into a hole. WHEN* WASHING CHILDREN'S CLOTHES, muslin curtains, etc., rinse in water to which alum has been added in the proportion of two ounces to each gallon. This makes the fabric non-inflammable. TO REVIVE FADED BLOUSES, coloured muslins, and so on, dip in

told' wafer to which vinegar-lias iteea. added in the' proportion of one tablespoonful to a quart of water. This will restore tbe colour wonderfully.

TO SOFTEN A HARD SPONGE, place it in a perfectly clean pan, cover with cold wat«r. Add a tablespoonful of borax, bring to the boil, remove the sponge, rub some borax .'well into it, and rinse in cold water.

TO CLEAN A PANAMA HAT, put an ounce of oxalic acid in sufficient scalding water to cover the hat. Pus hat in and hold it down with a stick, so that it is entirely covered. Leave for five minutes, then take it out with the stick and dry before a fire.

BURNT SAUCEPANS should not be washed with soda and water, as this makes them liable to burn again. Fill them with cold water, add a large spoonful of salt, and leave till nest day. Then boil up, and the burnt jjarticlc* will come off quite easily.

A HOME-MADE FLOOR POLISHER.—Take an old and worn out longhandled soft broom. Cut the hairs short, nail a piece of carpet over it, then cover with the leg-portion ot a pair of old stockings. This makes an excellent polisher for flooYs, oilcloth, etc., and saves much labour. 'USING UP SCRAPS OF MATERIAL. ODD SCRAPS OF FLANNEL make good poiishes for linoleum or oilcloth. OLD PIECES OF VELVET should be used for polishing fenders, stoves, etc. Velvet gives a brighter shine than leather. AN OLD PIECE OP' AMERICAN CLOTH can be made into a very useful apron. When soiled it can be cleaned by rubbing over with a damp cloth. OLD STOCKINGS opened and sewn together are excellent boot-polishers, and will outlast any pad, besides giving a beter polish.