HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 221, 27 October 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

When peeling onions hold a cork between the teeth, and the eyes will not become affected. A little flavouring is. a tremendous improvement to a junket, and coffee makes a del : cious flavouring. All scraps of cold fish, .whether frcsii or sill ted, should be saved and made into rissoles, mixed with mashed potato. Scraps of meat should never be thrown away. They should be melted down and then clarified. The dripping obtained from them is excellent. To give pastry a brown, shiny finish. beat an egg into about a teaspoonful of water mil. I both arc well mixed; brush on to the pastry before putting into the oven. If hard fruit is just covered with cold water, brought quickly to the boil, nd the water then drained off and the rooking started afresh, very little sugar will be n-eded. To dean the pipe of the sci llery sin!; add ;■ teaspoonful of powdered i'lununra to two taliiespoonfuls of soda, nnd pour over ir a gallon of boiling water, firs will dissolve any grease in the sink. When darning stockings, thread your needle also with a good, fine, strong thread the same 1 ngth as the wool, and'then dam in the usual way. Stockings darned this way will last double the time.

Dirt can be soaked out. so that if i Sothes are nut ill to soik overnight the washing is halt' done before the actual labour of washing is commenced. Hot water fixes dirt and stains: lukewarm water is the best solvent ol dirt, i'lannels and coloured garments inust never lie soaked overnight; soaking shrinks flannels and causes colours to run or fade.