HOME HINTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 178, 21 March 1932, Page 3

HOME HINTS

BEETROOTS Will retain their eolour if a pinch of carbonate of soda is added to the water in which they are boiled. NEW CHINA. If new China is soaked in a bath of cold water for six hours it will always keep its glaze and will not crack so easily. TO CLEAN WHITE SERGE. Warm dry salt or ground rice will clean a white ..or light serge costume. Rub it well into the garment to be cleaned. Use a folded linen handkerchief or a piece of white flannel for a pad. Afterwards put the garment on a hanger, leave for an hour or two, and then brush thoroughly with a clean brush. SCORCHED MILK. The taste of scorched milk can be taken away if the saucepan containing it is stood in cold salted water and left for a few minutes. TO CLEAN VARNISHED DOORS. Use a little brown boot polish occas'onally on a dark varnished door. Rub it in thoroughly and polish with a clean cloth. TO PURIFY A DUSTBIN. * After it has been emptied, burn some old newspapers in it. This will remove all grease and damp, making the dustbin perfectly clean and sanitary and free from all unhealthy smells.

SOME SALT HINTS. To obtain the best results in making a custard add a tiny pinch of salt to the milk. A shallow fryingpan, or an ordinary one with too much fat in it will splutter grease over the whole stove — but not if a pinch or two of fine salt is placed in the pan before using it. In using a double boiler you can get more heat by adding salt to the water. Put one teaspoonful of salt to each quart of water. PAINT CLEANSER. A very good mixture for washing paint is made as follows: — Into a guart of hot water put one tablespoonful of turpentine, half a teaspoonful of milk and half a tablespoonful of soap powder. Wash the paint with this, it will give it a beautiful gloss. PARAFFIN CANS. Should always be kept corked. If left open the oil deteriorates, chars the wick and gives a bad light. / VINEGAR HINTS. A spoonful of vinegar added to the water in which a fowl is boiled will make it much more tender. Add a little vinegar to the last rinsing water for silk. This does away with any possibility of soap being left in the garment, which is often the cause of silk rotting quiekly.