HINTS THAT HELP.

Shannon News, 2 September 1924, Page 1

HINTS THAT HELP.

When your hands are' badly stained, rub them with a slice of lemon dipped in salt. Citron that has become hard will chop more easily if placed in a sieve over boiling water for a fe\v minutes It is possible to enrich the colpuring of spice, or fruitcake, by browning the flour before putting it in the cake. When preparing salad for guests the proportion of 3£ quarts of salad for 25 guests will prove an ample amount

One-half tablespoonful of cornstarch may be substituted for an egg, when making a custard calling for several eggs.

If your teeth are discoloured, rub them with a little lemon-juice, taking car e to rinse the mouth afterwards. An appetising breakfast dish is made by dipping s'iced apples in flour and frying quickly in bacon drippings or butter.

The juice of a lemon placed in the water when boiling white clothes removes stains and makes the clothes beautifully white.

If the quantity of milk and eggs required for making cookies is cut down a little and more fat is used, they will keep moist longer. If the handles of white knives are discoloured rub them with pieces ot damp newspaper dipped in fine sand, then polish with chamois leather. To remove perspiration stains from white clothes dampen the article with a little lemon juice and salt before li is put into soap and water.

A pleasing - change may be'Obtained when making French dressings by using pineapple juice to replace half th e amount of vinegar required. To remove inkstains from polished furniture, rub with lemon juice until the stains disappear. Afterwards polish with ordinary furniture polish. The work oi^baking - cookies can be greatly simplified by using a baking sheet that will fit your oven. Such a sheet will hold about 20 cookies. In cases of bee or wasp stings a little moistened tobacco will relieve the pain. In some cases well-blued water will give relief, but in others it will have no effect whatever. To prevent new tinware from becoming rusty, rub it over with fat and bake in the oven before using. After this process it. can be used continuously and will not rust.

Before grating - lemons, remove the small brown specks on the outer peel, To do this soak the lemons in cold water for 20 minutes, and then rub with a small scrubbing brush. Always let boiled ham cool in the liquor in which it was cooked. Juice from pickled fruit gives a delicious flavour when added to the water in which the ham is cooked,

To clean gas mantles or burners that are blackened by carbon deposits, sprinkle salt upon them" while burning. This causes the carbon to burn away, prolongs the life of the mantle, and increases the efficiency of the burner.