WHEN STORES RUN SHORT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 706, 4 July 1929, Page 11 (Supplement)

WHEN STORES RUN SHORT

FOUR TIMELY SUGGESTIONS When you run short of butter and do not ■wish to buy more until the week-end, beat up with a fork the butter you have, adding a teaspoonful of fresh milk to each ounce, and set it aside for half an hour. It will go almost twice as far and there will be little difference in its appearance or taste. When you run short of tea, place the quantity for each “brew” on a thin piece of paper and hold it over the spout of a steaming kettle for a minute. Tea warmed and moistened in this -way before being placed in the teapot is made to uncurl and expand to its full extent, and smaller quantities can be used without sacrificing the strength of the beverage. When you run short of bacon, soak the rashers in cold water for three or four minutes before frying them. This prevents the fat from running too much, and the bacon goes much

farther. To economise still more, remove the rind, dip each rasher in flour, and fry in the usual way. This method greatly improves the flavour, too. Lastly, if you are cooking mutton for dinner, and guests arrive unexpectedly so that you doubt about its sufficiency, boil the meat for half an hour before baking. The joint will then go almost 15 per cent, farther, and its tenderness and flavour will be vastly improved.