HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 September 1919, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Stowed fruit will need loss sugar if a pinch of bic-arbonato of soda, is added to it while cooking.

Charcoal is a capital disinfectant. Keep a dish cf it in the larder and the food kept there will not.quickly taint. If a short crust for a pie is waited, use skimmed milk instead of water. It will require a third less butter or lard than it' made in the ordinary way. Mud stains on brown boots and shoes can be removed by rabbin? them 'with slices of raw potato. When dry, polish with cream in the usual manner. When a cake is done tilt it against a plate or put it on a sieve to cool. This allows the steam to escape. If it condenses in or under the cake \vll spoil it. To gauge the heat of an oven for baking bread or cake put a of white paper into it. If it quickly turns a dark yellow the oven is ji; the right heat. A trap for ants can be mode by a plate thickly with lard and 'landing it on the n>or or shelf which is iniosf-e- 1 by Powdered borax strewn thickly in a drawer or on a shelf which the insects'; frequent will also be found efficacious, A rusty grate cau. be easily Cleaned if it be blackleadcd and left for 24 hours, or even for a couple of days. The blacklead will absorb the rust, and the steel can then be polished in the, ordinary way. To cleanse bottles that have held cil place ashes in each bottle, cove: with cold water, and heat gradually. Let the wo tor boil about one hour, then allow it to stand until cold. Wash the bottles in soapy water, then rinse.