USEFUL HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 16 May 1925, Page 13

USEFUL HINTS.

"When not using eggs in milk pudding add a little chopped suet. When cooking vegetables never allow the water to get off the boil. Newspapers will give as brilliant a finish to a window glass as chamois. Cold water and flour mixed will at once relievo the pain caused •by bums. Lemon peel should be dried and grated finely. It makes excellent flavouring for cakes. To keep butter for any length of time, place in a clean pot knd surround it with charcoal. If pipeclay to be used for cleaning purposes is mixed with milk ft does not rub .off and cleans more effectively. When boiling rice, add a little lemon juice to the water. This makes the rice white and grainy when cooked'. New potatoes, if put in water with a little common soda two hours before they are wanted, will Scrape quite easily. To restore rusty needles to their natural state, take them into the garden and poke them up and down in the soil. Blouses rinsed in water that has a tabiespoonfut or so ot met ny laved spirit in it, iron more easily and have a better gloss. To cleanse a greasy sink, dip a rag in paraffin and scour the sink. Then wash with hot water and soap and rinse in cold water. When cooking dumplings, see that the water boils before putting them in a saucepan, otherwise they will be heavy. To whiten the kitchen table, scrub with powdered bath brick then wash off with tepid water. Of course, always scrub the way of the grain. Do not throw away bones after one boiling; they will boil again, and all the nourishment has not been extracted until tiny holes appear over them. Often when electric light is poor the reason may be traced to the fact that the bulbs need cleaning. Every six weeks they should bo wiped with a damp wash-leather. A hint to cover jam jars so that they will be quite air-tight. Dip grease-proof paper into very hot starch. Fix down firmly over the jars, fastening it down firmly at the sides. Sheets that have worn thin in the centre ean be made to last a long time by cutting out the thin part and oversewing the two selvedges together. For matching threads when dyeing curtains, run a few threads through the material before putting in the dye. They can be pulled out and saved for darning the curtains. You will then havo the exact shade of the curtain. If table linen or garments become stained with the juice from any of the berry fruits, try this: Soak a piece of bread in cold water and place on the spot. It will abnorb the juice and remove the stain. Do | this immediately and there will be no further trouble.