HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1939, Page 8

HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK

SOME USEFUL HINTS. Mildew on Canvas Dip the parts stained' into a solution of chloride of lime (about a teaspoon to a cup of water) till the marks fade out. Then rinse the places at once in two or three changes of clean water. Dry thoroughly. . Sheeps’ Wool' in Pillows Wash wool until nice and white. Put through a wringer and spread out to dry. Then thoroughly shake it and cut in one-inch length with sharp scissors. Put pillows out in the sun occasionally. Bed covers can be made the same way. * Cleaning Suede Shoes Rubbing with a little benzine on a cloth or by damping a cloth with new milk, then rubbing on a cake of soap, and going over the shoe surface with the cloth so treated, will usually clean the shoes. The process, however, might have to be repeated several times. When dried from either treatment the nap can be brought up again by a little stiff brushing. Cape Gooseberry Jelly Take the berries firm and well-col-oured in the shells. Do not, however, have them too sweet and ripe. Just cover with water in a pan and simmer till quite tender and just beginning to pulp. Then turn them into a cheesecloth bag and hang over a receiver to drip till all the juice is extracted. Do not squeeze bag. Put 1 cup sugar to 1 cup juice, heat very gently till all sugar is dissolved, then boil steadily but not too hard till it jellies. A dessertspoon of butter added .is a help toward securing this readily.

Pickling Walnuts Prick 100 green walnuts with . a darning needle and put them in brine composed of Goz salt to two quarts of cold water. Leave in brine for three days and stir every day. Drain off the brine and expose the walnuts- to the sun until they go black. Boil up 2oz black pepper, 3oz ground ginger, 3oz cloves, 2oz mustard, and a few blades of mace in 2 quarts of vinegar for about 10 minutes. Strain this and pour over walnuts which should have been placed in glass jars. Screw lids on tight and have sound rubber rings.