Some Hints and a Recipe
My Dear Aunt Daisy, I hope my way of addressing you isn’t too familiar, but I feel as though you are everybody’s friend, and that I have known you for ages. I thought I would like to pass on a very good hint about making starch. All mothers love to see their children’s starched clothes, also their husbands’ shirts, looking "as fresh as a Daisy,’ and this is the way I have managed it for years; and also know others who do the same thing. There will be a number of mothers who consider starch an " extra," so tell them not to worry, but just to mix
about four heaped tablespoons of ordinary flour and one dessertspoon of sugar with a little cold water, till the mixture is free from lumps; then pour boiling water into the mixture, stirring all the time, just as one does when making ordinary starch. Add a little blue, and use in the ordinary way. The " flour" starch is not as Clear as bought starch, but the result is excellent. The sugar prevents the iron from sticking, and gives a good sheen to the clothes,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 44
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195Some Hints and a Recipe New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 44
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