Pressing Ideas

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Page 38

Pressing Ideas

(1) When pressing gym. tunics, ot pleated skirts, rub the pleats on the wrong side with a piece of soap. The pleats will stay in much longer. (2) When pressing seams, it is often difficult not to wet the rest of the garment in the damping process. Try opening the seams with a wet toothbrush, (3) When pressing a newly knitted jumper, before making it up, pin it into position on the ironing cloth, and lay a newspaper over it instead of a damp cloth, This provides the right amount of moisture.

(Continued ‘from previous page) More Potato Recipes Here are a few more potato recipes; and first of all, one from our good friend Mrs. Nicotinus, of Mount Eden. Potato Charlotte with Carrot Sauce Grease a mould. Fill with finely sliced raw potatoes. Fill alternately with butter and seasoning. Bake in a hot oven about an hour, and then turn out carefully on to a dish. It will be an attractive golden brown. Serve this with Carrot Sauce: Three tablespoons of finely grated catrot, 4 tablespoons of wholemeal, % teaspoon of salt, 142 cups of boiling water, 2 tablespoons of orange juice, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of butter, and about a ‘tablespoon of sugar to taste. Mix the carrot, sugar, flour, salt and water smoothly, over boiling water, until thick and clear. Add the rest, and cook gently over boiling water. Fish Roll (From Campbell Street, Karori) One pound of cooked fish, 1 cup of mashed potato, 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, 2oz. of butter, and about a teaspoon of salt and 4% teaspoon of pepper. Rub the butter into the flour, add the mashed potato and seasoning. Mix to a stiff paste with beaten egg. Roll out on to a floured board. Spread the flaked fish over, season again, and if liked, add a little anchovy sauce. Roll up. Brush the top with beaten egg. Bake on a greased dish in a moderate oven for 15 to 20 minutes, And here are two from Mrs, H. Opawa, Christchurch. Date Pudding Four ounces of suet, 141b. stoned dates, 40z. breadcrumbs, loz. flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and 4oz. of mashed potatoes, Bind together with 2 tablespoons of golden syrup, 2 eggs, and a little warm milk in which 1 teaspoon of soda is dissolved. Pour into a buttered basin and steam for 2 hours, Apple and Potato Pie Fill a pie dish with alternate layers of apple and potato sliced, seasoning each layer with salt, pepper, grated cheese, and minced onion. Add about Y2 teacup of water. Cover with short pastry, and bake for %4 hour. Tomato may be substituted for the apple. " Oak Hill" (From Rotherham Terrace, Miramar) One large cold potato, 1 hard boiled egg, 1 tablespoon grated cheese, to each person; seasoning and white sauce, and breadcrumbs, Butter a baking dish well, and place in it alternate layers of the eggs and sliced potatoes. Season each layer and pour over it the white sauce in which the cheese has been melted. Cover with breadcrumbs and brown in the oven, A curry sauce could be used if preferred to the cheese sauce. An excellent luncheon dish.