Dear Aunt Daisy

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 46

Dear Aunt Daisy,

Now is the time to make black currant jam. Here is the method which my mother passed on to me; I have told numbers of people about it, and they agree it is the best idea ever! The quantities are 1lb. of black currants to 1 pint of water, and 14% pounds of sugar. Boil the currants and water together until fairly soft, then put them through a colander or coarse sieve. Then add the warmed sugar and boil rapidly for half an hour. It turns out almost a complete jelly. I have made it like this for five years. My mother before me always used this method, and we have never discovered one hard lump. I shall be pleased in one way when the winter arrives, as we have such a poor reception from 2ZB in the summer months, Here are a few hints which I think very good, and which may be of help to the Daisy Chain, (1) Flies do not look to the garbage tin for the banquet if a little sulphur is burnt in it each time it is emptied. (2) An effective way to remove fruit stains from table-linen is to dab the

spot on the tablecloth with a drop of liquid ammonia. It will disappear in a few minutes. (3) It refreshes a room wonderfully to disinfect it with camphor. Put it on a shovel with a hot poker. Stroll about the room to spread the fumes. (4) Blankets will keep their whiteness best, if wrapped in blue paper

when stored.-

Gladys

(Hastings).