Sago in Jam

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 143, 20 March 1942, Page 23

Sago in Jam

Dear Aunt Daisy, : I thought you might like this little hint. I wonder if you know that when making Strawberry Jam, if sago is added to the jam, it help it to set. It also. makes it go further, besides being very nourishing; and it really takes nothing from the flavour. I had three small chips of strawberries, and to that I added one cup of sago soaked in hot water until it was pulpy. I then put it into the jam and boiled up the lot together. It has always been very satisfactory. This is an old Scottish hint. My mother used to do it when

I was a little girl. Hoping it will be of some use. -Mrs. E. (Herne Bay). Yes, indeed, a very useful hint. Many thanks. Mice Like Vanilla Dear Aunt Daisy, Please could you help me? We are over-run with mice, and for various reasons do not keep a cat. I am afraid to use the hint which advises the put-

ting about of caustic soda. Do you know of any other sure cure for these little pests? I see one in every cupboard I ‘open, and they are getting very cheeky. -B.1. (Johnsonville). Yes, I can recommend from personal experience, the use of mouse-traps baited with bread soaked in vanilla! This is far more effective than the time-honoured bait of toasted cheese.

A while ago there seemed to be a real "mouse season’ in our house, when small long-tailed mice scuttled boldly in and out of cupboards, and behind the warm stove, and everywhere. We baited traps with pieces of bread soaked in vanilla, and caught them very quickly indeed. No traces of mice have been seen in our house for a long time now.