Beginner's Troubles
Dear Aunt Daisy, As I am new to the "housekeeping game" I find your pages most interesting and helpful. I wonder if you could help me with two problems. (1) Is there anything I can do with some marmalade which hasn’t set? It seems such a waste of precious sugar to throw it out. I made two lots of the Golden Shred recipe you gave in The Listener, the first only a small quantity which turned out
very well. The second-the full amount with marmalade and sweet oranges and 1 lemon. It gave no signs of jelling for nearly an hour, and remained a thin, watery fluid all that time, but when it did thicken and was duly "jarred" and cooled, it did not set, but has stayed a sticky syrup, although not gluey, It is a lovely colour with the shreds evenly distributed. (2) Can you tell me how to remove mildew from a green linen frock? It got mildewed at the end of last summer, and after several unsuccessful attempts to remove it, I must have put it away and forgotten about it, because on bringing it out again now, I find to my horror that the mildew is still therenaturally! I think I tried two methods ‘from your Book of Hints, and found the kerosene one best, although it only just made the mildew a bit fainter. Should I continue with it until it all goes, or would that injure the material? -"Beginner"’ (Wairoa). THE MARMALADE.- Probably you did not boil it nearly fast enough after
the sugar had been dissolved. Try boiling it again very fast for about 15 minutes, and then test it on a cold plate. If still not setting well, add a packet of orange jelly crystals dissolved in some of the juice. Stir well in, and remove from fire at once. MILDEW.-For your green linen, try soaking the mildewed parts in a very thick mixture of powdered starch and cold water. Then, without wringing at all, just lay it on the grass all night. It will’ probably be fainter next morning. Wash it out, leaving the soap in, and then repeat the process. I think this will be successful. You could continue with the kerosene treatment -I don’t think it will harm the material.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 175, 30 October 1942, Page 11
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