Mice Steal the Jam!
Hear Aunt Daisy, You were speaking about mice having eaten the flour-pasted covers off one of our Link’s jam-and even half the jam, too! This is a hint used by paper-hangers when making the flour paste, and will not affect the jam in the least, but will keep the mice at bay. Add alum to the flour before mixing the paste. Mice detest alum. I feel sure this will help many others who are using paper tops this season. About a tablespoon of alum to a pint of paste is enough.-"A Hawera Link." Many thanks. Anyhow, you could always put a round of notepaper over the top of the. jam, so that the paste does not touch it. If the notepaper is dipped in vinegar, it helps to prevent mould,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 191, 19 February 1943, Page 15
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134Mice Steal the Jam! New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 191, 19 February 1943, Page 15
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