DOMESTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 24 April 1919, Page 41

DOMESTIC

(By Maubeen.)

Egg Dish'.

Cut some'hard-boiled eggs in slices, lay them on a well-buttered dish, with grated Parmesan or other cheese, a little black pepper, and some salt; sprinkle breadcrumbs over. Put the dish in an oven, and serve when it begins to brown.

Ground Rice Mould.

2 tablespoonfuls ground rice, 1 egg, 1 pint milk, rind of half a lemon grated. Mix the rice with a little cold milk, boil with pint of milk and the rind of a lemon. Sweeten to taste, and pour into a mould. Serve cold with stewed fruit or preserve.

Snow Cake.

Take half a cup butter, one cup sugar, one and a half cups flour, half a cup sweet milk, the whites of ■ four eggs, and one heaped tablespoonful baking powder sifted with the flour. Flavor to taste. Beat the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, and the milk-and flour alternately. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.

Tapioca Cream.

Required: One quart of milk, half a lemon rind, two ounces of sugar, one ounce and a half crushed tapioca, four eggs, and two tablespoon fills of cream. If a small mould is required, half the above ingredients will be needed only. Boil the milk and lemon rind, sweeten, and when quite boiling stir in the crushed tapioca, and let all cook gently for three-quarters of an hour. Beat the yolks of eggs and gradually mix with the tapioca, etc. Let the mixture cool a little, whip the cream, and add it carefully. Fill a border mould with this and turn out to serve. Fill the inside with a compote of fruit.

Curried Tomatoes.

Peel and slice some tomatoes, put a layer in a greased pudding-dish, sprinkle with salt, curry powder, and bits of butter. Spread over the tomatoes a thin layer of washed raw rice, add more tomatoes, seasonings, and rjee, until the dish is full, having a top layer of tomatoes. Use a- cupful of rice, a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of curry powder, and two tablespoonfuls of butter to a two-quart dish, filling it with tomatoes. Cover, and bake one hour fifteen minutes before serving add some breadcrumbs moistened in dripping and let brown. This is substantial enough for the chief dish of a hearty meal.

To Wash Silk and Merino Stockings.

Lay the stockings in a soap lather, and rub the soiled parts gently with the hands. Then rinse thoroughly; this part of the process is not ’always completely done, and, if omitted, the stockings are disagreeable to wear. Wring them dry in a cloth, turning them wrong side out. Do not iron silk stockings, but when they are almost dry stretch and rub them in the hands, and bring them into shape, ironing makes an ugly crease down the centre, and does not improve the appearance at all. Always have merino stockings ironed with a cool iron before folding them.

Household Hints.

To detect water in milk, dip a polished knitting needle into the vessel containing the milk. If it is pure, a drop of the milk will cling to the needle; if water is present the needle will be clean.

Cakes with baking-powder in them must be placed in the oven as soon as possible after mixing. Never beat a cake of this kind ; merely mix it well.

To clean bronze, make the article very hot by placing it in boiling water."then clean it welt with a piece of flannel dipped in soap-suds. Dry with a chamois leather.