Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 10, 18 March 1925, Page 59

Domestic

Maureen

v Buttered Eggs. pg I'. Break five fresh eggs into a basin, add |f sufficient salt : and pepper to taste, beat up % with a fork so as to thoroughly mix the whites §- with the yolks, put two [heaping tablespoonsI- ful of butter into a saucepan, add the eggs I and a tablespoonful of milk or cream, stir :f| over the fire until the mixture begins to ;f§ thicken and is hot through (it must not on I any account be allowed to boil, or it will ■Jji curdle). Have ready a slice of hot buttered | toast put this on a hot dish or plate. Pour | v the egg mixture on to this, sprinkle with || chopped parsley, and serve at once. I' Tomato Chutney. | Tomatoes, about 41b, Jib onions, one pint 1 vinegar, one tablespoonful mustard seed, •1 four ounces sugar, four tablespoonsful salt, I one teaspoonful cloves, one teaspoonful all--1 spice, two teaspoonsful peppercorn. Bake I-..- the tomatoes till the skins loosen, then peel them. Peel and finely chop the onions. Put ; these, with all the other ingredients, into 1 an enamel pan. Boil slowly, lid off the pan, £ and stir often for about 2\ hours. Then put h into clean, dry bottles, and when cold, cork | down tightly. The corks may be made air- | tight by sealing over with sealing wax, resin .£ or candle wax.. ;.--' * '■'■, ' Some Uses for; Olive Oil. *V. Olive oil is excellent for hands that are very rough owing to heavy work or to exS posure to cold winds. - Pour the oil liberally on the hands and rub .them together, as if ; ; washing them, for' at least half an hour. vi After this is done it will be found that the p* hands are white and soft, and that the ift ingrained dirt, if any, has disappeared. Olive oil rubbed into the feet will keep I the skin soft and help to prevent the forma- |- tion of corns and callouses. ■M\ • In the case of very hard water, the addiS tion of a drop or two of olive oil will make I the soap lather better and keep the skin from .-{l- getting rough. f A little oil rubbed into the eyebrows and „M ■ on the eyelashes will often make them darker . 1 and more luxuriant. V/.-rC- 1 ---'■-, : %[' Cake Making. .-,...: n , 1 Cake making is not a gift, but the strict $ adherence to a few rules, which, once mas- ;? tered, are very simple, though all; of them §»• are important. Correct measurements.; good | materials, rightly combined, and correct tem>perature in baking. Too many cooks overmeasure. A level teaspoon of, baking-pow-'M der is a teaspoonful levelled off. So with a ~1, cup of flour- measured after sifting. And . I - few are the recipes for cake which need more : .than one level teaspoonful of baking powder -'■'. .to each level cupful of flour. '■* When preparing T tQ, make cake, get to- ;.'. j 'ether all^m^fc|i^|^| ; Jutensils,_, and. have a :'■ ""ydear table/ Then, first grease the pans with ;- J good -the crust takes 'on "the taste of the grease that is tfsed to grease the : : § 'pans —flour them, 'being sure that every .trace \ ' of dry' flour |; is justed -' out. Then sift the i flour. Measure after* sifting; Hheii adding :-'>Jt-'-. « ".iff** ■■■■■ -%'-.•'

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baking powder, sift at least five times and set away in sifter from which it can be handled easier S when you wish to add to mixture. Then soften and cream your butter or margarine if making a butter cake —and this is easier done by pouring hot water in mixing bowl, pouring out and adding butter while bowl is hot —then sift in the sugar a little at a time, and when well mixed add flour, egg yolks, and milk alternately; flavoring,, and lastly the egg whites beaten stiffly—so that they will remain in bowl when turned upside down. Always remember that the egg whites must be drawn into the mixture with the least possible working, as beating them in breaks the air cells, which later explode with the heat and help to make the cake light. Put in. pans and bake. If a pound cake, the oven should be warm when the cake is put in, and the fire brought up slowly. An hour for even a small cake is not too long, while for fruit, treacle, or other cakes from one to four hours is right, according to size. When done the cake will pull away from edge of pan slightly. For layer cake the oven should be quite hot. Pound cake, without fruit or nuts, should fall in . heavy "blobs" from spoon tip; layer cake should run in continuous stream, though not so thin as pancake —while fruit cakes should be stiff enough to hold the fruit and almonds from falling to the bottom. Household flour makes a slightly larger, thicker cake than does self-raising flour. When using household flour subtract one teaspoonful flour from each cup recipe calls for. Most cooks have better luck when they use sc-lf-raising flour for cakes. If necessary when baking pound cakes, to prevent burning, put a pan of hot' water in top of oven. With these simple rules in mind, any woman who can follow a recipe can make a good cake. "Not a thing broken or even scratched" is a tribute to the care and skill of our packers. You are assured of a like satisfactory service. The New Zealand Express Company, Ltd.' Offices in all chief towns. We remind our town and country clients that we have opened up a new shipment of goods, consisting of new and fascinating Toilet Requisites; also latest and up-to-date designs in Toupees, Transformations, Pin Curls, Switches, Ear Puffs, Braidings, and Temple. Waves, which we will be pleased to show you, if a visit is paid to our wellappointed rooms. Waldron's Creams for Day and Night use. Astringent Lotions. Tonics and Pomades for dandruff,' falling and lank hair. ■ Correspondence promptly - attended : to£Strictly confidential. w\ ■- ssbjwqob \k M MRS. ROLLESTON, LTD., • Specialists in | Hair and Skin Treatments, 256 r LAMBTON QUAY, 4 WELLINGTON.

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