The "Better Way"

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 44, 18 May 1928, Page 6

The "Better Way"

RESULT OF MAY COMPETITION

HE standard of excellence of the entries sent in for the May "Better Way" contest is most gratifying. The "Better Way" of cleaning chimneys receives the prize of half-a-guinea, and the following nine hints submitted each each receive a fee of half-a-crown. The Rules and closing date for the June Competition will be found.on this page. Competitors are specially requested to write on ONE side of the paper only, as many excellont ideas are disqualified through lack of conformity to this rule, ‘JNSTEAD of all the inconvenience of the sweep, readers should try placing some zinc shavings crushed in a ball and placed in the centre of a clear, hot fire. This will give off a bluish flame, and will clear the chimneys of soot-From Mrs. O. FitzGerald, Avonside Vicarage, Christchurch, | To Boil Rice. "THE easiest way and decidedly the best way I haye found-yet I have never seen this receipe given in any cooker , ook or in any paper.3 cups of .viling water containing a little salt, 1 cup rice washed in 2 (at least) washes of cold water. Pour washed rice on to boiling water; boil on cool part of stove with lid of saucepan on. Do not stir at all. When rice has used up all the water and looks to have holes in it, put it on the back of the stove to steam until wanted. It is supposed to take 20 minutes to cook, but I: allow from three-quar-ters of an hour to one hour.-From Mrs. J. W. Peek, Rural Route 1, Taumarunui. Non-Slippery Lino-polish. TPHIS is a recipe for a non-slippery lino polish, It can be wiped over with a damp cloth without re-polish-ing, and will not show footmarks. Put one cup of hot water and one oz. of beeswax into a tin, and stand on the stove until melted. Then remove from the fire, add half a cup of turpentine, and one tablespoon cloudy ammonia. Stir well until the mixture becomes creamy.-From Mrs. Jolley, Pihama, Taranaki. A Time-Saving Notion. ERE is a time-saving notion that is sure to appeal to most women -vwe all find our days much too short. Biscuits-home-made ones-are_ always in demand, yet we hate making them, for the rolling and cutting takes such hours! But next time try this: shape your dough into one or two rolls, about two inches in diameter, and slice into biscuits with a sharp knife. If you have an ice chest, mix your dough in the eyening, shape into logs or blocks, and leaye it in the ice chest over night. Your @ough will be easier to slice after being chilled, and the baking won't take long.From Mrs. ©. Weinstein, 9a Grass Street, Oriental Bay, Wellington. To Clean a Grate. FIND a better way to keep a fireplace thatis in constant use is first to apply a coat of grate enamel, then touch up when required with boot nugget brush and pad. It keeps a brilliant appearance, is economic, and clean-From Mrs. BF. Pound, Ward Street, Cobden, Gerymouth. Repapering a Room. HEN next repapering your bedroom or bed-sitting-room order one or two extra rolls of paper, and get the paperhanger to repaper both sides of your bedroom screen to match the walls, The screen can be used for yarious purposes, namely, to coneeal a washstand or dressing table, and transforming a bedroom into a sitting-room. This should appeal to the bachelor girl. -From Mrs. F. W. Harrison, 52 Market Road, Epsom, Auckland. An Appetising Dish. AKW six or eight mutton chops or pieces of beefsteak free from fat, and lay in a pyrex dish or shallow basin or bowl. Dissolve two tablespoons of flour in one cup of cold water, add pepper and salt to taste. Then add to mixture one small dessertspoonful of vinegar, a pinch of baking soda, one teaspoon of sugar, and, lastly, one dessertspoonful of tomato sauce, or half that quantity of Worcester sauce. Pour this mixture over the meat and cover well with lid. Cook for two and a half hours in a moderate oven. This dish will be a dark brown colour, rich, and tasty, and witl make any meat tender as Well, Serve very hot with mashed potatoes.-From Mrs. I. W. Scott, R.D, Southbridge, Canterbury. Potted Tomato Paste, AIKE three tomatoes and one onion, cut up small and fry in oz. of butter till they can be mashed smooth; add pepper and salt to taste, Stir in an egg quickly, Take off fire and mix in 202, grated cheese and 202, breadtrumbs, and mix thoroughly, Put in:

jars, and if not wanted at once pour melted butter over and tie down.From Mrs. Graham, 64 The Crescent, Roseneath, Wellington. Two Useful Notions. HEN planting very small plants, which must be held to the ground, peg down the stalk or runner witb a

‘hairpin. These have the advantage over wooden pegs of not attracting wood lice. They are also very secure. Perhaps when making a seed and plain cake, one does not have room for two tins on the same shelf, and, of course, the batter must be cooked immediately. In order to overcome this difficulty, take a tin large enough to hold all the cake (in spite of two entirely different mixtures), They may be baked together, merely separated by a paper buttered on both _ sides. This ensures perfect baking.-Irom Miss Mayis Manthel, 2 Waitoa Road, Hataitai, Wellington. ,