Hints for the Housewife

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 33, 27 February 1931, Page 32

Hints for the Housewife

APRICOT and cheese sandwiches are unexpectedly tasty. Make the cheese sandwiches in the usual way and add little slices of tinned apricot (or peach) here and there on top of the cheese. OUNTAIN pens .should be cleaned thoroughly at regular intervals. Unserew all the parts and soak them in vinegar for half an hour. Then rinse well in warm water and leave to | get thoroughly dry before refilling wid ink. fh (CONCRETE that has. become (dis-, coloured may be cleaned by this method. Thoroughly dissolve 20z, of chloride of lime in a bucket of water, and spread the liquid over the discoloured floor, leaving it, very wet, for. an hour or two. ! Finally serub it with very hot water, to which two handfuls of soda have been added. will keep fresh when. being sent some distance by rail or posted if, before-packing, it is sprinkled with a little freshly ground coffee, — POTATOES, especially if they are old, can be whitened by putting a ‘teaspoonful of vinegar in the water just before they are done. To make them floury, drain off the water .when. they are cooked, sprinkle them with a little salt, cover with a cloth and leave at the side of the stove to dry. RAW eggs that have become mixed with hard-boiled ones can be sorted out if all the eggs are placed on a plate and spun round. Put a finger lightly on the top of each, When released the cooked eggs remain still, while the raw ones continue to go round, as, though the shell has been arrested, the liquid contents of the egg still move. MOKY rooms can be cleared if a f drops of vinegar are placed on a hot shovel and- allowed to burn.. other way is to take out a small re hot cinder, place it on a shovel, and pour a few drops of vinegar on it. The same process is excellent in a sick room, using eau de Cologne or other perfume instead of vinegar,