Hints for the Housewife

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 47, 3 June 1932, Unnumbered Page

Hints for the Housewife

YICE will not stick to the pan when cooking if the latter is well greased first. If it is also greased to a depth of one inch round the top the rice will not boil over. To keep the grains separate and white, add a little lemon juice to the water. Beetroot, if plunged into cold water as soon as they are cooked, and rubbed through the hand, will peel much more evenly and casily than when pare’ with a knife. BHiscurrs will keep fresh and crisp for many weeks, even when the tin is not perfectly air-tight, if a layer of white sugar is placed at the bottom of the box. Housewives sometimes find that drawers have a tendency to stick. I find that if a ‘little soap-any kind-is rubbed on the runners the drawers can be pulled out or pushed in without trowbdle. BrUANEETS which are too short for a bed can be lengthened with a piece of sheeting. Sew this to the bottom of a blanket and use it for tucking-in purposes. Copying pencil stains on fabrics will usually yield to a soaking of the narked part in methylated spirit. If the marks are extensive, gently rub in the methylated spirit with a soft nail-brush. F{AU-DE-COLOGNE is a great asset to the toilet table. It may be used as a reliable astringent. If you find it difficult to persuade your powder to stay on for any length of time owing to an oily skin, a little eau-de-cologne mixed in the palm of your hand with your vanishing cream will act as a corrective and make a good powder soundation. A very good mouth wash may be made by diluting some eau-de-

cologne with a suflicient quantity of distilled water. A few spots of eau-de-cologne dabbed on those annoying "eold" sores that blister and disfigure the lips will often make them disappear before they reach the unsightly stage: Gloves of light kid can be cleaned with milk and soft soap. Lay the gloves on a clean piece of cloth and sponge them with a piece of soft rag dipped in the micture, frequently rinsed. Work down toward the figer tips, stretch into shape, and lay out flat to dry without rinsing.

AN enamel pan which has been badly burnt may be effectively cleaned by being rubbed with fine emery cloth which has been slightly damped. After the cleaning, wash the pan out very earefully. Lemons can be kept fresh for quite a long time if put into a jar and covered with cold water, which should be renewed every other day. WHEN the knob comes off the lid of of the kettle you can make a very good substitute with a screw, a cork, and a scrap of washleather. Cut a tiny circle of washleather and bore a hole throgh it to take the screw. Insert the screw from the inner side of the lid and gently work cork on to the point of it. When a quantity of coal dust has collected in the coal cellars use tt up this way. Soak some newspapers in water, tear them into shreds, and min them into the dust. After making up a fire with pieces of coal, throw a good shovelful of mined dust and paper at the back, and you will find you will not need to put more coal on for some hours. This means a great saving in fuel and consequent economy.