HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1922, Page 19

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A correspondent asks liovv to wash and t-iirl a sheejj.skin rug. Make a tubfnl of hike warm soupy latlier mnd immerse the skin unci wash till clean. Do not use. hot, water or the skin will s-hrink. Then hang on line to dry and shake at intervale, and tlie skiii will return to in original state of curl only. Some -kins do not curl well naturally. Pt'M-I'KIX JAM. A correspondent request* us to repeat a recipe for pumpkiu jam which she ' thought very good. Ingredients. To each Tb of pumpkin add 17b of sugar, -1 ta/blcspoonfuls of lemon juice, ihe finely grated rind of one lemon. an<l \ a tea-spoonful of ground ginger. Method, i'tivc mill hahe the pumpkin, remove the seeiK .md slice thinly. Lay tin- slid- i Uirtr,. ,|m|i. ...,\..rii'i.r each lnyer thickly witli the Migar. add the lemon juice, iiiid lei romnin for throe days. Turn the whole into a preserving pan, add the lemon rind and ginger, and continue Hie cooking until the slices of pumpkin are not broken but quite tonder. Transfer carefully to an earthenware bowl and let remain for seven days, covered, hen lift the slices of pumpkin into the jars and strain the syrup into a .preserving pan. Boil the syrup till it will draw into a thread between the thumb and finger, cool and pour over and you will have a very excellent substitute for preserved ginger.