HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume 198, Issue LVII, 21 August 1926, Page 26

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

The less fat there is in pastry, the quicker it.will cook. Put a pinch of salt to coffee before adding the boiling water, and the flavour will be improved. T!ie water in which potatoes have been boiled i«s excellent for removing stains from silver. To remove mildew, rub the stain with soap, cover with lemon juice and chalk, and leave in the sun for a time; then wash as usual." Hot milk is an excellent restorative for those who are exhausted by fasting or over-exertion. A good substitute for cream for coffee or chocolate is made by beating the white of an egg with a little fresh butter. Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have become hardened through rain soaking, and make them ac pliable as when new. To disinfect the sink, pour down it a gallon of boiling water mixed with two tablespoone'fuls of soda and a teaepoonful of ammonia. This will dissolve any greasy matter there may be in the pipe. To make glue that will resist the action of water, soak ordinary glue in water until it softens; remove it before it has lost its original form, and dissolve it in linseed oil over a slow fire until it is of the consistence of a jelly. Stains can be removed from wallpaper by coating the affected area with a mixture of pipeclay .*nd -water about the consistency of cream. It should be allowed to remain on for 24 hours, and can then be removed with a fairly stiff harsh. To clean wallpaper which looks dingy, but is not in a bad condition, rub with a soft cloth dipped in flour, or with a piece of stale bread. Paper in which butter, margarine, or lard has been wrapped should be kept and used as a lining for cake-tins, as a covering for a pudding which is to be steamed, and for wrapping'up suet rolypoliee before putting them into a cloth to be boiled. These papers are all ready without any more greasing, co there is a- saving of both time and labour.