Woman to Woman

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 261, 31 July 1937, Page 5 (Supplement)

Woman to Woman

For Mutual Help All readers who require help in any matter of household management. cookery, etiquette, needlework, or dress may make use of this column for their inquiries. There is no charge, the only condition being that the full name and address is given. This is not for publication, but for record ’ purposes only. Those requiring a reply by post are asked to send a stamped and addressed envelope. A prize of half a crown is given each week for the best housewifery hint received for this column by “Woman’s World Competition.” The prize for this week has been won by Mrs. T., Hastings. To Keep Your Thermos Sweet. Before putting away a thermos flask keep it sweet in this manner. Put some crushed egg-shells into the flask, then half fill with cold water. Cork and leave until you need it again. All it will require is a rinse with boiling water.—Mrs. T„ Hastings. A Saving On Eggs. When making meat rissoles or fish cakes, add flour and baking powder instead of an egg to bind, using one tablespoon flour and one saltspoon powder to about 12 medium-sized cakes. The powder makes them delightfully light. If flour is mixed with the brown crumbs, the rissoles or cakes can be dipped in milk and then in the crumbs. Be sure the fat is smoking hot and they will be beautifully crisp when cooked. Do nob put too many into the pan at once; add them slowly or they will cool the fat. Drain on to one paper then move on to a clean paper so that no fat will cling.—Thrift, Wellington. A Tea Hint. If a packet of tea is opened, and the contents spread on a clean sheet of paper and placed in a warm oven for 10 minutes, not only will the flavour be improved, but the tea will go further. Tea cosies lined with chamois leather retain the heat marvellously. Try it next time you are lining one, and you’ll find the tea keeps hob to the very last drop.—Mrs, D., Wanganui. Leather Holders. Good kettle or iron holders can be made from the upper leather of wornout boots. Put two pieces of leather together, cover with cretonne or other suitable material, bind and form a loop for hanging. This holder; though thin, really protects the hand. —Ella, Masterton. For Picnic Parties. The greaseproof cartons in which cereal foods are packed are excellent for keeping sandwiches or cakes moist. When picnicking pack butter in a glass jar, wrap that in moist muslin and cover all with a carton. The butter will keep fresh and hard, and the moisture will not get through to spoil other provisions.—“ Judy," Greytown. A Use for Skewers. When cooking a large fruit cake stand three or four iron skewers round the centre of the mixture. The heat will then be conducted to the centre, and the cake will cook in a very much shorter time.—Mrs. P., Dannevirke.