HOUSEHOLD ABC

Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 21

HOUSEHOLD ABC

A LITTLE arrowroot mixed with tabic salt will prevent it caking in the salt-collar. BULLING water (one tablespoon) added to a cake just before it is put into the oven will make it rise better. CUTLETS may be fried successfully in cracker biscuit crumbs it' there is a shortage of dry bread for the purpose. DRESS suit lapels which have become shiny should be sponged with a solution of washing blue and water. EGGS will poach well in ol<J tea cups, if a small piece of butter is placed in the bottom of each, the egg broken in and the cups placed in a pan of boiling water. This method keeps them free from water and avoids damp toast. FRIED food is not easily digested by many people. Such dishes as lambs’ fry, crumbed cutlets, sausages, etcl, are more digestible and sometimes more tasty when prepared in a baking tin in the oven. REASED brown paper placed over a 'JL cake tin in the oven will prevent the top of the cake from burning. HAVE beetroot served hot as a vegetable for a change. Boil as usual, skin while hot, and serve with a white sauce, or melted butter, and chopped parsley. TF soda is used in cooking vegetables «■ to keep thorn green, it should be in very small quantities (one-sixteenth of a teaspoon to one quart, of water is sufficient), otherwise it will destroy the vitamins and damage the flavour. JAMS will keep better if waxed paper cut to the exact size of the jar is ■put on the top before the jam- is set. Covers should also be tied while the contents are warm. KEEP the following recipe for albumen water handy; doctors frequently order it. Beat the whites of three new-laid eggs, adding one pint of cold water gradually. A few drops of lemon juice and a little sugar may also be added. LEATHER straps used for packing, etc., should be rubbed with salad oil before putting away; it will prevent them from cracking. TMTUSHROOMS should never be heated ItJ. U p again after being cooked. They become unwholesome. ■jVTEVER add salt to meat when grilli’ ing until it is nearly cooked. The salt tends to extract the meat juices. OYSTERS should only be warmed through. When overheated they become tough and indigestible. PASTRY which is to be eaten cold should be allowed to cool slowly. Rapid cooling will make it heavy. QUICK cooking is preferable for vegetables. If cooked too long they arc robbed of nutriment, good colour, and flavour. They should be cooked only until tender. Spinach, for instance, can be cooked, in from five to eight piinntes. ©PONGE cakes will not rise if put into an oven which is too hbt. Test with flour, which should turn light brown in five minutes if the oven is right. , miLES in old-fashioned fireplaces, it -®- highly coloured and patterned, frequently oppose the decorative scheme of the room. Try lacquering them to the desired plainness and shade. TTSE a small pinch of bicarbonate of soda when stewing acid fruits. Loss sugar will then be necessary. VINEGAR is one of the best prescriptions for hiccoughs. One teaspoonful is sufficient. \l/ r IRE mattresses can be prevented from rusting and staining the ticking by being painted over with aluminium paint. A mattress already rusted can be treated successfully in this manner also.