SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

Golden Bay Argus, Volume VI, Issue 62, 5 August 1897, Page 3

SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

To Clean Egg-Spoons.—Take upon the discoloured spoon a good pinch of salt. Press the ball of the thumb well down on the salt, and rub it well into the spoon. In a few seconds the spoon will be quite free from discoloration. Rinse the spoon in a little water. Do not throw away old linoleum, for, cut into strips, it is excellent for making fires burn, and saves firewood. In selecting a ham, pierce through the thick part with a meat-knife. If the blade draws out clean the ham is a good one ; but if the fatty substance sticks to it, another selection should be made. Burns should at once have the air excluded from them. Make a paste of ordinary kitchen whitening, place this on the burn, and renew as it dries. A little paraffin applied with a cloth to a dirty sink will at once thoroughly cleanse it from all grease and dirt. When the colour has been removed from silk by any acid having been dropped upon it, it may be restored by applying to the place a little hartshorn or salvolatile.

Put a teaspoonful of salt into the glass receiver of your lamp with the oil about once in six weeks, and you will not be much troubled with smoky chimneys. Lamp wicks must be changed often to ensure good light, as they will soon become clogged, and tire oil does not pass through them treely. A clear flame will be certain if the wicks are soaked in vinegar twenty-four hours before using. This is an easy way of removing smell and taste ot fish from frying-pans. Fry well in a pan previously used tor fish a piece of very fat bacon, drain off the grease, dry with a dish cloth, and the pan should be free from taste or smell of fish.