HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 185, 22 July 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

A GOOD IDEA. When limewashi'ig an outside wall or fence, put two handfuls of salt in each pail of lime wash. The .salt prevents the rain washing it off. STICKING STOPFERS.

Vi hen decanters arc left untouched for a long time the stoppers are very apt to get fast, so that they cannot ba removed without the risk of breaking the bottle. This may be easily avoided by wrapping each stopper ii* paper before putting it into the mouth of the decanter. SOAR SCRAPS. In household use scraps of soap aro often thrown away. To prevent this warte. put all together in a tin, add a small quantity of water, and put in the oven to bake. It will form into a. solid cake. Leave it in the tin till cold, then put a knife round the edge, and turn out. SALT IN THE LAUNDRY.

Salt should bo used to fix colours that have softened and run in the washing. It must not ffe used in the washing water, as it mal:<*s soap useless; but the rinsing water ought to bo rather salty. A good handful of salt to a gallon of -water is the :ivcrag;* proportion. Salt should be added to the soaking water for handkerchiefs and hu-o curtains, as it renders the washing an easier process. Salt .and beeswax make rusty flatirons as clean and smooth as glass. DON’T THROW IT AWAY.

Cold coffee should be put into a jug. and kept till washing-tlav* comes along. Then, if you aro washing a frnck, blouse, or apron made of hollancl or brown linen, a dash of coffee in iii*- water will fix the colour and prevent the garment from looking faded. Brown silk and ribbon ri 10ll ]<l aDo bo Ivasin—l in coffee. anti so should any Lice which is at nil yellow or ecru in tint. LEMON PIE. Tal.o one L mon, one cup of sugar anti one of water, a tabh-pmnifot of cornflour, tiro eggs, and criough sh, ;■», paste to line a soup-plate, '—ran- r.'w lemou-rind. and place i. v, ith t i.c strained put e, yolk< of eg. nnd ”Lher ing redi<?iits in a bowl. Stand th* bowl in a saucepan of. boiling v.:i’”r. ■■••>■' boil until tho mixture t-’d rmg i'rcqin ntly. Line tl:e {.flat*: with thn paste, and bake until a very light hrow.i. Pour in tho mixture, beat tho whites of tho eggs as stiffly as possible, sweeten Un-- froth siigi’tlv, and pile on the top. Pat th*? pie Lai-k in the oven with, tlm door open, and leave for a few minutes. A REFRESH ING DRINK.

Put a. hrenkfastenpful of ton into ft largo jug. add two largo lemons •*i;t in slices, sugar tn taste, and fill np wiih water. Stand in a cool nhiee for an hour or tuo. Any t-m left in the t.-ip-it. can b.* used, and the lemons will do two or three times. STTQTI.IM'R, of mftton. boned AND STIT'FED. - — ~ - —- — ■ Choose a medium-sized should r of mutton, and get the butcher to remove the hono without cutting it open. Pack tli-' space with a very savoury seasoning. moistened with a beaten egg’. Roll •ip thi' joint, ami tie «iv.li string, snrinkle with salt and fiour. and put into a baking-tiu. When browned, add a little hot wr.t *r. ami keep on basting. Serve with lh><-k grew. 'lbis is a much more economical joint than a plain shoulder.

DOMESTIC STRATEGY. Mrs. Aybiuy: ‘Tin going to take my husband will: nte to help <-hoe.se out now wallpiip’-r this afternoon.” Mrs Beehury: “V-.’hat ever for? M.hnt do men know about such things.'' Mrs Avlmrv: “Nothing, my _dnothing at all. But if it doesn’t hudns nice as f think it should, f 'iui snv it wis all iiis fault!”