HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

INVALID C O O K E RI, INVALIDS’ EGG JELLY. Invalids often turn against eggs, which figure largely in their restricted menu. A patient will take an egg in this form, when the sight of a boiled or poached one would make him turn from it. Small moulds are preferable to largo ones, as jelly never looks nice after it has once been cut, and invalids’ food should always .bo daintily served. Take 2 eggs, 6 ozs. loaf sugar, 1 oz. of sheet gelatine, 2 lemons, the juice made up to a pint with cold water. Hub the sugar on the lemonrind, squeeze the juice, and make up to a pint with water. Beat the eggs, and put all the ingredic'nts into an enamelled saucepan; whisk until it is almost boiling, but do not boil. Strain and set in little moulds rinsed with cold water; when firm dip into warm water and turn out.

-X- « * * RAW BEEF JI’ICE.

Take of loan beef, ishi-cd very fine, and cover with 4oz,s. of water; add a pinch of salt and stand in a cool place for eight to twelve hours. This is very much :sc-d 'hi hospitals for infants and invalids. Tn this way you get the albumen of the beef in the pure form. * » * *• ALBUATEN WATER. This is very often given when children and patients can retain nothing else. Beat up the whites of 2 eggs, add half a pint of tepid (boiled) water, and a pinch of salt. FOR NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Ox brains ns a diet are very good and recommended by the medical profession to be eaten, nt least three times a week for nervous breakdown. The brains must be soaked tn >lukcwarm water for some time, to remove discoloration. When clean, place them in an oil marinade to preserve, leaving for two hours. Then slowly cook. * # * ‘ * BAKED AIILK. Tills is an admirable food for con.snmptive people nnd most invalids. To make it, put half a gallon of pure milk into a stone jar; cover with strong writing-paper, and tie down tightly. Leave it in a moderate oven for about eight hours, or until it has become the consistency of cream. TOXIC REFRF.SHATENTS OR DRINKS. Anything that has the advantage of being at, all novel or tasty is of great value to both invalid and nurse. Perhaps few people Know what a splendid thirst-quencher tomato-juice is — for feverish invalids especially. The juice of n fresh ripe tomato strained well, set on ice. and given to a patient a spoonful at a time, is moot refreshing, and will euro the excessive thirst, not merely alleviate it. AN EXCELLENT FOOD. For anyone with consumptive tendencies, obtain Jib. best mutton suet and add 1.1- pints of new milk. Boil all together, first catting snot up (fine. Tins quantity should bo used daily and taken lukewarm, or cold. The patient nil! find that his chest will get quite strong and he will also make flesh. AIARROAV-BONESI. Few people' know what a lot of nourishment tin re is in the fat of marrowbones. .and what tfeonmical dishes it makes. A large bone often contains J]b. of marrow. The bone itself will make a pint of good stock. The following is a nutritious and delicious pudding, particularly good for children and weak-chested people. Take Jib. of marrow, and the same quantity of breadcrumbs, -lib. of chopped figs, ami suiliciciit. water or milk to moisten. Chop the marrow finely, and add a small quantity of flour. Alix all well together and boil for three hours. Should the weather be warm, and the marrow not firm, it can be rubbod into the flour, in place of chopping. * «• «■ * FRENCH BEANS. AA'hen very young, French beans should not be cut up but boilc-d whole, as the flavour is destroyed by the former method. They are generally sliced when, more fully grown. Cream is an excellent adjunct with beaus. HO-ME HINTS. A Few Drops of Oil AViil make a stiff look turn easily. When Putting Blacktead on Stoves, Use a paint-brush and polish with old newspapers. To Prevent Holes AA’earing in the Heels of Children’s Stockings, Rub a little soap on the inside of the heel of their shoes or boots. Should the Oven Be Too Hot For baking, place a bowl of cold water in it to reduce the temperature. To Remove Flv-Snots from Mirrors and Winlow-P.aneis Dip a sc,ft rag in paraffin and rub glass. All the spots will disappear.

To Remove Stains from Enamelled Saucepans rise crushed eggshells. Thee will

answer the purpose better than either ashes or sand. * * * * When Washing Windows Adel .a squeeze from the blue rag to the water and the windows will h.ok clearer and brighter. * * * *

'Hie White of an Egg, If brushed over the inside of the paper used for revering jam-pots, will make the pot perfectly air-tight. *«‘ * * Scraps of Dry Cheese

Should be collected, placed in a stoppered bottle, and used for Havouriig, macaroni or making cheese savouries.

To Prevent Knives from Rusting Polish and bury in a box of sawduet till required. This is the best way of keeping knives when not in use * * * *

To Remove Stains from White KmreHandles,

Alix together equal parts of whiting and powdered pumice-stone, dip a damp cloth in the mixture, and rub the handles.

MAKES THE PENDING NICER

All housewives know that a tight pudding-cloth will prevent tho crustrising. thus spoiling the pudding.. V» hen next eon boil a pudding see

that you pleat the cloth in ilia manner shown in the illustration, as this allows for tho extra portion which swells in the process of cooking. If this idea bo carried out- much trouble and disappointment will he saved.

THE USEFUL LEMON. These are some of the things lemons can do for you :— Squeeezd into a glass of water every morning and drunk, it will keep the stomach in the best of order, and will nevr let dyspepsia get into it. If yon have dark hair .and it seems to be falling out, rub a slice of lemon on your scalp, .and it will stop that little trouble promptly. Squeezed into a quart of milk, it will give you a mixture to rub on your face night and morning, and give you a clear complexion. If you have a bad headache, rub slices of lemon along the temple. The pain will not be long in disappearing, or at least in growing easier to bear. If a bee or an insect sting you, put a few drops of lemon juice on the spot. .11 you have a troublesome corn, rub it with lemon after taking a hot bath, and cut away the corn. Besides all this, it is always ready for the preparation of old-laslimned lemonade. Altogether, the lemon is an article few can afford to get along without. APHOUISMS FROM VOLTAIRO. When reason comes, miracles go. This world is n great Bedlam, wherefools chain up other fools. Superstition is the mother of hvnocrisy.

Persecuted and persecutors, martyrs and executioners, each in their turn equally .stupid, equally rabid, kill and die in defence or refutation of arguments at which prelates laugh while collecting the espoits of the dead and the ready money of the living. Dogmas have provoked disputes, disputes have produced and factions have given birth e. every crime.

Is all this theological nonsense very useful to man? Is there, any sensible man vrho believes that the God of the Lniverso will one day ask of us whether the son is of the same nature as the father, or of a similar nature? Have those vain subtleties anything in common with our duties?

It docs not beseem a priest to write history; a historian ought to be disinterested on all points, and a priest is so on none.

riivi’e are wise men who maintain that we should leave superstition to the rabble, as we leave to them the public house. Other wise men say: 11 None of these .superstitions have produced good ; many have caused great evils. Let us abolish them.”