KITCHEN WISDOM

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 124, 11 May 1935, Page 12

KITCHEN WISDOM

Hints That May Be Useful

A little vinegar placed in an open voesel and kept, near the .'love wnile Hying onions lenders the odour of the onions less noticeable.

When boiling cabbage drop olio or two small pieces of bread crust into the Water. This diminishes the unpleasant odour.

Be absolutely titre that your oven is quite clean—a greasy oven is the surest means of causing cooking smells. Scour thoroughly inside and out with strong soda water.

Before cooking any dish that has a strong flavour, sprinkle a tew coffee grains over the top of the stove. The delightful aronia of the burning coffee will overcome ti e odour of the cooking.

To pickle nasturtium seeds for use as capers, wash the seeds and pack them into citan, dry bottles, and cover with seasoned vinegar. Seal and store lor six mouths before using.

Il the bread-crumbs do not adhere to fillet el fried lis.li it is either because

you do not dry and flour the fish before dipping it into beaten egg and then into the sieved brgad-erunibs, or beehuse the frying fat is not sufficiently hot.

Asparagus lips make a delicious sandwich filling. Cut the bread thinly, remove all crust, and butter well. Dip the asparagus in thick mayonnaise, place on the bread slices and roll. Fasten each rolled sandwich with a toothpick, and toast under the grill. When a cake sticks to the bottom of the tin there will be little danger of it breaking if you try this method oi getting it out. Put a wire cake cooler ou top of the cake in the tin, turn it upside down, and rub the bottom of the tin with a damp cloth. Leave for a while, and it should turn out perfectly.