HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS?

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3253, 16 April 1943, Page 2

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THIS?

When knitting Balaclava helmets it is often difficult to knit the remaining stitches on two needles after putting chin stitches on a safety-pin, but if the work is continued on three or four needles for at least one inch it is then easy to 'use the two needles for the back of the head without any stretching at corners. chicken and a good deal more flavoursome, prepare the bird as usual, steam till tender, then joint it. Brush all over with warmed dripping, sprinkle with flour and brown the pieces in oven or under grill. Serve with potatoes (boiled or steamed till quite tender and then browned under the grill) and a brown' gravy. A sweet sauce that is just a little different: Make an ordinary white sauce with cornflour and milk, but sweeten with brown sugar and add a sprinkle of cinnamon. Carrot honey, to serve with cold meats, is made by mixing a quart of grated raw carrot, strained juice of four lemons and the grated rind of two, and four cups of sugar. Heat slowly, simmer till thick and clear, turn into hot clean jars and seal.

If damp shoes are placed on a concrete floor overnight, and, if possible, moved several times, the con- ( Crete will absorb the damp from the soles and they will be dry by the morning.

To dry socks , in winter,use a triangle shape wire coat-hanger. Peg on instead of to the line, and they can be taken in or out at any moment. Besides saving time it saves getting them wet if rain comes on suddenly.

Do not throw away your old singlets or petticoats, no matter whether they are woollen or cotton. Cut them into babys’ petticoats, singlets and pilehers. Crochet round the edges and draw ribbon through, and you have nice little sets that will keep out the cold.

Fill a tin with the paper wrappings from cases of fruit and put it in the kitchen. They have many uses, notably for wiping greasy cake and bread-tins and for cleaning soiled hands.