VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6616, 22 May 1928, Page 11

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A FEW DON’IS. Don’t put pepper into anything that has to bo fried. Its presence causes rissoles or croquettes to break in the frying pan. Don’t add flour to boiling milk when making a sauce. Blond the flour with cold milk, or the sauco will not be free | from lumps. !

Don’t fry onions in fat that is merely bubbling. Wait till the surface is still and a thin lino of blue smoke arises from it. Don’t let macaroni, or rice boil longer than 20 minutes. And don’t forget to add salt when the water boils. , Don’t put milk puddings in a hot oven, or pastry in a cold one. Cleaning Tips. Polish new copper and brass once a month, by using a little good furniture cream instead of a gritty metal polish Thus, the lacquer will not wear oif. If straw matting needs refreshing, sponge it with strong salt and water. If it is very faded and stained, make it as good as new by giving it a couple of coats of good paint. Before applying tho paint, scrub the matting well with soda water and let it dry. To remove disfiguring smoko marks from the ceiling, cover tho soiled parts with a thick paste of starch and cold water, using a piece of clean white flannel to spread the mixture over the spots. Let the paste become quite dry; then brush it away with a soft brush. You will find that with the starch you have also brushed away tho black marks.

You can use many things you might be inclined to throw away. Starch, for instance, after it has performed its first duty can bo used instead of water for whitening doorsteps and with much better results.

Woodash is tho best of all metal polishers. Steel, brass, and even aluminium can be cleaned and polished with the flaky white ash that comes from burnt wood.

An excellent soap jelly may bo made by dropping tho soap-ends of tho household into a two-pound earthenware jam jar. When the jar is a quarto* full, add a Jump of soda, and fill it, up with boiling water. ’Put on the side of the stove till dissolved, stirring occasionally with a wooden stick. When cold a stiff soap jelly will have formed.