HELPFUL KITCHEN HINTS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6849, 2 March 1929, Page 15

HELPFUL KITCHEN HINTS

Let potatoes stand in very hot water for 15 minutes before baking, and then put them in a. very hot oven. This will save time and fuel. If- milk is used instead of water when mixing mustard for the table, it will look fresh for several hours, A drop of cinnamon extract and three or four drops of vanilla added to a pot of chocolate greatly improve the flavour. "’in'making tomato soup the milk will not curdle if ono pours the hot inilk into the hot tomato—not the tomato into the milk. To keep the contents of the cake box moist, place two apples in it, replacing by fresh apples the old ones as they wither.

To prevent cheese from getting hard, spread a. thick film of butter over the cut part and cover the piece with clean cloth. Grate stale cheese and keep it in a glass container with a perforated top, to be used in any au gratin dish, cheese straws, cheese sauces, etc. Dtilise odd bits of ham, meat, cheese, etc., by putting them through the meat chopper, then rubbing the mixture to a paste and using it as sandwich fillings. To keep sandwiches fresh, place them in an earthen dish. Set tho dish in a pan of cold water and they will keep fresh for several hours. . Hang oranges and lemons in wire baskets and they will keep fresh much longer. Lemons kept in a bowl of cold water will remain fresh a long time. Prick, an egg with a pin beforo boiling and it will not crack. Salt, when applied with a soft cloth, will remove from silver the stains caused by eggs. When boiling rice add a little lemon juice to the water. This gives tho rice a white appearance and keeps the grains separated. A little lemon juice added to a frosting while it is being beaten makes it white and frothy. When placing dishes on ice, use' rubber-rings under thorn to prevent their slipping. ' . . t

After freezing ice cream, empty the cracked ice into a sack. When the ice has melted, nearly all tho salt remains to be used agaim Use tt-pon nib for, removing stones from -cherries when - preserving or- preparing canned-ones for salads. Put a handful of . raisins on top of : apples when making applo pie and improve its-flavour. . AfteT frying onions, pour a little vinegar in the frying pan. Let it get hot and it will .remove the smell from the pan. To prevent • gravy from soaking through the bottom crust of meat pies, brush over the crust with the. white of an egg. Add a little boiling water to an omelet to keep it from being tough. Before boiling milk, always rinse out the saucepan with cold water. This will tend to prevent the milk from burning.