HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 April 1907, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

—A Stand for Heavy House PlantsMay be made of a. piece of inch board of any desired size, with batterns on the edges to prevent warping, and fitted with roller-bearing casters. It will bo found a great convenience, _as plants too heavy to bo moved otherwiso may be placed upon it, and pushed wherever i desired. ' — An Easy Way to Amuse a Child. — When the iiiolliei' IS doing housework alone, is to let him cut out pictures Irom papers, dip them in clean water, aiid apply theiH ib the painted, wall of i the kitchen. This Will afforfl the i ' child infinite satisfaction, and keep i ' him employed while his mother is • ; busy. No harm will be done to the wall, '. j for by the time he is tired of his play j ;the pictures will havo begun to curl up . [ arid rlfop off; ' — To Prevent Adenoids. — i s A doctor, whose speciality is the - : treatment of children, says that if every • , mother taught her child to blow his . ' noso the last thing at night before go--1 ing to bad, and the first thing in the i morning after his tub, there would bs , fewer cases of adenoids than there are. » The habit of snoring would also disap- • pear in many instances. ! —A Drink of Water.— ; Tiny babies need water to drink as : muoh aa older children. Fretfulness and ■ riso of temperaturt are frequently causI ed by want of it. Milk does not have i the same refreshing effect, because to an infant it is more of a food than a i driitk.. Boil tlit? 'rater first, let it cool, ' and give the baby a teaspoonful oi- to I two or three times a day. — Swollen Glands. — Local applications are of little, if aiiy use. The latest and most reliable opinion dictates that they should be touched ns little as possible. Never on any account riibbed or fomented. The one thing .necessary for ctire is that the child shall live an absolutely hygienic ■ life. Plenty of fresh air day and n)i<'it, ' but iio draughts, plenty of milk and ■ cream, bread and butter, sugar and pot atoes mashed with milk and butter, very little exercise, diet ample and fat-producing, and cod liver oil as a medicine. If in spite of all precautions the swellings increase and skin qecoities feddened, take child to a skilful Snrpeoiii — Tomato Soup. — | Ono pound of cooking tomatoes, one 3 cni'rot. ono turnip, one onion, one tea--1 spoonful celery sc^ds, ton peppercorns, 1 one tablespoonful o*t cornflour, otlfi ijunrt : of water, loz of butter, pepper, sail, two lumps of sugar, cochineal to colI our. Melt the butter in a large 1 saucdpall, -and fry the vegetables (slic--1 cd), for. flvg minutes? Pour, ill the writer; anil pepp/r arid, salt arid.peppercorns, and let it ilil boil gently nntil s the vegetables are tender. Then pass • tehm through a wire sieve and heat up .again. Mix the- cornfloor with a; a little water, mid adtl if. to the soup j when it is boiling. Boil for five ihin- j utes, and if needed to be coloured add the cochineal, and it is then ready to be served. . — Banana Jam., — 3 This is an original and new jam, and very delicious. Skin some bananas, weigh six pounds when skinned, cut in to nice even pieces about an inch in - length, strain the juice of three leme ons, and put into preserving pan with - two lali(e juicy pears, peeled and cut s up small, aiid five pounds preserving 5 sugar,. When boiling put in the bana- - iiaS,, boll ior ait Hour; arid then pot. c This is a very unique pre^ervi, and cannot be bought in the shops. — To Keep Parsley Green for Winter ; Use.— s Take the amount of parsley required, -- H-ash well in cold water, squeeze the ; water well out. Chop finely on a chops ping board, and leave till thoroughly , dry. PHi into paper .bags, nn;l it will , keep green any length of time: Keep A in a dry place. . | —To Cook Eggs.— ] Place the ct in a saucepan of boiling I - — *gJV?Jgr, —

[water, and put the lid on. I hen move the saucepan at once from the ! fire and let it stand on the hearth for six minutes; When a number aro cooked a longer time is required, becaust each additional egg lowers the degree of heat. Thus for six eggs allow about 12 minutes. — La Plincesse Bouquet Pudding. — Well butter pudding basin, cover thickly with brown sugar, line with a ! rich butter or suet crust, as for a meat pudding. Put in Alb or more dried currants (according to the size of tho bafiln) arid any other kinds of fruit, a. little grated liut, apples, oranges, strawberries, raspberries, bananas, raisins; Sic. .<hen full, put on the top crust, bake) ibr foiir hours, then turri ifc out. It should be a Very iiice broWri. This pudding can also be boiled tntf? hours.