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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12931, 29 July 1905, Page 4 (Supplement)

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. \ THE TABLE. Quickly-made Tkacakks : One pound of flour,'-jib butter, 6oz sugar, £lb currants, one egg, and a dessertspoonful of baking powder, a little milk, and lemon peel, if liked. Bake immediately they are made. Green Butter Sandwich: Boil 2oz parsley, work it , till smooth into a little butter and anchovy paste. Season it with pepper to taste, and spread 011 slices of bread and butter, and three chopped capers, to each sandwich.

. Stewed Veal and Rice : Place 31b of neck of veal in a stewpan, with two teacups of lice, two large onions cut into slices,.pepper, salt, and a little ground ginger. Cover the rice with some good stock, and leave all to simmer gently for four 'or five hours. Chicken Ramekins: Chop the white meat of a fowl extremely line. Add a bit of soda the size of a pea to a half-pint of cream. Put this over the fire, and as it heats add the chicken meat. Cook for a minute, and set aside to cool- When cool add the beaten yolks 61 two eggs, season, and then, fold in'tlic stiffened whiles, Tun) into ' the. buttered ramekins, and bake in a hob oven. Chocolate. Candy Sticks: Beat up the white of one egg to a stiff froth, unci work into it as much icing sugar (about Jib) as you possibly? can. ; Shape the mixture into little rolls, and : then cover with .melted chocolate, .flavoured with vanilla or lemon. Roll the sicks: in grated eocoamit, and set aside to cool'. '; These are delicious.

Sponge' Biscuits: Break into a dish five eggs and.ylb sugar, .with a little grated lemon peel. Whisk it well for a few minutes, then stir in lightly 80/. flour; put it : immediately into well-buttered tins. Bake . five or six minutes in a quick oven. When done, take out of the pans and lay upon paper dusted with sugar. . A Simple White Soup: This .is very.good, and easily made. Take the stock 111 which a fowl has been boiled, add two tablespoonfuls ; of flour, a tablespoonful of cream- or milk, white pepper, salt, and a blade' of mace. , Strait? : stuck through muslin; then put in enamelled, pan, and bring to .the boil, first putting in mace. Mix the flour with the cream or'•milk, and add the salt and pepper, . and when the flour has well boiled and the. soup is thickened it is ready. . ; . Bananas in Batter: An inexpensive, and really an ideal dish as far as .nutriment-is concerned, and so simple if only the principles of 'batter-making are understood. Required—Three bananas, four ounces of flour, half a pint of milk, two eggs, pinch of salt, half-ounce of butter, castor sugar.. Tut the flour and salt in a basifi. Make a %ell in the centre... Break into it the two eggs. Add two tablespoonfuls of the milk. Stir this in smoothly, keeping it like a pool in the centre; .as .the mixture thickens add more milk, till half the milk lias been used, and all the flour is mixed in. Beat the batter well to introduce air into it; add the rest of the milk, and let it stand at least an hour for the starch grains to swell and soften. Melt the. butter in a piedish, or Yorkshire pudding-tin. Peel and cut each banana into six pieces, rounds not cut lengthways., ; i'lace the. 1 *! in the dish. Pour over the batter. Bake in a quick oven till the batter is crisp and brown. Serve whole in the dish, or slip it out and cut-in pieces. In any case\ sprinkle with .castor - sugar, and serve at once, or it becomes tough and leathery. ../;

[\: ' / HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To Restore "Velvet ■ Pile : '.Lake the voli. vet, turn it on the wrong side, and hold it firmly,over a hot iron, on which-a wet cloth has been,placed. The vapours arising will'raise the pile, if just helped by a wi.sk of the hand. •. v Treat New' Crockery in • This Manner: Many mothers feel annoyed at the number- of 'things, that get' broken or cracked, especially if they can ill-afford new ones. The best plan is this: Whenever new crockery, is bought, put in a large pan of cold water, and slowly.' bring /it to the boil. This little hint, will save both money and j annoyaucc.' • ' .. " To Keep the Floor Free From Grease: Many a cook has been' worried when preparing dinner at seeing the fat splutter on the floor, .just-perhaps when it has. been freshly cleaned. The : best tiling to do is at once to pour a little cold water on it as soon as it has fallen 011 the floor. ' It will then' harden, and can be taken up with a knife. , To Revives the' Colour of Carpets A professional carpet-cleaner once told how lie had achieved, his . great secret." He was often asked, to : restore the colour to '• carpets, or to brighten them, and lie. always did 'this Grated a potato freely all over the carpet, and then swept well, and it at once brought up the shades better than anything else. There is no danger of injury. to the most delicate carpet by this method. . An inexpensive "all round" . .clean-" scr can be made as - follows: — One part pumice powder to three • parts soap . powder, mix these two well together. Take an old cocoa tin, knock some holes in the lid with a sharp nail, put your mixture in,' and sprinkle a little on what) you wish to clean. -A Good Way to Clean Gloves: Take a .soft cloth and nib it on. the under side of some • good i soap,* where it has softened by lying in the soap-dish. If the cake is perfectly dry, let it stand for a minute in water, or,, perhaps, dampen the cloth very slightly. This last, however, is risky,' Put the glove 011 the hand, as if forswearing, and rub all the soiled portions with softened soap and hp water. The result will be a cloth covered with dirty stains, and a spotless glove of perfect colour, as . soft- a'nd as supple as ever. The glove'may bo worm ' immediately. The same method can' be ' used for . baby's white kid shoes, and, with slightly more water and a brush, liis white ' canvas shoes can Ibe cleaned. Slices should be stuffed with brown-paper to r keep their shape while drying. . INTERESTED LISTENING. , ; . The art of interested listening lias been neglected.in late years. • > Tliij casual conversationalist -lias the mortification of .see-, ing his listeners eyes rove hither and thither restlessly about the room, while his whole attitude is one of inattention. Waturally enough the talker feels that he is making a" bore of himself, and shuts up abruptly, and oft-times somewhat huiiily, while if lie be an old . person ' lie concludes that good manners are lacking in the younger generation. To be interested in other people, with a personal interest which is' hot in the least the prying impertinence of small-mind-ed people, is a distinct attribute to grace of "character. It : is, besides, one of the greatest compliments that can be paid: to the other person. V Like or dislike him, but nevertheless be interested.

' ATTRACTIVE HANDS. - Few realise the beauty of a perfect Land until. they observe its charm in the gestures of . a polished actress or society woman. There arc no short cuts to having attractive'hands.'' Exquisite care must be bestowed upon' tliem, and especially upon the nails, if the beauty is to be maintained. While there a ye; nails good, bad, and indifferent, none' are quite hopeless if taken vigorously jin hand ■ and given the care which the nature of the case demands. If the hands have been badly neglected a half-dozen treatments by a skilled manicurist will, show a wonderful improvement', and you will pick up some points in. treatment which you can utilise in the home care. . • -. . . ■ ; A: few good tools are essential: _ A pair of sharp curved seizors, a fine nail hie, an orange stick, a chamois covered buffer and nail powder; lemon juice and vaseline.. Always soak the finger-tips in tepid soapy water, slightly perfumed, before beginning treatment. . This softens ' the cuticle and prevents the nails breaking under the. file or scissors. . Trim the nails in a pretty oval, smoothing' down, the edges with, .the file. , If .discoloured under the nail do, not scrape but use the edge of the flat file and also brush with lemon-juice. Press back the scarf skin at the 'base of the nail, avoiding rough pressure, which will cause agnails. If, from neglect, there be quite an accumulation of scarf skin it may be removed by . repeatedly soaking the linger tips and rubbing the skin away with a soft dry cloth,. Rub a little powder on each nail, and polish with the buffer. To whiten the skin use the- following' lotion several times each day. It is - made by mixing, oneNhalfpint of white ' brandy, three ounces white vinegar;- and three ounces of lemon juice.,