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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 6 (Supplement)

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8? TEA TABLE DAINTIES. An " Excellent- Cake.—Take fib butter and beat to' a cream mix with it the whites and yolks of 'six eggs beaten separately. "Warn at' the t fire lib of flour, to which fib of white castor sugar, a little nutmeg, and a pinch of salt have been added. ' Stir in the mixture of eggs and butter to this, working them in very gradually, and beating the whole together for at least half an hour. Add a glass of white wine very slowly, and continue beating the mixture for ten minutes. Butter a cake tin and bake for at least an hour in a quick oven. A Delicious Recipe for Buns.—Rub 4oz of butter into 21b of flour. Add 4oz of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of carefullypicked sultanas. , Mix together two tablespoonfuls of cream with a dessert spoonful of baking powder, and a gill of new milk. Mix with dry ingredients, adding as much more milk as is required to form a light paste. Divide and bake in a quick oven on a greased tin. Castle Cakes. —Mix together soz of sugar, lib of flour, a pinch of salt, and a 6aitspooiiful of pounded cinnamon and grated nutmeg. Well beat an egg. and stir in slowlv w'th the dry ingredients. Next well beat a little butter, and add sufficient of this to make the paste moist enough to roll out nicely. Knead it well, then roll out rather thin, and cut the paste into pretty shapes and bake in a fairly quick • oven. Biscuit Cake.— lib of flour add five eggs, which have been well beaten. Add Boz of sugar, a dessert spoonful ?of orange flower water, and a pinch of salt. Beat the' whole mixture for ten minutes and pour into a.greased tin- Bake in a fairly quick oven for the first ten minutes; then decrease the heat gradually, and bake for about another throe-quarters of an hour. . " ' . -

Sandwiches De Luxe. —Take four or five .sardines, and after removing the heads and tails, pound them with a knife in a tablespoonful of vinegar, to •which salt • and pepper have been added. Chop a head of parsley very fine and take the yolk of one hard-boiled egg, and mix all together into a paste. f Spread on thin slices of bread and butter, form into sandwiches, and cut into triangular shapes. Another .excellent, sandwich is made by» cutting some slices >of cucumber rather fine and laying them in vinegar to which salt and pepper, have been added. Soak, them for about five minutes, then remove, atST allow them to drain well., when each slice should be spread with any good fish paste.- • _ *\ Tea Cakes.—Rub, together Alb of flour wit2i ilb of fresh butter. ' "• Wash, dry, and pick 4.1b »of currants or sultanas and .mix with 6oz of brown sugar; add these to .the flour,;etc.*; : and mix into a paste with • -"■ the yolks of,two eggs, the white of one, -."' and a dessertspoonful rof brandy.*; 801 l *-'•;;.; the paste three-quarters of san inch thick, and bake, until well risen and light. '-";' Cracknels.-—Grate half a nutmeg into "" v lib of flour, j n Beat the yolk;of .four ? eggs v thoroughly ..and. add to the flour, making - :; ; the V whole into < a stiff -paste with cold •water. Into this roll "".lb of fresh bntter. Divide .the; paste; shape the pieces into cracknel form,:and put them into* a sauce- ', ..pan of fast-boiling water, and cook them '*' quickly until they float on the'water.; ."Then take them, cut, and pat them into - cola : water. As soon as X they are' hard remove giem and ..let. them dry. 'They should then be baked for a'few minutes,"" i "Ejcellent"s»Us.—Warm loz of butter in half-pint'..-of milk, and add, by degrees, to 21b of floor, into which a teaspoon) of salt and tablespoouful of baking' powder has been thrown. Shape the mixture into rolls and, bake in a quick oven. ■ ■■••.., ■-.; .■■■■■■.■■■ •- f -". FOUR SAVOUMES. Tomato Toast.—Ron a.quart of stewed tomatoes through .a colander, put in a _ ; etewpan, season with butter, pepper and' ■■'■: salt, and sugar to ; taste. V Cut slices of bread ' thin^brown:-" on both sides, butter,* :■..'-£ and lay oh a dish; and just before serving - -'i add a pint of good sweet ;cream to the • toma' "~s and pour, over:,the,"','"'. * """""■ Cheese Straws.—-Mix together five tablespoonfuls of' flour, a" scant half teaspoon - "- .fa! of.salt,';and:;ilbj; or ; grated ,-. cheesed Add the beaten yolKwf a large egg, and'' enough ice. cold .water, to make, a stiff paste.- . -;. Roll this paste \ into a- sheet an : ', eighth ■ of; an ' inch thick, then: cut it into ;.■ strips 'an "eighth of an inch wide and four or: five inches long. Bake, in a-.very quick oven for about ten minutes,; or ; until they are a very light brown. Make some of the paste into small rings, bake ~ them, V then, slip little ; bundles *of the - i ;- straws * through them. -. " «-~ -.;>. >f. .■" - Devilled Almonds. — Blanch Jib of .■•£•■■ almonds, throw them into cold water and then dry thoroughly in a cloth. -- Put the almonds into a frying-pan, in which 2oz of batter .are frizzling. "Fry until a golden brown, drain on a sieve in front of ■ the fire, sprinkle; with &■ salt a and cayenne, and serve very hot. >. . Fish Savoury—Chop finely the remains of a. sole or any white fish, and mix it - with loz of butter, a pinch of cayenne, ;.'.-. and a tablespoonful ;of anchovy sauce' -■;.,,' let this mixture simmer gently for a few minutes, then spread it on rounds of hot ;.; ,-.burred- toast, sprinkle over it a few Pj. o ** l v shrimps;- and garnish with small slices 01 hard-boiled eggs.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A Curtain Hint?—lf curtains are alJcv.< ' to dry "thoroughly- before being .■ . starched, it will be found, that they -will • last clean longer. To Clean Silver.—lf a-little ammonia is -added kto the * water J in *, which silver or > glassware jis washed, lb > brightens it - T '.>. wr.nderfully. - Ammonia .is i good for re- - moving grease from dishes, too. : To * .Wash . Windows— When washing , windows .;.; always ',. , use'..; lukewarm water, ' end*add a little starch* to, it ; instead of soap.> V The result is' beautifully clear i windows,' without*' as J much z £ work .'- : on : them. ' \i " ' '*'*'- J v l-r- "i.> .^ "■' -^-; "Protective Power of Planael.— The ; experience of our military and naval .Bur-t geons all tends to prove that there is no greater preservative from the dysenteric and febrile affections of hot -'weather than woollen clothing next the- skin. • '■>■"■'* .-;'' Economy in Vegetables—Strip rhubarb • leaves free from the ribs, and cook them like spinach, adding a teaspoonful of vinegar. This has somewhat the flavour of sorrel, and is a very pleasant change in vegetables- , . Copper Pans.— efficiently cleanse copper pans used for cooking make a mixture of very fine silver sand and salt and cover it with vinegar. Stir this mixture well, and apply it to the cupper with a piece of soft rag;, rubbing vigorously. " .-'. To . Clean Glass Bottles.—Cut a raw potato; .a small dice that go in easily put m a small amount of water, shake' end they will be beautifully clear This lias an obvious advantage* over paper, KS&*£* ifc SU-a-BB An Important Pomt._As soon as tv. tins isidono ouickly thVvJtfee«i*f« »i* f W*a dark shade; S^"^- to in the usual way. P - . lth whltl «g Excellent for Steel.-Crocus ■ • admirable for steel" Mix Tt P -^ der lasalad oil and put in on V. m5 h pnre night. • Next morning"y^?^ clean the steel with V«l P«te «rf ndpowder and finely-crushed bath brick * To Clean -Ivory._\v a sh wnii ; ■ I -, Avarm soap Wr, St a la," b" t Jor any carved parts - PLf • J 5 " 1 ? 1 ' . tuiwhlne for some hoiir- ,' U ? € '" bright ™* with swnv w2', keepm « tho ivw y