READERS' EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22094, 27 April 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)

READERS' EXCHANGE

POPULAR PUMPKIN PIE

In answer to a request from P.P. (Waikino), "Penrose Reader" has sent the following excellent recipe for pumpkin pie. Take two cupß cooked and strained pumpkin, two cups rich milk or cream, one cup brown sugar, one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful ginger powder, two teaspoonfuls cinnamon, half teaspoonful allspice and two beaten eggs. Mix pumpkin with milk and beaten egg, salt and spices.. Add sugar, beat two minutes, pour into pie tin lined with pastry. Place in hot ovan at 475 degrees for 15 minutes, then lower heat to 400 degrees, and bake 45 minutes or until filling is firm. llianks are also due to Mrs. H.A.G.T. for a similar recipe. Curing Bacon and Ham A. reliable reference book gives the following directions for curing bacon and. hams. They should be useful to S.A.W. "As soon as the animal heat is gone, salt with plenty of the purest salt, and about £oz. saltpetre to 1001b. pork. In about five weeks take it out, and. if any of it has been covered with brine let it drain a little. Then take black pepper, finely ground, and dust all over as much as will stick; then bang it up in a clean, dry, airy place." Space does, not permit our publishing a more lengthy account in this column. To Waterproof Paper The following method of waterproofing paper mjiy be of help to W.R.L. (Nelson). Add a little acetic acid to a, weak solution of carpenter's glue;

dissolve a small quantity of bichromate of potash in distilled water and mix both together. The sheets of paper are drawn separately through the solution and hung up to dry. • Home Brewing Hint With reference to contributed home brew recipes recently published here, W.H.B. (Whangarei) writes to point out that to leave the brew working in tins is highly dangerous, as the chemical actions on the tin. and soldering set up a poison. On no account should brew be left to work in other than wood or earthenware containers. This was pointed out by medical men some years ago when home brewing was having a great run. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS L.D. (Waimiha) would like a recipe foi piemelon pie. Can some reader help her ? D.M.C. (New Lynn).—Your excellent r<icipes arrived too late for publication, but ■will be filed for future reference. L.H. (Remuera) uses a gas radiator in her dining room and finds that her silver tarnishes very quickly. Is there some way ol treating the silver after it has been cleaned to prevent this? " Kathie " (Epsom).—To restore pearl buttons to their original lustre, rub them with a little olive oil smeared on the fingers, then sprinkle with powdered magnesia and polish with a chamois.