READERS' EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)

READERS' EXCHANGE

MAKING PARSNIP WINE Mrs. M.L., of Auckland, has sent the following recipe for parsnip wine, which is said to bo excellent and to resemble sherry if properly made. Clean, peel and quarter 4 or 51b. of parsnips, and for this weight of propared vegetable allow 1 gallon of water, 81b. of sugar for every gallon of liquor and some toast and yeast. Cut the prepared parsnips into pieces about 4 inches long, add them to the gallon of water and boil till quito tender. Remove the lid to allow the strong aromatic odour to escape, then strain and add sugar, 31b. to every gallon, and boil three-quarters of an hour. Pour into a pan, and when cool enough add a very little yeast on a slice of toast. Let the liquor stand covered for ten days or so, and stir every day. After this put into a cask or stono jar to work. The wine will be fit to bottle in about six monthsj it should be made just as the parsnips are beginning to grow again, when the winter is over. Wholemeal Bread

A good recipe for pure wholemeal bread has been kindly sent in for F.E.N, by I.M.W. Here it is: Twelve cups wholemeal, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of golden syrup or honey, | cake compressed yeast. It is advisable to warm the wholemeal in cold weather. Dissolve the yeast in about 3 cup of tepid water and warm the syrup. Add salt to wholemeal and mix to a moist dough with warm water, adding the yeast, water and syrup. Leave to rise for four hours in a warm place, well covered. Then punch down and leave another half-hour. Turn on to a floured board, divide into four pieces, place in two meat tins lightly covered, and lease to rise from half an hour to an hour. Bake in a moderate oven about 3 hour. Borer in Camphorwood As regards the possibility of borer attacking camphorwood, M.H. says that although this wood is soft, as long as it retains its camphor fragrance there is little fear of the borer touching it, because the insects greatly dislike its smell. Marks on a Sink Top Presuming the stains are on the metal part of the sink, treatment with boiling water and lime should remove them. Boil the water, mix a handful of slaked lime with about a pint of it. and scrub the marks well with it. ltubbing with a freshly cut potato or a freshly cut stick of rhubarb often proves effective, too —it depends on the kind of stain. Another good way is to rub over well with some coarse dry salt, then wash with hot washing soda and water. Yet another way is to make a paste of whiting and some paraffin and rub this on with a cloth. Requests Ink on Wool. —Mrs. V. J. is much distressed at getting fountain-pen ink on a babv's new woollen rompers. Could anyone tell her how to remove the marks? Cleaning problems.—A.T., Heme Bay, wants to know (a) how to clean the inside of a good heavy quality aluminium saucepan which became discoloured after the first time of using; and (b), how to clean white calfskin shoes with a glace finish. Cardigan Pattern. —This is not really the place to answer inquiries about knitting patterns, but there is no inquiry column on the other women f page in the Supplement, and no stamped addressed envelope was sent for an answer. Sorry, Mrs. F.H., but Polished photographs of knitwear all come from England and are not accompanied by directions.