READERS' EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)

READERS' EXCHANGE

HOME-CANDIED PEEL

Another good recipe for making can died peel lias been supplied by Airs K.C.. Kohiniaraina.

Soak the peel, orange or lemon, in salted water (1 tablespoon of salt to .'5 parts water) for three days. Then scrape out any rough or pithy parts, cut off blemishes, and boil in fresh water till tender. Have ready a syrup made of a cup of sugar to a cup of water and boiled and put the peels into this syrup, leaving them in it for four or live days to soak. Then put them on the stove in the syrup and boil till clear and transparent. Take out of syrup, drain and rub over with good sugar (1.A.) till fairly dry. Lay them on a paper on a tray and dry slowly, either in the sun or a warm (not lioO oven. Watch that the peel does not get hard. ALrs. ,1.13. (Manngaturoto^, contributes a similar recipe. Making Bath Salts Good cheap bath salts may he made by mixing together lib. of sea salt (or bay salt), and loof borax. Then shake the two together, adding a lewdrops of eau de cologne, oil of verbena opoponax or other scent liked (though the addition of the scent is only an improvement and not absolutely necessary); Put the mixture in a glass bottle and keep well corked when not in use. Bath salts may also be made by crushing washing soda and adding a fewdrops of some essential oiL for perfume, stirring well and corking up as before. Requests Moth grubs in carpets; R.H.S. (Remuera), would greatly appreciate a reliable home remedy which would keep good lounge carpets free from moth grubs and silverfish. Auckland is, unfortunately, particularly liable to these pests, and with the coming of warmer weather the trouble is always most active, so there will be many readers glad of help in this direction. Cayenne pepper, ammonia and a host of other remedies have been tried without effect. Stained sink: "Puzzled" has tried kerosene, benzine, ammonia and the best-known trade "cleaners" on a badly stained kitchen sink without producing any effect whatever. Can any reader suggest an effective method? Tablet chocolate: J.M.C. (Vincent St.). wants to know how to make chocolate tablets. Gooseberry jam: Would some one please give "Beginner" a good reliable recipe for making ordinary gooseberry jam ? The übiquitous ant: Thank you for your ant remedy, consisting of a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of powdered borax put into a saucer with a little water. F.T., but it had already been published.