HOUSEHOLD HINTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

WORK MADE EASIER An easy way of handling steel-wool without unpleasantness v is to grip it with the half of an old tennis ball. Save the" tissue-paper wrappers from apples, oranges, and lemons. They make excellent polishers for mirrors and windows.-' ~• _ v:.: ■ _ I Outside kalsominp-work will not flake off, and will last much longer, if a cup of salt and a little melted gluo are stirred into each gallon of mixture. To improve stews, dust the meat over with flour. and fry . for a few minutes. Tho result is well worth the little extra trouble taken. If, when cooking tomatoes which are cut in half, a little vinegar is put on top; the seeds will not' come. out.. If you are-making treacle tarts, and you . find you have run short of treacle, "try adding a dessertspoonful of brown sugar to the treacle. You will find that the sugar will melt into it, and the tarts will taste just as though all treacle had been used. . . A teaspoonful of lemon ]uice, put into the water in which rice is being boiled, will make it white and keep the grains separate. If, berore squeezing, a lemon is warmed in the oven", double the amount of juice can be obtained. Rub candied peel on a stead of cutting with a knife. Ike shreds will bo fine and the process quicker. . If you happen to spill iodine on white linen, soak the article overnight in plain cold water and the stain will disappear. . To prevent your ironing sheet wrinkling lip, ti© a pad of folded newspaper under it, and there will be no further trouble. v Soak cauliflowers or cabbages in water with a little vinegar, and it will remove insects quicker than if salt is used. _ If a zip-fastener sticks so that it calls for one or attempts to close, rub the "teeth" along both sides with a soft lead pencil. Lubricate every zip in this way about once a month. To prevent eilk articles from becoming yellow, put a pinch of cream of tartar *lll the rinsing water. If already yellow from constant washing, add a tablespoon of cream of tartar to rinsing water, and soak articles in the water for 10 minutes. A little carbonate of magnesia when added to slightly sour milk will sweeten it. v ' , ■ To remove a grease-spot from a carpet, rub the spot thickly with dry flour and leave on for several hours. The flour will absorb the grease, which will then brush off. To remove rust from iron or tinware, soak the article in soUr milk for a u-eok. The rust, is then easily removed by washing with warm soapy water. Add a dessertspoon of butter to every pound ,of old peas when cooking. It makes them tender and imparts a nicer flavour. / To eradicate borers from furniture, saturate tho infested parts with pure turpentine. """ When frying liver, if you dip each slice in hot water before frying, wipe on a clean cloth, and dust witn flour, the liver will be deliriously tender.