Household.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 999, 24 April 1891, Page 5

Household.

Cream and acids do not ourdle, while milk and acids will. A teaspoonful of corn staroh mixed with a cupful of salt, will remove all possibility of dampness in the shaker. In roasting meat turn with a spoon, instead of a fork, a 3 the latter pierces the meat and lets the juice out. If Bponge cake is mixed with cold water, it is yellow ; but if the watsr be boiling hot the cake will be white. Cistern water, that has become blaok and oily, may be, it is said, clarified with powdered borax and powdered alum. Four ounces of each will suffice to clear fifty barrels of water. Gravy will generally be lumpy if tho thickening i 3 poured in while the pan is over the fire. Set the pan off until the thickening is well stirred in, then set it on the fire and cook thoroughly. When making white cakes use one half teaspoon more of cream of tartar than soda as this extra quantity of cream of tartar makes tho egg whites stiffer. Scald tho bowl in which tho batter and sugar are to be creamed for cake ; the hot dish heats the butter so that it will blend much easier with the sugar. Icing for cake will be prevented from cracking when cut, by adding one tablespoonful of sweet cream to each unbeaten egg. Stir all up together, then add sugar until as stiff as can be stirred. To keep the bread jar and cake box sweet, rinse after washing, with boiling water in which a little common soda has been dissolved ; then set out of doors in the sun for a few hours. A valuable salve for cuts or wounds of any kiad :—Boil one half cup of thick, sweet cream ten or fifteen minutes, stirring constantly ; when cold beat it thoroughly, when it will be a creamy paste. Bottle a cork tightly or make fresh every time..

To keep glassware bright, wipe directly from the hot suds. Tumblers used for milk should be thoroughly rinsed in cold water before being immersed in hot suds, as hot water seems fco drive the milk into the glass and give them a dingy appearance. The modern remedies for ohlllblains are legion—more almost than the sufferers therefrom. Three of the best are : raw onions sliced and bound upon the sore spots ; oil of peppermint well rubbed iu ; and thirdly, tincture of iodine, applied with a feather or camel’s hair brush. People who are fond of sea bathing in summer should know that in wiater a most effective and yet simple substitute for sea water is a cup of rock salt dissolved in warm water knd added to the bath. A warm salt bath of this kind is the most refreshing tonio for an exhausted body. . Bat don’t go out of doors after taking it. Just before going to bed is the right time. A Canton flannel bag, made up with the downy side ont, is a great convenience on sweeping day. Slip it over the broom and dust walls and woodwork with it. The bag is convenient also for dusting hard wood floors. For this purpose, damp it slightly, and the floor may ba kept clean for a long time without washing. Solution for cleaning silver and brass : A good cement for mending for broken china : Dissolve a little gum arabio in a little water so that it is rather thick, put enough plaster of Paris into this to make a thick paste. Cement broken pieces of china together, and in half an hour they cannot be broken in the same place. Hot water seems to make it more firm.

Fruit stains of long standing on white goods or fresh stains that refuse to yield to ordin* ary treatment, maybe removed by dipping into a very weak solution of chloride of lime, and spreading in the sun or on the grass, if possible, to bleach. As soon as the stains disappear, rinse thoroughly, as the lime is apt to injure the fabric. Use soft water both in making the solution and in rinsing afteri ward,