THE KITCHEN

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1687, 29 June 1904, Page 26

THE KITCHEN

To clean a knife that has been used for cutting onions, hold it under the cold water tap. It Is a mistake to use hot water to remove the smell of onions from metal.

One may save a cheese from becoming bard and dry by wrapping it in a cloth wrung out in light ale or water. Gravies, sauces and soups, no matter how small the quantity, should be saved tJ use in warming up meat, fish or vegetables.

The oven door should be shut as gently as passible. Much of the heavy cake and bread is the result of its being banged in* closing. There is no better pudding, cloth than a piece of cheese cloth. This material, being coarse, does not retain the grease, and is easily cleaned. To prevent greens from smelling or tasting strong, place a crust of dry bread in the water in which they are boiled, and to keep the greens a good colour put a spoonful of brown sugar into the water instead of soda. To Keep Milk Sweet.—-A! tiny pinch of carbonate of soda or salt put into milk as soon as it arrives will help to prevent it turning sour. To Boil Celery.—Bring it to the boiling point and simmer for 45 minutes, drain, pour sauce over and serve. To Keep a Frying Pan Nice always wipe it out with thick paper directly after using, then put it to soak in some

soda water. An omelette pan should never be washed. Rub it clean with thick and then soft paper directly after it is used.