HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1383, 1 June 1878, Page 17

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To Cube Chilblains. — To one ounce of kerosene oil add one grain of morphine ; good also for burns. Scotch Cakes. — One pound brown sugar, one pound flour, one-half pound butter, two eggs, one teaspoonful cinnamon ; roll very thin and bake.

Dyspepsia.- -A simple and effective remedy for dyspepsia is to abstain from drinking immediately before and during meals, and for an hour afterwards. Also, use no milk in either tea or coffee.

'' o Absorb the Bad Air. — In cases of small- pox, scarlet fever, or other fever, onions sliced and kept in the room will absorb the bad air ; the fever will soon disappear ; they must be changed very often.

Buttermilk Muffins. — One quart buttermilk, two egg 3, butter the size of an egg, two flat spoonfuls soda mixed in a little water, or one spoonful saleratus, two teaapoonfuls salt, flour to make a thick batter. Bake in rings in a quick oven.

Crumpets. — Three cupfuls raised dough, work into it one-half cupful softened butter, three eggs, and mix sufficient to make a stiff batter ; turn into buttered pans and let it remain fifteen minutes before baking ; bake for half an hour.