Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2914, 19 January 1910, Page 81

Hints and Suggestions.

Never soak rice or macaroni before cooking them. Well wash the former, but not the latter, and place both in boiling water to cook. Boiled suet puddings will have an added nutriment if they are mixed with milk, or milk and water. When boiling or grilling food, if the fire is dull an .1 smoky a small handful of saltthrown on will quickly help to clear it. When making an apple-pie cut the apples in small chunks. Very thin slices are apt to taste of the knife. In order to prevent a. cauliflower from breaking, tie it in muslin as one would a pudding, and boil gently. If the wicks of candles are salted before lighting, there will be no spluttering or dripping. Take tine table salt between the fingers, and rub well into the wick. The result will be a clear light, and there will be no grease to wipe up. Very shabby-looking wicker may be “refreshed” by being painted. The paint used should be well mixed and thinned lo the proper consistency. If too thick it is apt to remain on the wicker in lumps. In preparing cabbage wash it well in salted water, cold, then cook in boiling water to which a tablespoonful of salt to the half gallon has been added. If the lid is left off cabbage when cooking it will keep its colour better. When knives that have been put away for a time have become rusty, put the blades in sweet oil for half an hour, and th en ■diig them in garden sail several times. Polish with fins emery cloth, and the blades should be brilliant, Before sweeping linoleum or cork lino, tie a soft damp muslin cloth over the brush. This should be tied so , as, not to crush the hairs of the brush, which should then be used in the usual way. A floor •swept in this manner looks beautifully fresh and clean, and does not require frequent washing. The best state in which mint, balm, thyme, sage and other kitchen medicina 1 herbs can be gathered for drying to pro serve for winter use is just as their flowers are opening. At that period of growth they are found to contain mort of the essential oil, on which their flavours depend, than at any other,; , The following method of cleaning a clock is simple and inexpensive : Take a bit ol ordinary cotton wool—about the size ol an egg —pour about a teaspoonfnl ol paraffin on the wool, and after placing i 4 inside the clock, wait three or four days. If the clock is in working order so much the better. Your clock wiiil, if going, strike as of old, and at the end of the specified time, if the- wool is examined it. will be found black with dust. The explanation is that the fumes of the oil looser, the particles of dust, and they fall, pudding, and boil gently

GST Descriptions ot bails, &cl, must be endorsed by either the Witness correspondent tor tn« district or by the secretary of the ball committee. The MS. of any correspondents who do not comply with this rule will be sent to tbc secretary for endorsement prior to appearing.— EMMELINII. To ensure publication in the forthcoming issue letters should reach the Witness office if possible on Saturday night, but on no account later than Monday night. wedding it: st. Andrew’s chbech. A quiet but pretty wedding took place in St. Andrew’s Church on Wednesday, the contracting parties being Miss Helena Almond, youngest daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth Almond, Waiwera South, and Mr A. G. Robertson, of the railway staff. Burnside. ' The Rev. Dr Waddell conducted the marriage ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. E. D. Almond, looked very pretty in a cream embroidered cashmere, with the usual veil and! orange blossoms. , She carried a daintilyarranged bouquet of white flowers. .She was attended by one bridesmaid,. Miss Mary Almond, of Oamanr, who wore a pretty dress of white embroidery. Mr W. Young, of the railway staff, Palmerston, acted as be-sti man. After the wedding ceremony the party adjourned to the residence of Mr T. W. Mun ro, Caver sham [Rise l , where a very enjoy able afternoon was spent. The happy couple left by tire 4.20 . express for a trim round the Lakes.—A Guest.