ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 55

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Hiwinui.—l am eo eorry, but I am afraid there is no possibility of your making nut butter for yourself. The various brands on the market are imported from England and America, where it is manufactured by patent processes in properly-equipped factories. Lancashire Lass. —You ,acn obtain a Life of Florence Nightingale, by Miss Sarah Tooley, from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs; price 6s 6d. I think it is a splendid idea of yours to make a collection of such books for your children, and I shall be glad to help you any time in the procuring of books if you wish. The little lantern badges may be obtained from Mr E. S. Wilson, the secretary of the Hospital Helpers' Association, Empire Buildings, Princes street, at the same price (Is) for which they were sold in the streets. I am glad you enjoy the weekly articles and the Cosy Corner Club meetings. Yes, anyone can join the club who cares to write papers for the meetings; and we are always glad, too, to get letters occasionally from those who call themselves the " silent members." Laura.—(l) To make gooseberry jelly you put on the gooseberries (green) in a preserving pan with enough water to prevent them sticking to the pan, and boil till soft. Strain, and to every pint of juice add lib of sugar, and boil for five or six minutes. Then test a little on a cold plate to see if it will jelly. If not, boil some time longer, testing it occasionally, until it jellies. (2) A very simple icing for a cako, and one that does not go so hard as the kind made with white of egg, is made with icing sugar and just enough liquid (milk, orange or lemon juice, cooking sherry, coffee) to make it into a thick pasta. This should be just warmed over the fire and applied at once to the cake, spreading with a knife dipped in hot water.