THE DAISY.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

THE DAISY.

.(Sent by Elsie. Freak ivy). Take a lesson from the daisy. Always dainty, never lazy, Of the other flowers ahead, Early up and soon to bed. CAN YOU GUESS THESE? (Sent by Mollie Ward;. What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?—A carpet. Why is a king like a book'’--■Because he has pages. What moves yet stays in the same place? —Your heart. What tree does a naughty boy dislike? —The bitch. Why is a window always unhappy?— Dceau.se it always has pains (panes). ■b JUMBLED NEW ZEALAND TOWNS. LGTf WLN’EON. ’ LNNSEO. ÜBFLF. WTTRFEHO. LBHNMI.EE. DEUDNNI. H GENOA G N. UTIMRA. KOHKTATI. CCCTH-tHR'S-RUH. SWEET RECIPES. DATE CREAMS. (Sent by G wen Brisco}. ’One cup of sugar, : } cup of -milk, essence, tablcspoonful of glucose, lib of stoned dates. Boil sugar, milk and glucose gently -for five minutes, stand saucepan in a cup of cold water, beat it till a thick cream, add essence, fiV stoned dates with cream, roil in coarsf sugar. The cream may be., coloured pink if desired. HONEY CANDY, (Sent by 0. Petersen/. Two large cups sugar, 2 tablespoons vinegar. 1 teacup honey. Boil until a little hardens in water, pour into a greased tin and cover with blanched halved ntits. ..OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER... COCONUT MILK CUBES. Put about Jia It a pound., of shredded coconut into a basin, and cover it with a little milk. The coconut should not swim in the milk but just soak it up. While the coconut is soaking, put a pound of white granulated sugar into a .saucepan, and stir over a low gas until it becomes a syrup. Take care it does not turn colour or burn. When the syrup is boiling, stir in the coconut and continue boiling till the mixture becomes quite thick. Turn out on a buttered dish and, when cool, cut it into cubes with a large sharp knife. You may colour the mixture pink with a few' drops of cochineal, and add some glace cherries and pieces of candied if you want- more elaborate. S W-.-i’-iS.