USEFUL HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 28 April 1926, Page 3

USEFUL HINTS.

To make a jelly quite firm, stand tin.- iiK.'iilil in coin water in which a lillle salt, has. been dissolved. Linoleum will not crack if cleaned wit!', oil and vinegar in equal part.';. A move will not need miicli cleaning alter flying or ether cooking if .-alt is i.ealti red on llio top hetoreJiand. Steamed vegetables retain more flavour than hoi ltd one:;, but longer time, from live to ten minutes, must he allowed lor cooking li.v tins method.

Never use butter lor greasing caketins unless ,L is clarified, as the salt contained in the butter is liable to make tin: mixture stick Lo the tin. Always rinse woollens in water of the same temperature as the water in which they were washed. Salt neutralises the valuable mineral sails in vegetables, so .-Jiould he added sparingly when they are cooking. It is better In "add it, alter they are cooked.

Rub a drop of olive oil on the knives ami lurks that are to he put away, ami they will retain their brightness and lie f mud free from rust when required again

Old nail lieies in wood may he filled up by mixing sawdust with glue until :t is of the eon-isteney ol Mill' paste, press this into liie holes, and it will become as hal'd as the surrounding wood.

A mixture of soapsuds and turpenlinc— a gallon of suds to two teaspoonful; of tsrpeuliim will brighten a carpel alter beating and sweeping in the usual way

To whiten a kiichen table add a few drops of ammonia lo the hot water ir-ec for scrubbing too lublc in the ordinary wav. This will prevent it turning a sellawi h colour. Tinware will never rust when put m walcr il, when if is new, it is well rubbed will, lard and thoroughly boated in the oven. This treatment is advised lor Ills of saucepan::, and kellies, which otherwise .non become rusty from

steam. , , , Scalds or burns can be relieved by applvmg a prmlHcc- made of oatmeal and 'cold' water. The cooling qualities of the i r i meal help to draw Hie tire Horn tin- burn, whilst its soothing properties heal it. Do rot let soup boil, but allow it ai M-nn-.ei .'lowly. Al licit of Hie liquid is Wes' ed lit evanova tion, and the Host 01 the flavour Is lost if the soup bods oils healed too quickly.