HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18617, 12 July 1930, Page 14

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A simple way of scenting bed linen and table napery is to gather a quantity of red rose leaves, spread them in warm sunlight to dry, and to every handful of dried leaves allow half an ounce of orris root and a sprinkling of bay salt. Fill a jar in alternate layers with these, and stand in the linen cupboard. Flour that has been allowed to get damp makes heavy cakes and puddings. Flour should be kept in a dry place, and for making cakes should be slightly warmed before using. Vinegar added to the cleaning water will help to keep flies off windows, mirrors, pictures, etc. If when cleaning silver one moistens the powder with methylated spirit, it will not tarnish so quickly. Orange-skins make an excellent preserved peel. Soak the peel in water for forty-eight hours, then boil in fresh water until soft, pour away any liquid and add a syrup previously prepared of ilb, sugar to l pint water. Boil gently for about i hour, drain the peel on a sieve, and when dry dust with sifted sugar and store in covered glass jars. To make a useful flavouring for puddings, cakes, etc., grate the orange-peel and put in widemouthed bottles with layers of sugar. This will keep for years. Orange-peel dried in the oven is also most useful for kindling fires. Corned-beef sandwiches are much more economical and palatable if the meat is put through a soarse mincer after cooking. Add a little of the fat, moisten with some of the liquid and work the whole into a paste. Re-heat fried fish or veal cutlets in a paper bag, closing the end to keep in the steam. Leave the bag in the oven until heated through. Fish thus treated will taste as if newly fried. To remove rust from steel irons, cover for two days, then with ed lime rub the irons until they are bright again. Mustard mixed with milk to which has been added a pinch of salt will not harden in the pot. The lids of screw-top preserving jars will nevr stick if the lids are well greased on the inside with unsalted lard before being screwed on. To make a simple polish for fingernails, mix one part of lemon-juice with two parts of olive oil. Rub on the nails and when dry polish with a soft buffer.

Jelly cut Into slices or beaten to a cream just before it sets makes a delicious filling for a sponge-cake in cool weather.

To remove grease and other marks from wall-papers, dab the spots lightly with a cloth dipped in benzine. Where the colours of the pattern are light, a dusting with fuller’s earth after the cleaning will have an excellent effect. Keep a bathing-cap in the bathroom to slip on when having a shower. It keeps the hair dry. For sports wear, gloves should be of the pull-on gauntlet style, while buttoned styles are favoured for afternoon occasions.