SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19598, 19 September 1933, Page 10

SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Never boil plain water in aluminium saucepans; it turns them black. It is possible to get black stains off aluminium saucepans by boiling apple peelings or rhubarb in them. Tannin stains on china teacups or teapots can be removed by rubbing with a damp cloth on which "has been sprinkled some rough cooking salt. If you want to make breadcrumbs in a hurry and have not a sieve or a large grater, put the bread in the oven or under the grill a few minutes to dry, but not to get brown. Then rub the two pieces together, and you will have quite good crumbs for egg and breadcrumbing or for stuffing. Sometimes one is not certain that the fruit in a tart or pie is quite soft and the pastry may be quite cooked. To leave it longer in the oven would mean that it would get dry and become too browned. What is to be done? Here's a tip. Put an asbestos mat on ton of the gas ring, place the pie on top of this gentle heat, and the fruit will cook through the bottom of the pie-dish, leaving the pastry in perfect condition. I have been told that grass stains can be removed from clothes if the stain is moistened with warm water and a little treacle put over the mark and rubbed in. Wash in the ordinary way afterwards. Eucalyptus oil is an excellent cleansing agent. It will remove dirty marks left by motor-car grease or oil on clothes. It will also take out tar stains, providing they are not too heavy or have not been left long on the material. It is better not to try to get stains out of delicate materials yourself. Send to the dry cleaners. They know the right thing to use. Artificial silks are also difficult to deal with bv the amateur cleaner.