HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Reptile skin and handbags which have become discoloured can be restored by gently applying a soft cloth dipped in peroxide of hydrogen. Nut-crackers will extract with little trouble the flesh from the claws of a lobster. To find out whether an artificial silk garment will dye or not, burn a small sample of the silk. If it can be safely home-dyed you will find that it will burn like cotton. If, on the other hand, it is the other type of artificial silk, it will melt away like sealing-wax. Shelves of a medicine chest can be prevented frrom becoming sticky or greasy by lining them with a double thickness of blotting-paper. If an apple is put in the cake-box, it will keep the cake fresh for a long time. Milk puddings will be more creamy if enough finely-powdered oatmeal to cover a sixpence is placed in the milk before cooking the pudding. The "flat” taste of boiled milk can be neutralised by a pinch of cinnamon or even chocolate powder. Also, a large tablespoon of thin cream or cold milk, if placed in a glass first, will give a more appetising flavour to hot milk when poured over it.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21818, 22 November 1940, Page 8
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201HOUSEHOLD HINTS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21818, 22 November 1940, Page 8
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