HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5092, 27 October 1894, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

leoning. — When ironing starched clothes hare a bit of beeswax tied in a piece of muelin to rub the irons. Kitohbn Notes.— Hang in the kitchen in a convenient place for reference, a slate, with tape, pencil and sponge attached. Prevention Of Smells.— When the contents of a pot or pan boil over, throw salt immediately on the Btove to pre Tent the disagreeable odour. To Scoun Dairy TJtbnbils.— Scour the butter bowl and paddle once a weak with coarse barrel salt, and usa soda instead of soap to clean dairy utensils. Rick Muffins.— Beat two eggs, add a cup of boiled rice, three tablespoonf uls of flour, butter the size of an egg, and a pinoh of salt, and bake in muffin rings. To Take Out Ink. — When ink is spilled upon a carpet, cover the place immediately with fine salt. When this becomes black, carefully remove it and pat on more. A New Sandwich.— An appetizing sandwich, and one that has the merit of novelty ia made from thin slices of brown bread spread with very little butter, then with a layer of chopped walnuts and almonds. The nuto should be slightly salted. Cooking Aprons. — Two wide long aprons of fineunbleached muslin o£ soft sheer quality, with generous strings, and featherstitched hems, will be an acceptable gift to any woman who does her own baking; and a nice large holder of white or brown linen, for removing pica from the oven, might appropriately accompanying them. Dandy Pudding.— .Bring a quart of milk, le3s sufficient to mix two tablespoonfuls of cornflour, to a boil, add slowly the yolks of four eggs beaten with half a cup of sugar ; stir until it thickens, pour into a dish to cool, and add a meringue | made with the white of the eggs and half a cup of sugar ; set in the oven a moment to colour. { High Collars.— The stiff, high collars, particularly when worn by short-necked women, are being accused of producing norvoua headache. They preas at the back directly upon the sensitive base of the brain, and compress often to the point of injury, the veins and arteries of the neck, frequently causing a congestion that ends in headache. An Egg Savory.— Take hard - boiled eggs, divide each into two. Take out the yolks and mix with a very little chopped bacon and some parßley, and a good seasoning of cayenne pepper. Place this mixture in the whites. Arrange the half j eggs on a dish, pour a little mayonnaise oauce round and serve with rolled thin bread and butt9r. The garnishing of this dish may be varied according to the taste of the cook. ' Datb Pudding. — Cover two kableepoonfnls of gelatine with a cup of cold milk. When it has soaked twenty minutes, stand the bowl in a saucepan of boiling water \ until tha gelatine is thoroughly melted, j Let it cool, and meantime whip halt a pint of cream, add half a cup of powdered sugar, a cup of chopped dates, and a teaspoonful of vanilla ; add the gelatine and stir until it thickens, when turn into a mould to coolS A Lung Photkctob.— Take a piece of any stout cloth a yard and a half long and one yard wide, line it with three thicknesses of soft, firm newspapers, fold it lengthways, cut a hole in the centre large enough to slip over the beadeanily, bind the edges wihli braid, or clo'b, w-i «>w mi i-UiugS ■'' •' " i i»5 U&Uur t< le arms. This arrangement hJippifSjn uuder coat-, or cloak, fc a cold wintetWOTßuis s? !ig nt aB to be hardly , felt, , and- JWgVll jwflp put Jfoo coj|-ad?