HOUSEHOLD HINTS IN A NUTSHELL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5656, 29 August 1896, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS IN A NUTSHELL.

Old fowls make excellent bvoth. Raw eggs are excellent for invalids. Scald dry haddock before cooking. Nuts are hard to digest without salt. Never use milk that has been frozen. If you want light pastry, mix with a knife. Frying-pans should be scoured with salt after using 1 . Indigestion may be relieved by a spin on a bicycle. Ctyater shells in the tea-kettle prevent " furring-/' Before cooking a duck pour boiling water through it. Lentils should be soaked twelve hours before cooking. Spinach juice is useful for colouring soups and creams. Herrings contain a considerable amount of fat. Overcooked meat loses much of its nourishment. Meat for soup should be placed in cold water. Cook celery in broth till nearly transparent. Oatmeal absorbs] moisture soon and becomes musty. Old hams should be soaked for a day before boiling. Kitchen ranges should be well cleaned every week. Revive a dying fire by a sprinkle of moist sugar. You should use a silver spoon when cooking mushrooms. Experts say rice water is very nourishing 1 . Veal, when large, is apt to be coarse and tough. Enamelled saucepans can be easily cleaned with borax. You can keep soup fresh with carbonate of soda. Horse-radish in pickles insures freedom from scum. Use plaster of Paris to seal up bottled j fruit. ! Earthenware bowls are best for cake- i making. Clear jelly is obtained by straining through flannel. Over 10 per cent of meat is lost in cooking. Use coke for kitchen fires when practicable. Lamb's liver should] be cleansed with salt water. Don't peel young rhubarb — wiping is sufficient. Boil carrots and turnips forty-five minutes. Eat sparingly of all kinds of raw dried fruits. Excellent for lighting fires — dried orange peel. Vegetables after cooking should be drained at once. Every drop of milk should be boiled before use. Young dairy-fed pork is most unwholesome. Keject stale vegetables as you would poison. On no account keep vinegar in earthen jars. Veal should never be served underdone. In making pastry the less it is handled the better. j Greens require fast boiling — remove saucepan lid. Hot alum water is a capital insect destroyer. Unless quite fresh, fish is best left alone. Sprinkle potato slices with flour before frying. Beef marrow is preferable to suet in puddings. Always keep cheese in a cool dry place. Never boil or fry coarse pieces of meat. Duck's eggs give a rich flavour to custard. Old eggs will float in water — fresh ones will sink. Use boiling water to make fish scale easily. Lemon- juice removes grease from kitchen tables. Doctors say cod is the hardest fish to digest. Apples for dumplings should not be cored. Soak watercress in brine to kill the insects. The banana is the most wholesome foreign fruit. Never put marrow from bones into soup. Hams may be kept well packed in dry oats. Onions purify the blood and stimulate the liver. Meat put in a cool oven becomes sodden and tough. Ensure good soup by slow and continued boiling. To keep milk sweet put in a little fine salt. The knuckle of veal is the best part for soup. Enclose a leg of mutton in a cloth before boiling. _________________