HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7802, 5 September 1903, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Advantage ahojld bo takea of the fact that mice dislike camphor, for a few pence sp=nt on camphor will do much to keep them out •jf cupboards. Boards that are stained or discoloured can be whitened by scrubbing with water to which a little chloride cf lime solution has been added— <a tabkspoonful to half a gallon. Well rinse afterwards. Equal parts of turpentine, boiled linseed oil, vinegar and spirits of wine, if aii shaken well together, constitute an excellent polish for" stained floors. It should be applied sparingly with flannel, and be well polished afterwards with a soft cloth. For Washing Paint. — Never use soda, which injures the colour. A cloth wrung out of 6of t water and dipped da prepared chalk will remove all stains. Well rinse, and dry afterwards. Enamel should: have a, final rub with a. clean chamois leather to restore the polish. Cuban Saadwich — Cut slices of very thin bread and butter, spread half the slices with * layer of frash cream cheese, and on at a layer of chopped dates. Cn the other side spread chopped burnt almond 3. Put the t two parts together, stamp .nto .fancy shapes, and serve on a dainty doyley. To dean a sewing machine place it near the fire to warm, that the congealed oil may melt, and then oil thoroughly with paraffin. Work the machine quickly for a few minutes, then wipe off all the paraffin and dirt, and treat llj ito a very Jittl© of the ordinary lubricating oil, and after the application of it it will be ready for use. ■ ' Ginger San iwiches. — Take preserved ginger, cut it into ve*y thia slices and moisten* with cream. Cut slices of thin bread and blitter off a new loaf, put nice crisp lettuce leaves on one-half and the ginger and cream on the other. Press together lightly, decorate the top with thin slices of ginger, press flat with a. piece of <b_oard and' stamp into any shape desired. Jamaica Puddiag. — Take Jib of flour, quarter of a pound of moist sugar, quarter of a pound of suet or dripping (chopped), one dessertspoonful of ground ginger, a pinch of salt. Mix all the dty ingredients, pack in » greased basin, boil or steam for ■three hours. No moisture is required for this. Jam or jam sauce should be served with it. It i 3 a particularly suitable pudding for cold days. Leicester Pudding. — Mix two ounces of breadcrumbs with the grate<3 rind of a lemon, pour over these ingredients a, -pint of boiling milk, beat up three eggs, melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, and add these to the milk, with sugar io •taste. (Line a fancy round piedish with short paste, pub a layer of apricot preserve in the bottom, «nd pour' the above mixture over. B-ako steadily in an oven of , medium heat for an hour. Cheese Custard Pudding. — Take one pint of milk, two heaped tablespooufuls of ' bread- j crumbs, threo ounces of grated cheese, two ox three eggs, half an ounce of butter, cayenne. Beat the eggs till light and frothy, mix with the milk, breadcrumbs and cheese, season with cayenne, adding salt if necessary; pour into a buttered pie-dish, and place a few bits of 'butter on the top. Bake in &■ moderate oven about half an hour. Serve very hot. ( Scalloped Sweetbread is very good for an invalid. Soak the sweetbreads in cold w>ater, and then boil till leader. Then .throw into coid water, drain, and cut into small dice. Season the pieces with pepper, enlt and lemon juice, then dredge with flour. Have a little white sauce ready, beat up the yolk of an egg in it, flavour and mix with the sweetbread. Butter saucers, or scallop shells, scatter crurub3 over, :brown in a sharp oven and serve. In the case of rheumatism it- ds necessary to limit all flesh food. When the attack is acute oil such foods must be stopped. Milk, soups and 'light puddings will be given, with lemon juico as a drink. Malt liquors here are hurtful, as represented by beer and stout, while all •wines containing sujjar are improper articles in thi3 disease. Eggs are particularly hurtful io a rheumatic person. Later on, when he is getting bettor, he may bo given white fish and poultry (boiled), and a little roast mutton may occasionally be added. Chccolnie Layer Cake. — Beat to a cream one cupful and a half of sugar and half a cupful of butter. Add the yolks of four eggs well beaten, halt a cupful cf warm water in which two ounces f>- chocolate has been dissolved. Stir in by degrees two cupfuls of flour in whirh half ?\ teasnoonful of caibor.ate of soda h?.s beer, siited. Mix all with half a tcacupful of sour milk in which another half teavpoouful of soda is dissolved. At the last moment beat in two stiffly b?aien whites of e<r?s. Bake in layers and put together with vanilla icing. Pr.-ither C.vke— Whip to a light cream one cupful and a half of caster sugar and two tablespoonfuls of butter with two eggs; add a

teaspooniuli of vanilla essence, mix it wedl together and stir in- « cupful of milk. Add two teaspooniuls of baking powder to two teacupfuls of four, add a saltapoonful of salt, gradually eifo this into ihe batter till perfectly smooth. Bako a little of it in a patty-pan -to boo if it is stiff enough; if not, add a, little pore flour. If tlTe batter is ail right, bake it in ohroe flat cakes, and put orange filling between each, layer. It made in one cake, a. soft n.eringuo cinq should be spread 1 on the top. The VsJuo of Sunshine — One of the simplest, cheapest and "best sterilisers is sunshine, and it is important to allow as much sun in a, sick-room as possible. The same rule is applicable ! to the rooms of healthy people. Ths good effects of " sun bathing " in the treatment of convalescents is 'ample proof of the utility or ths rays of the sun for therapeutic purposes. Everyone knows that the so-called " morning headache " i 3 often due to breathing an excess of carbonio acid gas in a -close room during the night, and many a sidlitz powder or unnecessary dose of bromido is swallowed when Kature simply craves oxygen. The most rational thing would bo outdoor exercise and inhalation of fresh 'air. Of course, this does not imply that a case of pneumonia must bo ■taken intothft street and given an air-bath.