HOME HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12687, 8 July 1919, Page 7

HOME HINTS.

.Never throw array potato parings or orange and lemon peel. Dry them, and they will help a tire to dra.w up very quickly. When peeling potatoes or. apples, plunge them into cold water immediately to prevent them from turning brown -

To impart a. delicate odour to linen, saturate a piece of cotton or blottingpaper with oil 'of lavender, and place it among the various articles. To remove rain-spots from .light material. hold Over a. jug -or basin of steaming hot'water and mb gently with a piece of white crcpo or of the same material.

Instead of using soda for washing clothes, add,_, one teaspoonful of turpentine. This not only saves soda but firing, as the clothes' take less time to hoib It also makes the linen white. Apples that are to be baked should he pricked with a fork before being placed in the oven, and you will find they will not break while cooking. To freshen a shabby _ carpet, clamp the carpet, a small portion, at a time, with a cloth wrung out in stronglysalted water. Then, rub dry with , a clean duster.

A little chopped meat of any kind seasoned to taste, spread on squares of thin rolled-out pastry,' and fried in, 'hot fat until a nice golden brown, makes a very tasty little snack.

For .Pastry—Keep odd bits of fat and, bacon trimmings and put them in a jar m the oven to melt. Pour off the dripping as the fat melts till there is nothing left. When. clarified, this is excellent for making pastry, and gives'much better results than cheap butter. :

To Clean Carpels and 'Rugs'.—Rub well with a cloth wrung but in hob water, then, rub lightly with carpet soap, which is specially prepared for the purpose. Rinse with-the cloth'and dry immediately. Another method is to rub over with a cloth dipped invinegar and water, and dry Immediately. Few people realise that many rugs will wash excellently if care is taken, so that small rugs can’ sometimes’ be put into the _ tub . straight away; but, of course, it is necessary to make certain first that, the colours are fast, and that the material is such a.s will not be spoilt by washing. It is also advisable that the process be a speedy one. To Make Yeast.—Put two quarts of water into a saucepan and add ioz of hops, two potatoes, slicAcl, one tablespoonful of moist sugar or malt; boil twenty minutes, then strain it through a sieve; let it stand until it has cooled to about 90deg., or the heat of new milk, then add ioz of baker’s or compressed .yeast. Pour all into a deep jar or jug, to allow it to fonnent without running over, and allow it to rise and fall once before being used. Keep a small quantity of this yeast in a bottle to use, instead of baker’s yeast, the next time you wish to use it. It will keep in a cool place for about two months. This quantity of yeast is sufficient for a, stone of flour, keeping out a. pint in a bottle for using to quicken the nest yeast made, in place of baker’s yeast. Cinder Marks. —To remove hot cinder marks from a marble hearth, mix equal parts of soft soap, quicklime, and caustic potash; apply with a brush, and leave on for several days- Then wash off. and apply another coating from'a supply which should be kept in a. stoppered bottle. If improving, apply yet again until clean. Another method is to" mix whiting and vinegar together to the consistence of cream, and spread thickly on the stains. Leave for some hours, or even a couple of days, _ and then wash off. A third method is to applv a parte made of whiting and benzine- Let this remain on the stains lor two hours or more, and wash with hot water to which some borax powder has been added. Polish in the usual way.