HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 September 1913, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Varnished papers and the so-called sanitary papers that may be washed down, are excellent for smoky and dusty locations. A remedy for ink stains oai white linen is hot tallow. Dop the spots in the melted tallow, let it cool, then brush off and launder. To preserve brooms', hang them up by a cord attached to their handles. If left resting on their bristles they /get bent and will not sweep well. 1 If anything has become scorched while irotaing, try putting it. out of doors, where the sun falls on'it, and 1 the scorch will generally disappear. A quick and certain way of removing the odour of onions from knife, dish, or hands is to rinse well in strong tea. Any tea left over will answer the purpose. When acid fruits set the teeth on edge, the acidity may be counteracted by a wash made by dissolving a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in half a pint of water. If possible, thoroughly air the bedding every week, even in cold weather, and do not be content with airing alone; brush briskly with a whisk broom kept for the purpose, to remove dust. Home dressmakers will save themselves an amount of trouble by having a tape measure glued firmly across the front "edge of the sewing machine. This is handy for when seated at work. " , , If woollen blankets do not quickly and thoroughly dry they will not be fluffy. Have all water used quite warm. Add a little ammonia to the water for washing all woollens to pi'e-. vent shrinking. j Do not forget a tablespoonful of borax added to your boiler of water j will aid greatly in whitening clothes, and that another tablespooinful 'dissolved in water and added to the starch will prevent its sticking. Oiloloth of the usual tile patterns may be very acceptably- used for covering kitchen walls and the walls) of bathrooms. It is somewhat expensive at the start, but it wiil last almost indefinitely, anl can be washed off with a damp cloth without injury; It should be secured to walls and ceilings, and laid <>ff in panels by means of flat wooden mouldings.

To Clean White Paint: Put one square inch of glue into a jar with, just a little warm water, and place on side of stove to melt. Then pour it into nearly a pailful of hot water, and witli a of flannel commence washing paint. Rinse with cold water, and dry with a soft cloth. It will 'be found that tho paint neeßs no hard rubbing, and will give a nice polish to the paint. Flies will very soon emerge from their winter quarters, and their intrusion is most unwelcome; our newlycleaned mirrors, windows, and paint are very soon covered with ispecks, and for sanitary reasons everything possible should be done to eradicate the pest. The house fly ha.s an antipathy to carbolic, but the odour is equally objectionable to- many of the human species. A. corresponding dislike of the smell of eucalyptus exists, but it is less unpleasant to our olfactories than carbolic, while just as offensive to flies. If these preventatives cannot be tolerated indoors, window frames on the outside could be sponged with either sdlution occasionally. Wakefield Steak. —Take a steak and place it on a flat dish, scoring it across several times, then sprinkle a little sugar, pepper and salt over it, also one tablespoonful of vinegar, one of tomato sauce, one of Worcestershire sauce. Pour all on the steak and let stand for four hours. Put in pan and fry until half cooked, then pour over tho sauce, which has been left on plate, and finishing frying. Madrid Creams. —Soak |oz gelatine in one pint of milk, let it stand for one hour, then place it on the stove and stir until all is dissolved. Sweeten and flavour to taste with vanilla essence. While still hot stir in the. beaten yolks of three eggs', and \vhen a. little cooler add tho well-beaten whites. Pour into small moistened moulds, turn out to serve, and scatter white granulated sugai over. On the tops of each mould place a small piece of raspberry jelly. Raspberry Pudding.—Two eggs, their weight in butter, sugar and flour, two tablespoons raspberry jam, half a-teaspoon baking powder. Beat

the butter and sugar to a cream, add one egg, beat well, stir in half the flour, then the second egg, beating well, and the rest of the flour and baking powder. Lastly, lightly but thoroughly stir in raspberry jam. Put the mixture into a well-buttered basin and steam two hours. Turn out and serve with a little sweet melted butter, sauce, mixed with rispberry jam.

Meat ala Surprise.—A good way to use-up cold meat. Line a plain mould with boiled macaroni (the mould first being buttered), then fill Up with very finely minced beef, mutton, or rabbit, well-seasoned with pepper and salt. Cover with buttered paper and steam for an hour and ahalf, then turn out and pour round it a white sauce garnished with pieces of uncooked tomatoes. Sometimes the sauce may be made pink' by adding a little bottled tomato sauce. Rice may be used instead of macaroni, according to taste. Durham Cutlets. —Ingredients: A quarter of a pound of cold meat, loz. butter, loz flour,, a quarter of a pint of milk, half a parboiled egg, and breadcrumbs. Method : Chop the meat finely, along with onion. Melt the butter, add the flour and milk gradually, and cook well. Then, add the meat and onion, along with salt and pepper, and mix well together. Turn on to a plate, and spread evenly, laying aside to cool. When 0001, divide into equal parts, and shape in cutlits, and bush over with egg, and toss in breadcrumbs. Fry in hot fat till a golden brown colour, and serve hot. Stock or milk can be used.