HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wairarapa Age, 19 November 1919, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A Good Clothes Sprinkler.—A very satisfactory clothes , sprinkler may be made by punching holes in the top of a vaseline bottle. Any bottle having a metal top will do, but those with screw-tops are best, as they do not come off easily.

To Toacn Eggs.—Before dropping the eggs into water for poaching, stir the water very briskly with spoon until it ia in swift motion. Then break in the eggs quickly, and they will be almost round in shape, the yolk almost covered with the white. Bhavin Paste. —Cako of Naples soar), 4oz; curd soap, airdried and powdered, 2 oz; honey, loz; essence of ambergris or essence royale, oil of cassia, and oil of nutmeg, of each 10 drops. Beat them to a smooth paste with water or eau-de-rose and put into covered pots. Kemoving Glass Stoppers. —Drop a little oil of turpentine round the stopper, place bottle about one foot from the ■fii-o; keep turning bottle round, and when it has become quite warm move it nearer the fire, and when bottle is quite hot take a piece of soft wood (or stick), and tap the stopper first one sicTe and then the other. Mind not to striko too hard. If it still remains fast make the bottle hotter and with perseverance you will be rewarded. . How to Wash Coloured Ooods.— Make , a lather of soap and warm water, but on no account Jet the water be too hot for coloured cottons ; add one tablespoonful of salt ta each gallon of water to harden, and set the colour. Do not steep the_cloth.es, but wash at once, and knead and squeeze well instead of rubbing. A little vtnegar added to the last rinsing water helps to brighten the colour. Dry quickly in the shade. # i r reserving Vegetable Marrow. — Take a ripe marrow, about 91b xn weight, with the same amount ol sugar, pare the marrow and remove the seeds and any 30ft parts; cut in pieces lin thick and 2in length; put tliem iri a basin with layers oi sugar all night with on© tablespoonful capsicums tied up ?n muslin, and double, the Quantity of rough gin ger, well bruised, and tied up in muslin. In the morning pour the liquid over the remainder of the sugar; which boil and skim ; then add I the fruit, also the juice and rind of a lemon to each pound of fruit, and one feasnoonful cochineal for colouring; boll till the fluid is clear; before taking off, two glasses of brandy may be added.