TIPS FOR BUSY HOSEWIVES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7920, 18 August 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

TIPS FOR BUSY HOSEWIVES.

A cut lemon rubbed ever fishy knives will entirely remove the unpleasant odour that invariably clings to them.

When stewing meat always cover it with boiling water. This makes the meat more tender and far morp nourishing.

To remove perspiration stains from your clothes, soak he garments in strong salt water before laundering them. 4

Never slam the over door after cakes have once started to rise. A rush of cool air will cause them to sink and make the mixture heavy.

To prevent clothes from becoming streaky and patchy in the process of blueing, add a cupful of milk to the water befo-e putting in the clothes.

To cool jellies or blancmange quickly, take a handful of salt and the same amount of soda, put it in a bowl of water, and stand the jellymould in iL

All household pans should be kept on shelves made of strips of wood, so that, plenty of air can get. to them. This keeps them sweet and fresh for use.

When using stale bread for puddings always soak it in cold liquin. Tf soaked in cold milk or water it is light and crumbly, hut if put into bet liquids it becomes very heavy.

Never turn out boiled puddings as soon as they are.taken out of the saucepan, or they are liable to break. If veu let the steam pass off for a minute or two the pudding will shrink and become very much firmer.

Crushed egg-shells .are splendid for scouring purposes. They must be finely crushed or they will scratch enamelled ware or anything of the kind. Remove all the white skin from the inside of the shells before crushing, and then apply the powder on a damp rag. Wash afterwards with warm soapy wafer, and your pots and pans will look like new again.