HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 338, 7 August 1914, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A red face comes from indigestion, a poor circulation, or tight clothing;

iliaj ifc-mh is mi ch improved by the addition of sperm or salt, or both, or a little gum arabic dissolved.

A tablespoonful of turpentine' boiled with your white clothes will greatly aid the whitening process.

Milk which has changed slightly may be sweetened or rendered fit for use again by stirring in a little soda.

When starching holland pinafores, put a little strong tea into the starch. This keeps the gaz-ments ■& good colour.

When boiling fowls or fish, add to the water in which they are boiled the juice of half a lemon. This will make them beautifully white.

Rub burning, tender feet in vinegar and rock salt every night and morning. It is one of the best remedies imaginable for sore feet.

Avoid using the first water tliat comes from the tap for it has been in a lead or iron pipe all night and is therefore unwholesome.

Salt will curdle new milk; hence, in preparing porridge, gravies, etc., salt should not be added until the dish is prepared.

To make a wringing machine last for years, after wringing clothes, get a piece of old blanket and mangle two or three times. This will dry the rollers and save them.

To keep hair brushes in good condition, after washing 'with soda and borax dissolved in warm water, dip th« bristles in hot water in which a little alum has been dissolved.

The remains of cold mutton can be minced, and with the trimmings ol any pastry you may happen to have had for dinner, may be made int»: mutton pies for luncheon next day.

When boiling salt meat or pork allow twenty minutes to each pound. Salt meat should always be put on in cold water. For fish, allow ten minutes to the pound, and when thick ten minutes over.

i" When cutting a tin loaf for toast it is best to commence taking slices off the bottom of the loaf instead of at the end. What is I'eft over after the toast is done is the top, which is useful for table or breadcrumbs.

When choosing meat of any kin'l you should look out for a small grain and clear fat with very little muscle. Large-grained meat which has a great deal of sinew in it is coarse and tough.

When jars and jugs have been put away and smell must: - , rinse them with lime water. This is particularly good for all vessels used for milk, as there is no likelihood of their not boing properly cleansed.

If potatoes are watery, scrub them and score tho skin all the way round, but not deep; then boil in salted water keeping on the skins. The cracked skin lets out the moisture, and the potato is dry and floury.

In lining a tin fer baking fruit cake, etc., turn the greased side of the paper to the tin, and not to the cake. By doing so the paper will come off quite easily in a piece, without breaking the cake.

Bathing the eyes several times a day in cold water makes them bright and greatly helps to preserve the sight to extreme old age. When any substances get into the eye, syringe gently with lukewarm water till free of them.

There is no more nourishing vegetable than the parsnip, which can be made very tasty cooked like this: Boil some parsnips, cut each into four lengthwise, and fry in dripping till a dark brown colour. Season with pepper and salt whilst frying.

The custom of brushing a tablecloth, instead of shaking it, as formerly, has two good points. It does not scatter the crumbs abroad, but collects them tidily. And it does not crumple the cloth, which "was sadly mussed at the long time method of cleaning the table.

Remove rust from steel as follows: Rub plenty of oil on the steel, and do not wipe it off for three days; then scour with finely-powdered unslacked lime till all rust disappears. I presume you have already rubbed the rusty surface with paraffin, if not, do so before applying the oil.

A broken skin is greatly tp be feared, for often tiny wounds allow germs to enter, which give rise to blood poisoning. To make sure that no such painful illness follows a cut or wound, the safest plan is to paint it with tincture of iodine. This gives rise to a little smarting, but it soon passes away. The wound should be kept covered until it is healed with a clean Hum &$, W X#k £ &W fit. bflrjc