HINTS AND RECIPES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 370, 13 September 1930, Page 20 (Supplement)

HINTS AND RECIPES

Baking powder can be made by using cream of Tartar and carbonate of soda in the proportion of two to one respectively. i k 11 Puddings containing custard should always be cooked slowly. As hot air rises, and heat causes fermentation, do not store jams and gacklcfe on a top shelf. A cauliflower is best cooked by beisg tied in a piece of muslin before putting in the pan. This keeps it whole and white.

If an article ha. been given too much blue-bag. steep it for a short time in vinegar and water. Some blues do not respond to this treatment, but a soaking in warm water, followed by a wash with naphtha soap in lukewarm water, is usually effective in such cases. While starch is still hot drop into it a piece of alum the size of a walnut. This will give a glaze, and the articles starched will keep clean longer. If the edges ot the pastry of a fruit tart are damped with milk instead of water, the juice will not render the pastry sodden. To remove stains from a gabardine frock, sponge with warm water to which a little liquid ammonia has been added. The yolk of an egg will remove mud, coffee, or chocolate stains from any kind of material. Apply with a piece of flannel, beginning at the outside of each stain and working with a circular movement towards the centre. To clean vinegar bottles and decanters. put some stinging nettles in the bottles with a little soda and a little warm water. This will take all the Btain away when the solution is shaken. To clean copper kettles, rub them with a lemon dipped in salt. Rinse with clea- water, and polish with a soft Cloth. Clean the inside by boiling in the kettle water to which has been added one tablesponful of bicarbonate of soda to each quart.

To clean tarnished silver, make a solution of boiling water and soap powder. Place the article to be cleaned in the water and scrub with a stiff brush. Dry with a soft linen cloth, and polish with chamois leather. If golden syrup is required in a cake or pudding, do not weigh it in a cup or basin; just flour the scales well and pour on the syrup. It will leave the scales quite easily. All wall clocks accumulate dust, which in time stops them. The following simple remedy will prevent this:—Steep a small handful of cotton-wool in paraflin oil, and place at the bottom of the clock out of the way of the pendulum. The fumes strike upwards and clean as well as lubricate the works. BAIN SPOTS ON LIGHT FELT HATS Remove all trimming from the hat and spread a paste of pipeclay and water all over. Leave on for two days, then brush thoroughly with a clean, stiff brush in the open air till all trace of the pipeclay has disappeared. A HOME-MADE SHOE CREAM. A good shoe cream can be made inexpensively at home. Finely shred three ounces of white wax and one and a half ounces of beeswax. Put into a jar, add five good tablespoonsful of turpentine, and stand in a panful of boiling water, well away from any naked light or fire, as turpentine is very inflammable. Stir and beat well, and, if the mixture becomes too thick, add a little water, but do not get it too liquid. Leave white for light-coloured shoes, but for brown shoes add a little yellow ochre; for black shoes add a small amount of lamp-black. TO RENOVATE INDIA MATTING. When India matting is faded and shabby, brush it thoroughly to get rid &f all dust, scrub it with hot soda and water, and dry thoroughly. Afterwards, if very faded in colour, brush over with a light shade of straw hat dye. TO*KEEP AWAY GNATS. Tf a few drops of oil of lavender are rubbed on one’s neck, arms, and legs, one will not be troubled with gnats, midges or mosquitoes when one is working or lazing in the garden. A room in which there are a number of flies will be cleared quickly if some oil of lavender is put into a bowl of hot water. Mansfield Pudding.—Two ounces u* breadcrumbs, | pint milk, 2 eggs, Jcz. castor sugar, 30z.. suet, shredded finely, 3oz. flour, 3oz. sultanas—use the Australian variety on account of their finq flavour —a little grated nutmeg. Mix the suet with the flour, then stir in all the dry ingredients, beat up the eggs, mix with the milk, and beat all well together for about three minutes. Pour into a buttered pie-dish and bake about one hour. Turn out on to a dish to »erve. and sprinkle castor sugar over. Apple Cream.—Peel, core and cut up wme rather small apples, and stew them with very little water, sugar, half-a-dozen cloves, a sprinkling of cinnamon, and the grated rind of a lemon. Mix to a smooth puree, then add the well beaten yolks of two eggs Mix well, then add the whites of the eggs, stiffly beaten Add two or three tablespoonsful of butter gradually and thoroughly, and the strained juice of a lemon. Pour in a buttered mould, and bake for half an hour Eat hot or cold. Orange and Banana Salad.—Take •ome oranges, peel them, and divide into sections. Lay them in a bowl and pour over them a boiling syrup. Leave until cool, then add slices of bananas. Add a few ripe strawberries, if my are available, and sprinkle the top layer with chopped nuts. Serve with cream if possible.