HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Western Star, 13 December 1935, Page 2

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

ALMOND PASTE FOR THE XMAS CAKE. 1 lb icing sugar 1 lb gioundl almonds 1 teaspoon almond essence 2 eggs 1 teaspoon brandy (if liked). Sift the icing sugar twice. Mix ibo sugar and meal together in a basin. Beat the eggs lightly and add to thel sugar mixture. Blend in the flavouring essences. Mix to a smooth paste andi knead thoroughly on a board. A rich! cake should be quite cold before it id iced. CHRISTMAS CAKE. 1 lb butter 1 lb white sugar I 5 lbs flour 1 lb raisins or sultanas 1 lb currants 4 cup brandy 2 ozs glace cherries 8 eggs 4 ozs almonds 8 ozs mixed peel 2 baking powder 1 level tea s *poou salt Spice if liked. Beat the butte r and sugar to a cream add eggs singly and beat well. Sift in some of the flour and scatter 6ome of the fruit on it, then mix well. Repeat until flour and fruit used up. then give a good final stirring. Bake in a moderate oven for 44 t y 5 hours. A GOOD XMAS PUDDING I 1 cup suet 1 cup breadcrumbs lj eupe sugar cups raisins 14 cups currants 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 oz peel 4 oz mixed spice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 heaped tablespoon golden syrup dissolved in 1 cup milk 4 well-beaten eggs 2 dessertspoons brandy or rum. Mix well and steam 4 hours. STRAWBERRY TEA-CAKE. Cream together one tablespoon butter and 1 cup sugar; add 1 well-beaten egg and f cup milk. Sift, in 14 cups Hour with 2 level teaspoons baking powder, and a pinch of salt and beat all together well. Crush one large cup straw berries to a pulp, add to the mixture and bake 20 minutes in moderate oven in a well-greased tin. Serve hot with butter. EXCELLENT MOCK CREAM. Cream together 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter; add two tablespoons milk and beat well into butter and sugar. Now add 2 tablespoons boiling water to other ingredients, beating all the time. Make sure the water is boiling. CHEESE ROLLS. 4 ozs grated cheese 2 eggs A little puff pastry A little butter and cayenne pepper Some browned breadcrumbs. Hard boil one of the eggs, chop the yolk finely and mix with the cheese. Season with the pepper and a little salt. Roll out the puff pastry thinly and out into as many squares "as rolls required. Spread each square with butter, with a little of the cheese mixture in the centre; fold the pastry over and pinch the ends together. Now beat nn the other egg and brush each roll! lightly with it, afterwards sprinkling o'er a few browned breadcrumbs. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes Serve hot.

HINTS and SUGGESTIONS. An old chamois glove makes a capital ''iper for . golf balls. Keep a piece dampened in the bag and clean the ball with it at each tee. I’lungo hard-boiled eggs Into cold' water the minute they ate ,„kon o ff the lle . T 1 Will facilitate peeling am j, orevont discoloration Keep in tlm guest-room at least six coat-hangers and let every guest knowf before she leaves home that-there is no need for her to carry hangers. To remove machine hole's left afted unpicking a hern i„ ;| jersey frock fill rf b a .s, u with hot water and din the part unpicked into it. Spread out to drv and press with a warm iron. Sprinkie a few handfuls of salt over the kitchen fire after it i s made up and it will keep going for hours without requiring any attention. THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK. How use doth breed a liabiV in n man! 1 Yanety’s the very spice of life I hat gives it all its flavour. He prayeth well who lovetli wed Both man. and bird and beast ” Hie prayeth best wlm loveth best All things both great and small. Prayer i s th e soul’s sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire I hat trembles i n the breast.