RECIPES AND HINTS

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13488, 19 May 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

RECIPES AND HINTS

.Mutton Olives. Cut rather ' thin slice-) from a cold! leg of mutton, make a good veal stuffing, take each slice, and place a layer of stuffing upon it, .and roll up carefully. Secure each with a small skewer or string. Roll each in flour, to which has boon added a seasoning of salt and pepper. Place a toacupful of good stock or gravy in a stewpan, and carefully lav in the rolls. Add a piece of butter the siy,e of a walnut, and a small pickled onion. Simmer gently for one hour, take out the mils carefully and pile high on a hot d'ifih. Leave to keep hot while thickening the gravy with a little flour mixed with ketohliD or sauce to flavor. Pour this round the dish and garnish "ith slui'ipd friend or toasted croutons

stir in one table spoonful butter Toiled in flour and boil up again. Meanwhile toast some slices of bread very brown, butter on both sides, and pour the tomato sauce over them.

Stone Cream. —Put oi npricot jam in a layer in a ghiss dish, pour over this the juice of a icmon. and a little, oi the seated rind, put a pint- ol cream (good milk will do), and Joz of isinglass, into a saucepan, stir it over the tire until it is dissolved, let it cool, stirring occasionally, pour it over the jam, and put it aside to get quite firm. Blanch ioz of almonds, cut them in strips, and decorate the cream with them. . This sweet is best, made the day before it is wanted.

Kisses. —One egg white, four even tablespoons of sugar, one halt cup <>t chopped nuts, a lew drops of vanilla. Heat eggs to stiff froth, mix in the sugar and nuts and flavor. Drop <ll baking sheet or white paper on sheet by tablespoon! 11 Is. Hake in moderate oven.

To remove stains on crockery rub them -well with tine ashes moistened with vinegar.

Always put tin things in a warm place to dry, otherwise they are sine to riir-t at the seams.

It suet is melted in the oven, and put. into jars it will keep excellently, and is far easier to chop "in this form. Puddings will keep for a longer time if made with -net that has been treated in this wav.

A drop or two of paraffin added to boot polish will give even damp boot> quite a good shine. Candle ends with used matchstalks rolled up in newspaper into balls make' 1 excellent.' and most incxpen-ive firelighters.

Don't throw away paper bags in which groceries, etc., arrive. Kr*op them, they make excellent covers when Kittling jam. Just- cut them to fit- the jars or bottles, brush each over with white of egg, and tie dowu in the ordinary way. Tea-water is a very good dirt remover, and will clean varnished and stained w.pod-'work without damaging the tine surface of the wood.