KITCHEN HINTS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 27, 5 July 1890, Page 14

KITCHEN HINTS.

The cook must rise early and light her fire, carefully wiping out the oven with a damp cloth. In brushing the stove care must be taken to always brush in the same direction, otherwise a smudgy apj>earance will be the lesult of the blackleading. To prevent a spotty hearth, hot ashes will at once remove oil »r grease stains. Here is a good recipe for scouring the Hoor and table so as to keep them a good colour : Three parts of sand, two parts of soft soap, one part of lime. Rub this mixture well in with a scrubbing brush, then wash with clean water. • To keep saucepans. etc., from resting on the table have always ready two or three triangles of wood : this will do away with the objectionable but necessary pieces of paper. Dish covers should be smeared with hartshorn powder r ami cold water. When thoroughly dry. brush with a plate brush, and ]>olish with dry leather. To clean Britannia metal use fne rotten soft soap and turpentine mixed to the consistency of putty. Copper saucepans, though very useful, are very dangerous unless the inside is always most carefully cleaned. Nothing should be allowed to remain in them after cooking. Frying pans should be cleaned with salt the moment they are done with, and on no account should water ever be allowed to come in contact with them. If the inside of an omelet pan has once been touched with water, the cooking properly an omlet is forever an im]K>ssil»ility.