Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 16 October 1913, Page 57

Domestic

By Maureen.

Tip-top Cakes. One and a-half breakfast cupfuls of sugar, one cupful sweet milk, one egg, two an a-half cupfuls flour, one tablespoonful of butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; flavor to suit the taste with nutmeg or extracts. These may be baked in small cake tins. Banana Pudding. Crumble four ounces of cracked biscuits, pour over , them a pint of hot milk, soak well beat two eggs, one ounce of butler and sugar, add this with any essence liked, and four bananas cut into small pieces. Pour into a buttered mould, cover with buttered paper, and steam for one hour. Serve with sweet sauce. • Fruit Fritters. Almost any kind of fruit, either fresh or canned, may be used in fritters. Cut up and sprinkle with sugar, add a little grated lemon rind, if liked, and let stand for two or three hours if possible. Then drain, and, if cut in slices, dip them in the batter before frying. If chopped fine, stir 1 into the batter and fry in spoonfuls. Care of Ferns and Palms. Women who take a pride in having beautiful ferns in their rooms should take the following advice. Once let a fern become really dry and thirsty and it will be ruined. Palms should be watered every other day thoroughly. The earth must be wet at the bottom of the pot, but not to such an extent that water stands in it. The leaves of the palm should be kept carefully dusted, so that they will look fresh; indeed, they may be washed with advantage daily. Raspberry Queen. A quarter of a pound of breadcrumbs, a small tea.spoonful of carbonate of soda, a quarter of a , .pound of beef suet, a tablespoonful of caster sugar, two tablespoonfuls of raspberry jam, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, and two eggs. Mix the ingredients well together. ■ Half fill a well-buttered mould with the mixture, tie down with buttered paper, and steam for two hours. Heat a little of the jam with a little water and lemon-juice, strain it round the pudding, and sprinkle a little sugar on top. Orange Delight. Five oranges, one teacup of white sugar, one pint of milk, three eggs, one tablespoonful of cornflour. Peel the oranges and cut in thin slices, removing all the pips; sift the sugar over them; heat the milk in.a double saucepan; mix the cornflour smoothly with a little cold milk, and add to the hot milk, also the beaten yolks of the eggs. Stir till thick, and pour over the oranges. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a tablespoonful of white sugar, and put on top of the custard. Put in the oven to set the meringue and serve cold. Household Hints. Salted meat requires longer boiling than fresh. Put it into cold water, quickly bring it to the boil, then let it simmer. Allow longer time than for fresh meat, as the fibres will be harder. To shine boots quickly, do not blacken, but rub with a piece of orange. Let the juice dry in, and then polish with a soft brush, when they will shine like a mirror. To remove tartar from the teeth, sprinkle a little f, powdered magnesia upon the toothbrush and rub the teeth upon which the tartar has collected. Should one application not remove it, a second cannot fail to do so. . Curtains that are starched with flour will last longer than if the ordinary starch is used, because flour does not rot them the same as the starch does. Three tablespoonfuls of flour mixed to a paste with cold water ; then pour boiling water on as for proper jstarch. This will do two pairs of curtains, besides, a few smaller ' covers, etc.