DOMESTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 30 January 1919, Page 41

DOMESTIC

(By Maureen.)

C Fried Pumpkin. - , Fried pumpkin is delicious when served as a garnish. Remove the rind and the seeds and cut in long, thin strings, then roll in flour, dip in beaten egg, and fry in deep fat. Carrot Marmalade. While carrots are young and tender make some marmalade. Take IMb of well-washed carrots, the same amount of sugar, and two lemons cut fine, excluding the seeds. Chop the carrots, and simmer until' tender, then add the sugar, and cook until thick. Seal in jelly glasses. Afternoon Tea Kiss Cakes. Quarter pound of butter, Mb of sugar, Mb of flour (or Hb of cornflour and Mb of flour), one heaped teaspoonful of baking powder, two eggs. Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then boat the eggs and add the three together, and beat for several minutes ; then add the flour gently, with the baking powder: drop from a teaspoon on a. cold oven tray, and bake in a moderate oven. Stick two together when cold, with raspberry jam, and sprinkle icing sugar on top. Mixed Vegetable Salad. A good mixed salad is obtained by taking a young tender lettuce, a small tomato, a slice or so of beetroot, and cucumber, a few radishes, water cress, and, if liked, three or four spring onions. Boil an egg until it is very hard. Crush the yolk up, add a teaspoonful of made mustard, some olive oil. and salt and pepper. When enough oil has been added to make a sufficiency of dressing for the amount of the table add a few drops of vinegar. Pour into a bowl, lay the vegetables.on it, and mix with a wooden fork and spoon just before placing on the table. Cut up the white of the egg and sprinkle over the vegetables.

Tomato * Jam. To make green tomato jam, remove the stems from some green tomatoes and wipe them over thoroughly with a clean cloth. Allow Mb of white sugar to lib of fruit. Put into the preserving pan and add enough water to make' sufficient syrup. Do not put much water in at first, as you can add to it if there is not enough. Lemons should be sliced and put into it in the proportion of one lemon to every 21b of fruit. Cook until done through and the syrup looks thick. They make an 5 excellent preserve, and taste almost like figs. Ripe tomato jam is made as follows: Take the sound fruit as soon as ripe, scald and peel them. To 71b of tomatoes add 71b of white su°-ar, and let them stand overnight. Take • the tomatoes out of the sugar and boil the syrup, removing the scum ; put in the tomatoes and boil gently from 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the fruit again and boil until the syrup thickens: on cooling put the fruit into jars and pour the syrup over it; add a few slices of lemon to each jar. Household Hints. A glass of hot milk is a good sleep producer. Take if just before retiring. When making pastry handle with as little moisture as possible : the more crumbly it is the more flaky it will be. J Tweed garments may be rendered waterproof and impervious to the heaviest rains if treated as follows: Put Mb each of sugar of lead and of powdered alum into a pail of rainwater. Stir now and again till the mixture becomes quite clear. Pour it off into another vessel, and leave the garments in it for 24 hours. Hang up to dry without wringing. This is recommended as better than a raincoat or waterproof. Borax is a convenient thing to have on the kitchen shelf. Added to the dish-water in which dish towels are washed it will help to keep them of good color. Moreover, by softening the water it tends to keep hands smooth and white.