DOMESTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 1 April 1920, Page 41

DOMESTIC

(By Maueeen.)

Curried Potatoes. Ten cold, potatoes, a large onion, loz fat, loz curry powder, juice of half a lemon, a little salt, and one gill of stock. Prepare and slice the onion, fry it in the fat. Add the potatoes cut in cubes, toss these in the fat, and add salt to taste, then sprinkle in the, curry powder, add' the stock and lemon juice. Stew slowly over the fire for 15 minutes. Dish'up and serve hot. ; - 7 " Meat Pie with Vegetables. Take 11b beef or mutton, 1 turnip, 6 small potatoes, 3 small carrots, 1 large onion, salt. Season with salt,'pepper, celery salt, a little chopped parsley. Wipe and cut meat in pieces and put in a saucepan. Cover with hot water. Add seasoning and cook for half an hour. Then add carrots, turnip, and onion cut in pieces, putting in more s water if necessary. Boil until vegetables are tender. Add the potatoes cut-in quarters, and cook until potatoes are done. Thicken with two tablespoons of flour stirred , up with cold water. Turn into a baking-dish and cover with a crust made as follows ; 1J cups flour, 1 tablespoon dripping, 2 teaspoons baking powder, milk to moisten. Bake until crust is done, and serve in a bakingdish. Stewed Parsnips. Take parsnips, 1 small onion, loz fat, 1 pint water. Scrub, wash, scrape, and cut-up'in small pieces the parsnips, peel-and chop'the onion, melt the fat in a saucepan or enamel pie-dish or basin, fry the onion in this, then add the parsnips and fry them for a few minutes, then add the water; season with salt and pepper and a few drops of vinegar if you have any; stew either on top of the stove or in the oven for three-quarters of an hour. f* Vegetable Marrow Jam. Cut the marrow in strips, remove the seeds. To each 11b of e marrow allow 11b of lump sugar. Lay the marrow and sugar in a pan all night. Add to every 511) of marrow 2oz of ginger cut into pieces, and three lemons, the thin peel cut into small strips, and the juice squeezed and strained. Put into a preserving-pan, and hoi very gently

for four hours. Take care not to : let it boil fast or it will; crystallise. ** ' _ Orange Marmalade: To make good marmalade, take 61b of bitter oranges and 81b of good | white sugar. • Cut the rind of . the orangesso that it will peel off in four pieces. Put ■ the pieces of rind; in a preserving-pan on-the fire, and boil them with plenty of water for two hours then cut up into thin slices. While they are boiling, press the inside of the oranges through a sieve narrow enough to prevent the seeds and skin going through. Add the sliced peel to what goes through, add the sugar, and boil the whole for 10 minutes. It may then be put up in jars, etc., and covered in the usual way. V „ N 1 Health Hints. ‘ ' -,.v Scalds or Burns. —The former, caused by moist heat, \ such as boiling water or steam, the latter by dry heat, such as the fire or a red-hot poker. To treat, first of all': carefully remove the clothing over the affected part. • If stuck to the skin the adhering clothing must be,cut around with scissors, and the part that -is sticking soaked with* oil and left to come. away subsequently. Never attempt to drag it off, as the shock may cause death. Do not break blisters; they are Nature’s provision to protect the; tender new skin underneath. - Immediately cover up the part. Soak or smear pieces of lint or old linen with oil, or vaseline, lanoline, or cold cream. A small quantity of boracic powder added to these will benefit. The inside of a. raw potato scraped out and spread on lint makes a soothing application. If none of these things are available, you can dust the injured part with flour, maizena, or oatmeal. Remember that shock is the usual result of such an accident, the key to which is warmth. Apply externally by means of hot bottles and blankets, and internally by the giving of hot drinks. Household Hints. When you find fruit stains on table linen, moisten with a little camphor. If this is done before the stain has been wet with water it will entirely disappear. To retain the nutrient qualities of meat, plunge it hi boiling water, keep it there for a few moments, then simmer until done. Remove soiled spots from carpets with warm water and a little ammonia in it. Apply with a clean cloth or sponge, and wipe dry. . . X