DOMESTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 19 August 1920, Page 41

DOMESTIC

(Biz Maureen.)

Economic and Proved Method of Jam or Marmalade Making. To ©very pound of fruit allow sugar and 1 teaspoonful salt to 31b fruit. Boil as usual. Allow three months before using. . Date-Lemon Jam. To 21b dates stoned and chopped add two large cups water and boil half an hour over slow fire, taking care not to let it burn. Dissolve 2 packets lemon jelly in 3| clips water, add to dates, also grated rind and juice of 1 small lemon; bring again to boiling point, then pot. Carrot Soup. Four carrots, 1 teaspoonful sugar,'salt and pepper, 2oz butter, 3 quarts stock (clear). Scrape and slice up the carrots, melt the butter'in a saucepan, put in the carrots, sprinkle with the sugar, and cook in the butter till soft ; keep them covered, and stir occasionally. Bub them through a sieve, and return to the saucepan; pour on the boiling stock, mix well, and boil 20 minutes. It is then ready to serve. Send fried bread to the table with it. Sponge Cake. Ingredients: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs. Mix 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder with flour, and add sugar, whisk butter to a cream, beat eggs and mix all Hie ingredients together. Line the tin with greased paper, and bake in a quick oven until nicely browned. ' Medicinal Value of Vegetables. Tomatoes are so beneficial in the effect on the liver that they have been aptly styled the “vegetable calomel. Celery is an excellent nerve tonic and is good for people suffering from rheumatism. Watercress is credited with having tonic properties. We have always known that parsnips and carrots are good for the complexion. The reason for this is that both vegetables contain’arsenic, which has an almost magical effect on the skin. Onions are supposed to be without an equal as a nerve tonic, blood purifier, and general cleanser of the system. Lettuce is conducive to sleep, because it com tains opium. Parsley is excellent for the stomach, and aids digestion. Remember that vegetables are not only good to eat but good for you—make the most of the variety txiat the season brings. J

Leaf vegetables, lettuce, spinach, and cabbage; that are largely water, are splendid food, for ' they - furnish valuable minerals which your body needs as- well as growth-promoting* substances that help make children grow and keep adults healthy, k ‘ k ‘ Minerals in vegetables keep your blood as it ought to be and your whole body in good condition. ' Vegetables are better than medicine to prevent the common evil of constipation. r 1 ) Serve a quantity of vegetables and you will need less bread and meat in the meals. Household Hints. . When making a meat pudding, if a small piece of crust about the size of half-a-crown is cut out of the bottom, the pudding will take one and a-half hours less to cook. , When frying fish, sprinkle a little salt in the fat; this gives the fish a better flavor. The arerage time to allow for roasting or boiling meat is a quarter of an hour to each pound. Boiled puddings are lighter and more easily digested if made with equal parts of flour and breadcrumbs. To keep milk-jugs sweet, well scour them with salt and then fill them with clean cold water until required for use. ’