The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-07
Household Notes

I Household Notes /!
! Green vegetables should be put into
boiling water with a tiny pinch OF
soda.
In blowing out a candle hold it aloft
and blow upward. This will prevent
the scattering of the grease.
A most effective way to clean limo
leum is to wash first with a little
water, and then polish by applying
milk.
\ lemon should always be kept near
the kitchen sink, as a slice of raw
lemon will remove all stains from the
hands
When boiling haricot beans do not
put in the salt till the beans are nearly
cooked, otherwise they are apt to split
and crack.
The shank bones of mutton, so little
to the richness of gravies and soups
for sick room broths.
To remove medicine stains from
spoons rub with rag dipped in sui
phuric acid, wash with soapsuds and
polish with soft chamois skin.
Heat a lemon thoroughly before
squeezing it, and you will obtain near
ly double the quantity of juice that
would be obtained if it We're not
heated.
A little piece of brown paper
creased so that it will fit the bottom
and sides of the bread jar will absorb
the extra moisture and keep the bread
from molding.
Potatoes will bake more quickly if
boiled in sailed water for ten minutes, /
then put in the oven. The boiling will
heat them through SO they cook in
short time.
It is a good plan to dip brooms in
very hot soapsuds once a week. This
toughens their bristles, and the brooms
not only last longer but also sweep
better than if they were kept perfectly
dry
If moths are in a carpet, turn it over
and iron on the wrong side with a good
hot fiat iron. Then sprinkle the floor /
with turpentine, rub it well in and turn
the carpet back. Repeat the treat .
ment two or three times.
BY cutting old potatoes into small
balls. allowing them to soak for three j
or four hours in cold water, then boil
ing in cold sailed water and serving
with cream sauce, a good substitute
for new potatoes is obtained.
If you have covered a pan in which
to roast meat, never open it to haste
the meat. Keep covered from first to
last. The idea is that the pan is full
Of steam, which penetrates the fiber of
the meat. If desired to brown the out
side, leave the cover off a short time
IN a quick oven.
In purchasing a piece of linen, if in
doubt about the material being gem
Ilne, dampen nnger In the mouth,
out it on the material and if the damp
ness shows on the opposite side at the
same time, the goods is linen. Cotton
abrics are slower to absorb moisture.
The rule is infallible.
Soiled wall paper can be cleaned ,
ipon the walls without injuring the
most delicate or highly colored. Dip
whitewash brush in hot vinegar and
rush all over it very quickly, but {
thoroughly. You will be surprised to Z
ee how dirty the vinegar becomes. :
When dry the paper will be fresh and
lean as if newly hung.
dirty sink pipe or the waste pipe
f a lavatory basin will often become
logged. In this case take a handful ;
ach of salt and soda, and, after mix
1g the two, put as much as possible Il
own the pipe. Leave for about half
n hour, then pour a couple of quarts
f boiling water down the drain, fol-
wing it with plenty of warm water, t
, as to remove every vestige of slime,
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