The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
Household Hints

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A pinch of salt and soda added to
water in which tough meat or vegetables
are boiled will make them more tender.
Celery is much improved if soaked an
hour in ice cold water in which lemon
has been squeezed. |
Pans creased with butter will make
the bottom crust of pies soft and flaky
and prevent them from being soggy.
If bread is wrapped in paraffin paper
as soon as it is taken from the oven it
will keep fresh and moist much longer.
Suet and lard are best kept in tin ves-
sells. Salt pork, however, should be kept
in glazed earthenware.
When boiling turnips add a little
sugar to the water; it improves the
flavor of the vegetables and lessons the
odor in the cooking.
If kerosene is rubbed into leather
hardened by water it will soften it well.
The secret of an especially delicious
omelette served in certain home came
to light the other day. More yolks
than whites are used and little rich
cream goes in when it is to be plain or
is to be seasoned with cheese.
To keep white silk gloves from turn.
ing color, wash in cold water with cas-
tile soap and add little bluing to the
rinsing water and dry in the shade.
To make black ribbon stiff enough to
stand alone, take some wax and rub all
over one side of the ribbon, then iron
it and it will hold in place an upright
bow.
There is nothing more soothing in a
case of nervous restlessness than hot
salt bath just before retiring.
Rice possesses more nutriment than
wheat, oats or barley. 1t will sustain
life longer than any other starch-pro-
during plant.
When a knife handle comes off fill
the hole with powdered resin, heat the
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allow to cool.
1t is said that a lump Of gum cam
phor placed in the silver drawer will pre-.
vent the pieces from furnishing.
If candles are kept for some six weeks
or two months before use, they will give
better light and burn more slowly than
if used when quite new.
lump of sugar dropped into tea
pot not constantly in use prevents any
mustness.
Dishes which have become brown and
burnt from baking in the oven may te
easily cleaned after they have stood
awhile in borax water.
Polish windows with paper instead
of cloth to avoid lint and streaks.
To obliterate a scratch on polished
furniture rub vigorously with linseed oil.
piece of gum camphor placed in the
box where silver is kept will prevent
it becoming tarnished.
10 remove rusty screws or nalls from
wood try letting kerosene soak into the
wood around them.
To freshen rusty black lace soak it
with vinegar and water, two table.
spoonfuls of vinegar to pint of water.
Rinse and iron while damp between
flannels.
Cut out the heavy desserts Fruit with
cream, simple puddngs, custards and
one-crust berry pies are what even
hard working men want these days.
If you have milk to spare, little add
ed to the water in which potatoes are
boiled will make them whittier and bet
ter Favored, especially old ones.
Even if you do not want the flowers
till afternoon or evening, cut them early
in the morning (before breakfast, if
possible) for both thei sake and yours
They are never so fresh and do not last
nearly 50 long if left awhile in the hot
sun.
To prevent freshly baked cake from
sticking to the plate on which it is
placed, sprinkle with sugar and it car
be removed without particle adherine
to the plate.
Do not cover the pan in which fish
b cooking. 1t will make the flesh soft