Evening star., 1944-02-07
HOUSEHOLD HELPS:
COLLECTING BUTTONS?
(ThdnkS to Mrs. C, p. M.

SoAl1CS 1lN1 oO lONoG
(Thdnks to Mrs. G. P. M,
Mount Rdinier.)
have been married II years, but
find that even IAN old dog can be
taught new tricks" by reading your
splendid Clearing House section
daily. Thanks to some one for a
bright idea in its conception. l
have a few specials" in the ways of
hints that I hope may help some
Of the girls:
Waxing with liquid wax, of win
dow sills, around door knobs and
light switches, make their cleaning
simple thing. (And those places
where the small ones daub with
their little fingers.
Pewter: had never found sat-
isfactory cleanser for my pewter, so
one day when I had been cleaning
silver with the old soda and alu-
minum method I experimental.
Tried out on a piece which I didn't
care should I spoil it, but was
happily surprised to have excellent
results. Caution must be used as
pewter Is soft and will melt easily
Immerse the pieces, and turn fire.
quently, rinse and polish with silver
polish.
Scratches and hicks on furniture
legs, etc. I keep a small can of
walnut stain handy, and using an
applicator or tooth pick with the
cotton wrapped tightly and smooth
ly as brush, touch up the marks
as they appear. Let dry a bit and
use your favorite polish. I find this
method more successful than the
commercial scratch polishes.
In respiratory illnesses keep a
paper bag pinned to the bed for
safe and sanitary disposal of cleans
ing tissues. Don't risk injecting
others by careless discard.
My mother, sturdy New Eng
lander, that she is, solved her prob
lem Of not having the so neces-
sary brass securing pad for pots
and pans. She came across an old
mesh bag at church rummage sale
and cut the mesh from the frame
Now when food sticks to the bot
tom on the pans this mesh scour-
ing pad does the trick.
Compliments on my potato salad
I credit to the fact that I mix in
the dressing and onion while the
potatoes are still warm. Flavor
seems to permeate much better
while warm. And do you ever have
hot potato salad? It really is good.
too, particularly in cold weather.
Something I have yet to see in
cook books and that is to prick the
bottom crust with fork when
making two crust pies. Bottom
crust will never buckle" if you do
this.
A simple trick to make even the
plainest cake treat: Use the usual
butter icing COR substitute marga-
rlne, little cream and salt). Sprin-
kle the top with ground-up pea
nuts. The Government tells us to
use more peanuts. Be sure to get
the roasted peanuts, husk and peel
and put through the food chopper
using the medium blade. The bows
at the USO went for this "big" as
they did these brown sugar cup
cakes:
Brown Sugar Cup Cakes: 2 egg
yolks, beaten lemon color, l cup
walnut meats Qess can be used), i
cup brown sugar, u teaspoon salt.
n teaspoon vanilla, egg whites,
beaten stiff, Il cup flour.
Mix in order given, pour into cup
cake tins, leaving them not quite
full. Bake slowly at 1926 degrees for
Is minutes. They are little Chew
ey," and like brownies, are best
when day old.
1 wonder whether any of the
Clearing House readers have their
mothers and grandmother's button
boxes? Collecting old and antique
buttons is my hobby. Most women
ind this quite fascinating hobby.
as we all are rather button"
minded, and 1 now have an inter-
esting collection, which I have dis
played at various occasions at
church meetings, and son on. NV
phone number is Hyattsville 5524,
should you wish to contact me. An
odd button isn't usually of much
use to most of us, but we button
nuts have often found good but
tons this way. Our chief source of
adding to our collection is by pes
tering our friends and their friends,
to please, look through the old but
ton box!
USES FOR EGG WHITES.
(Thdnks to Mrs. w. B. T.,
Washington
In answer to Mrs. G. o. A.. Ar
lington, request for use of egg whites,
I submit:
Corn Flake Macaroons-11s CUBS
corn flakes, u cup sugar, Il cup
coconut, 2 egg whites beaten stiff.
Drop from teaspoon on creased pan
and bake in quick oven.
Apple Pie With Cranberry Me-
ringue-Fill baked pie shell with
coarse dry applesauce to which
grated rind and juice of lemon, "a
teaspoon nutmeg, teaspoon butter,
sugar to taste has been added. Beat
! or 2 egg whites, add "a cup cram
berry jelly.
SPONGE CAKE.
(Thdnks to Mrs. L. A. S.,
Washington
My thanks to Mrs. E. E. N. of
Arlington for the sponge cake recipe
which she first saw in The Star AZ
years ago! I made the cake yester-
day and think 1t is the best sponge
cake I've ever eaten.
But this has raised a problem. I
bake 1t in an old PENNSYLVANIA
Dutch, slipware mold with tube
center, and have always had trouble
getting the cake out of the dish
after baking, I've rubbed it well
with salt before using. Can any one
suggest something else to do which
will prevent my sponge cakes from
sticking?
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INK STAIN REMOVED.
(ThdnkS to Mrs c. N M