Evening star., 1944-03-15
USING PORK BONE.
(Thdnks to Mrs. S. B. S.,
WdShinQton.l


Washington
This is for the lady who inquired
about using pork bones: have been
making vegetable soup with raw
pork bones for 20 years and we have
never tired of it.
When you buy pork loin roast.
have the butcher saw off the bone.
instead of cutting into chops. Wash
the bone and remove any splinters.
Bone from 3 or 4-pound roast
will need IL quarts cold water. To
this add l teaspoon barley, l tea
spoon rice. 2 teaspoons soy beans.
This is enough dried vegetable as
1t thickens the soup if too much
is used. Boil gently for one hour.
Then add fresh vegetables, l carrot
grated, l or 2 tablespoons peas, very
small quantity of celery, one me-
dium potato diced, few green beans
sliced crosswise, very thin. Boil
another hour. Salt and pepper to
taste, but no onion of any kind it
spoils the sweetness of fresh veg
etables.
The tenderloin of the roast may
be used separately also Have the
butcher remove it. French it, dip
In dried bread crumbs, canned milk
tor egg and crumbs again. Pan
fry about 10 or Is minutes. Hope
you enjoy it.
WASHING DELICATE THINGS.
(Thunks to Mrs. J. E. F.,
Washington
I always turn to the Clearing
House the very first thing when I
get The Star. I read every line in
it and want you to know just how
fine I think it is.
In answer to Mrs. J. l.. KS re-
quest for information about drying
sweaters I would like to submit my
method for washing and drying
them.
I first wash them through luke
warm, soapy water, using some mild
soap, preferably unscented. squeeze
them through and through this first
soapy water and even rub the most
soiled spots, such as the cuffs and
around the neck. If they do not ap-
pear clean I put them through an
other water just like the first. The
rinse water is almost as Soapy as
the others, but not quite. This is
to leave the wool soft and fluffy.
I like to use scented soap for the
rinse water, it makes the garments
so acceptably sweet without that
woolly smell they sometimes get. All
waters should be lukewarm. I then
squeeze the sweater out in big
bath towel and stretch it to fit the
outline of it which I have pre-
viously drawn on the paper on which
I am going to dry it, having done
this before putting it in the water.
If necessary one may even use pins
in this stretching process, sticking
them in the rug or floor slightly
to hold them firm. My sweaters dry
quickly and fit nicely and I hope
that Mrs. J. L. KS will, too.
I have several other nice hints
for washing delicate things. For
cotton organdy articles, such as
blouses, dickies and trimmings, one
tablespoon of borax to cup of luke
warm water starches them beauti-
fully. Just squeeze them in the
borax water after rinsing and iron
when not quite dry and they look
like new.
For most common ink stains, just
soak the spot in skinned milk as
soon as possible after it has been
stained, wash as usual and watch
the ink disappear.
For washing soiled hair brushes
teaspoon or two of ordinary washing
ammonia in the first water will do
wonders and ammonia is also fine
for removing stubborn dirty streaks
such as get at the cuffs and collars
Of small boys shirts. 1t should not
be used too strong as the fumes are
Objectionable and it isn't too good
for ones hands.
Your precious rayons will last
much, much longer if you get two
pairs the same color and wash
pair each night and let 1t dry all
the next day while you wear the pair
bLldb Wdo "oSllCu bCAOlC ldSt.
Squeezing, not wringing, in towel
is good for them, too, as it keeps the
color from running and fading.
Dark articles should never be
washed in the same water that you
have washed lighter ones in, as the
lint will get on them and it is quite
q problem to get it off.
For boiling clothes, especially if
you have hard or semi-hard water,
place the garments in large cloth
sack and tie the top. Boil as usual
and the scum that forms will settle
on the sack instead of the clothes
This is blessing to mothers who
have to boil childrens clothes to
get them clean.
I could write pages I suppose, but
If write too much you won't have
room for me and I'd like to get in
the Clearing House; I'd consider it
quite an honor.
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