Evening star., 1945-01-18
PACKING CAKES FOR
OVERSEAS?
(Requested by Mrs. M. A. K.

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What a Joy your column is! I like
it very much and it is the very first
thing I look for every evening. Per-
haps some of the RICH readers can
supply information and help am
looking for.
My brother, who is stationed in
South America, asked for fruit
cake and cookies that will arrive
fresh and not crumbled. Have any
of your good readers any recipes and
suggestions as to how to pack them
so they will arrive OK? Many
thanks to an excellent column!
CINNAMON BUNS?
(Requested by Mrs. C. H. E.
SilDer Spring.
I wonder if some of the readers
could give me a recipe for cinnamon
buns, the "gooey type"-that when
you eat them, as you umroll them,
they are nice and sticky. I certain
| ly would appreciate any one telling
me how to make buns OF this sort.
GREASE AND VARNISH SPOT?
(Requested by Mrs. A. c.
Washington.J
I would like very much to find a
way to remove spot from wall
paper. The spot is mixture OF
grease and varnish.
SUGAR SIRUP?
(RequeSted by Mrs. G. A. D,
Arlington.)
I have a request to make. Can
some one tell me how can make
brown and white sugar slrup Tor
use on hot cakes and waffles so that
what is left will not turn to sugar?
TOY PROBLEM;
COMPANIONSHIP FOR CHILD.
(Thanks to Mrs. r. M. S., Arlington }
IL let my children keep only a
selected few of their toys to play
with at all times. The others are
put away and every few weeks we
change the selection. They are just
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as they are with new one.
2. For the lady who wanted play
mates for her 2-year -old. Why not
take him to Sunday school? Mine
enjoy seeing and playing with the
children there. At that age they
play most of the time and he will
probably meet some child that lives
close enough for them to visit oc-
casionally. If possible, you might
offer to keep the child of working
mother during the day, and thereby
provide companionship for your
child as well as hers.
STAIN REMOVAL.
(ThankS to Mrs. H. D. G.,
BetheSda.3
On January 8, Mrs. J. L. M. asked
how to remove the brown that
collects on glass baking dishes. ANY
of the numerous bleaches (they all
have the same active ingredients in
about the same proportions) In
water allowed to stand overnight in
the dish will loosen If not complete
ly dissolve the brown. This is true
of stains in light enamel pans in
which milk and eggs have been
cooked. If something has burned
on your oven, a cloth soaked IN
bleach left on the spot loosens 1t.
Undiluted bleach can be used for
any of those purposes, although it
usually serves when much diluted.
Leave a bleach-saturated cloth IN
your sink overnight to remove yell
/ low stains. This will also take
stains from white tile.
I first checked with chemist
concerning the safety of most OF
these used and have also found from
experience that they are effective
and safe.
Incidentally, if the bleach leaves
your hands unpleasantly slick" and
of strong odor, rinse them with a
bit of vinegar.
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CANDYING FRUIT PEELS.
(ThankS to Mrs. A. B. G.,
Washington
This is in answer to the request
for preserving citrus fruit peels. ]
have made a batch from an old
recipe with a new trick. I don't
know how the commercial ones are
done, but the trick I used is this
After the peel has been cooked in
the sirup until it is transparent and
the sirup heavy but under the
thread stage, add / envelope Of un-
favored gelatin which has been
soaked in "a cup water in the pro-
portion of / envelope to each quart
of peel. Leave peel in sirup until
cooled, then drain. I hope this
works as we'll for her as for me.
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GLUE AND CEMENT SPOTS.
Thanks to Mr.. G. D. S.
Arlington.)