Evening star., 1947-10-28
CARROT CURLS:

To the woman who wrote in about
making carrot curls, here is the
way I make them, and they all curl
beautifully. They really look nice
on salads. 1 take very large
carrot and cut it in half length
wise. I use my potato peeler to
keep slicing the carrot. I then take
each slice separatelyss and curl it
around my finger and then put it
in a large bowl filled with water
and ice cubes. I usually make these
about a couple of hours before I
need them and keep them in the
/ ice water until l need them. I
know you will have just as much
| luck with them as l do.
/ I Just received a beautiful set
of Waterless cookers and I'm Won
dering if any one can tell me exactly
how to use them, and also how can
! keep them looking so nice. They
are made of aluminium.
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QUERIES?
! From Mrs. r. r. B., Washington.)
I wonder if any of you kind read
ers know the poem that begins 81
wish there was land Of beginning
again" It's the only line Of the
! poem I know.
T also wondered if using a little
bleach occasionally to whiten the
sink hurts the finish. I do this once
in awhile as it does whiten it so, but
wouldn't want to injure the enamel
use the automatic washing ma
chine provided by our apartment
and have noticed queries like mine.
but never ansWers-why are my bath
towels and many ether articles rough
and coarse and not soft as the COM
mercial laundries do them? 1 am
thinking of purchasing an auto
matte washing machine put out by
chain store in the city. It's diff
ferent in that it has an agitator and
also the water and soap can be used
over. Would appreciate any COM
ments from any one who has pur-
chased this type of machine.
I know I'm very late with my
views on the portable washer. but
was interested in noting how pleased
the users seemed to be. I was so
disguested with mine that sold it
at a great loss a few months after
purchasing it. 1t had to be watched
constantly and was such nuisance
to fill, aside from the tremendous
amount of soap I seemed to be using
One last request When using the
broiler of my stove 1t smokes terribly.
I assume it is grease around the
burners on the upper part or "ceil-
ing" of the stove. How can I clean
this?
THANK YOU" NOTE: ROACHES.
From Mrs. S. F., Washington
To Mrs. F. S., who sent me the
address of the premium store. Thank
you very much.
To Mrs. II. F.. who kindly wrote
me a note I regret I could not call
you up. 7 am a semi-invalid re-
covering from a long and serious
illness and do not go out in the
afternoon or evening
liked Mrs. Edelen's letter so
much. I kept it for T. too, have a
box of recipes, some of them be-
longing to my mother and pictures
also. Now I shall make scrap
book along the same lines thank
you for writing!
And now 1 have a hint. For
reaches get couple of boxes of
moth balls, just ordinary old-fash-
ioned moth balls from the and 10.
Clean closets. drawers, shelves and
trunks, then sprinkle your moth balls
around in drawers. Put paper
over them, the odor will not be Of
fensive. Crush few and put around
the kitchen sink. Reaches just don't
like moth balls. I have used them
for four years. I have no reaches.
Best of all you don't have to worry
about Jackie and Mary eating them.
It's my experience that even the
youthful stomach balks at moth
balls. Try it and see if you are not
as surprised and pleased as I was.
GIFTS FOR BOSSES?
From Mrs. F. P. P, Wnsttngton)
l want to thank RICH for the
i answers to many Of my problems,
and now I have another one. Since
there are only three in our Office we
all exchange Christmas gifts and
am at loss to know what to get
for my two bosses who are young
men. I would like to pay approxi-
mately IS for each and would great
ly appreciate any suggestions SO
that I can start on my Christmas
shopping.