Evening star., 1947-02-17
SUGGESTIONS.
REQUEST?

Il wish to offer these Suggestions
saTo whiten old rayons, silks or
wOolens use commercial blue
white dye made especially for this
purpose. More than one application
may be necessary. 1t worked well
for me on both wool and rayon.
To keep scalloped potatoes from
sticking set casserole in a shallow
pan of water containing an old dish
cloth.
Here is my request: What are the
advantages of water paint as COM
pared to wallpaper, aside from less
expensive? These things I would
especially like to know;
Does it soil easily and is 1t wash
able? We have two children.
Does it cover dark spots in paper
and do grease spots come through?
What is to be done about cracks
In the walls?
Are white ceilings better than all
one color walls and ceiling?
How can a very high hall be
painted or papered? 1t includes
an open stairway and Is about II
feet high.
Has any one papered over this
paint?
SUGGESTIONS.
(Fron, Mrs. II. B. H., Washington. J
It's been SO long since my last
contribution to RICH now I fear I'm
going to have difficulty in keeping
this one within bounds" First of
all to Mrs. j. S. H., Hyattsville, Your
Lady Baltimore Cake is simply
super" However, since my family
is small ditto our sugar supply I
did cut the proportions you gave, by
one fourth, which was quite easily
done. Now Mrs. j. S. H., won't you
please send in that recipe you men
toned for moist chocolate cake?"
Have read with interest all the
various methods suggested by read
ers for cooking rice. Have yet to see
the Pressure Cooker Method" which
I've found to be the quickest. SIM
plest and most efficient way of assur-
ing dry, fluffy whole grained rice
everytime, in only 10 minutes (actual
timed cooking. However. for this
method, an inset pan must be used
in the cooker; placed on the rack,
and water to cover bottom of cooker
below. Wash / cup rice well in CO.
lander, put that with l cup cold
water and u teaspoon salt in inset
pan. Cover with double thickness of
wax paper. Place this on rack in
cooker and cook for 10 minutes at is
pounds pressure.
Then there's the subject OF Hot
Milk Cake" the recipe for which
was published In RICH about two
years ago. But I note that other
readers, like myself are having oc-
casional problems with said cake.
hope they won't let these set
backs discourage them, for, take
it from me, it's really grand cake,
and I should know, for that recipe
has been well used since I cut 1t
from RICH and here are two dis
coveries I made regarding that
heavy soggy streak" Never, never
grease the pan!! After all the sugar
is beaten into the eggs (before the
fve-minute beating period let the
egg and sugar mixture stand sew
eral hours at room temperature.
This helps dissolve the sugar and
makes for a cake of finer and more
tender grain,
And now, on the subject of
cleaning hardwood foors," which I
gather through numerous queries
in RCH is quite an important one
to many homemakers An aston
ishingly simple and efficient way is
to use a damp cloth and securing
powder. Not just any kind Of scour-
ing powder though. It's that we'll
known grease dissolving cleanser
which gives such satisfactory re-
suits without harming the finish OF
the floors at all. Simply dampen a
cloth, sprinkle a small amount OF
the securing powder directly on the
area to be cleaned (taking q small
space ut . time. rub well with