Evening star., 1947-04-02

SUGGESTIONS AND HESaUEol 10.
From Mrs. M. r. p, Arlington.)
Cane dFp, pulled taffy candy (for
Mrs. M. b., Falls Church.: One
quart cane sirup, l tablespoon but
ter. cups graduated sugar, 2 table,
spoons vinegar, lemon euice). "a
teaspoon baking soda QeveD.
Boil sugar till quite thick when
dropped into water. Add sirup,
vinegar, lemon and butter. Boil till
1T hardens when dropped into cold
water. Then stir in soda, pour into
buttered tins, and as soon as cool
enough to handle, rub hands with
butter and pull till white. The sticks
NAV be single, twisted, braided or
1attened. My own memory OF child
hood was Of half being left white,
the other half colored pink before
pouring out, then the two colors
braided together.
Electric blanket: Many thanks,
Mrs. A. w: M, for your write-up.
I wonder II you have any sugges-
tions for a double bed where each
persons heat requirement. is differ
ent. whether this would need two
separate blankets and how such a
bed could be made up?
Suggestion for this column. Have
the readers who requested recipes
tried out the ones in the nearest
cookbook before writing for help? 1t
would save lot of effort for those
replying If the recipe already tried
were submitted for criticism or con-
structive help. Suggested changes
might then be of some value to
others as well who may have
had trouble with the same re-
cipe or been making the same mis-
take. When all Is said and done,
each cook naturally prefers her own
simply delicious" concoction but
welcomes improvements in tech
nioue, and this is the information
that is sadly lacking In the cook
books. The reader who said that
there is trick" or important point
in the preparation Of each dish Ger
tainly had the right idea, so / say
let's have less requests for stand
ard recipes, let's all consult more
cook books and leave more room on
this page for the really expert cooks
to give us important advice and
helpful hints. And will start the
ball rolling myself with q helpful
hint"
Rice: Regardless Of what method
you are using In cooking rice, II
your rice. has been soggy or gummy
do this: When you test 1t and 1t
seems done but isn't quite done"
TAKE 1T UP. 1t is done or will be
when served. That last minute that
you cook 1t, just to be sure, does
all. the damage. Overlooking by
so seconds can do lot OF damage,
and S minutes over is calamity
that belongs In the garbage can, not
on the table. ...
Pots and pans: Enamel pots.
Never use ordinary securing powder.
It scars them. The only one to
use on enamel and also on glass
has for its trade mark baby
chicken which hasn't scratched
vet" This will even remove most
of the black scars left by ordinary
securing powder.
To remove stains in enamel pots,
add chlorine bleach to water and
bring to q boil, let stand a few
minutes.
Aluminium pots. after steel wool
securing, boiling vinegar water will
bleach stubborn stains. A touch of
vinegar in water when boiling pota-
toes will prevent staining.
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CHILD DAY CARE.
(From Miss G.. H. c., Washington. }
1 am writing in answer to in
quiries this column has received
from parents considering the avail
ability of day time care for their
children during the hours the mother
is employed outside the home.
About three years ago the Com
munity Chest and Community War
Fund of the District of Columbia
recognized the need for an agency
where mothers who needed to work