The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-09-23
Honlenlakers'
Briefs
Tomato Juice vitamins
BY Loreifa Cowden
Asst Extension Agent

Stepping up home-canned to-
mato juice in vitamin c to equal
orange juice is no trick at all,
say Maine Experiment Station
workers. They suggest that home
makers add a dash of ascorblc
acid to the juice - either in the
form of tablets or powder. Doesn't
bother the flavor or color, they
say, and the vitamin stays put
for at least six months. How much
to add? The suggestion is $50
milligrams in tablet form to each
pint jar. Usually such tablets run
about so milligrams apiece.
Paraffin Lid-Lifters
When making preserves or jel-
lies place a milk-bottle cap in the
paraffin cover of each jar just be-
fore it hardens. Then, when the
preserves are ready to use, the
covers can be removed and re-
placed with the little tabs on the
caps.
Fishing Trip Excuse?
Here's one for fishermen and
housewives too. A nutrition study
CCCwas made with controlled
diet for six Maryland goods dur
ing a period of IL weeks. 1t proves
that fish as a food gives as good
a red cell count and hemoglobin
value as does meat. Fish also is
an excellent source of several
valuable minerals, the extension
expert adds, including iodine, cal
cium and iron, all of outstanding
Importance to good health. You
should find fish in plentiful sup
ply in the markets now, too.
Collars Back
Some hints on how to make a
collar look trim and smart are:
Have stitching very even, corners
sharp, and edges turned exactly
on the seam line. You might be
interested in knowing some tricks
in doing these three things and
they are:
After stitching the edge of the
collar, trim seam to a quarter inch
and clip off corners diagonally.
This eliminates that lump in the
corners when turned. Press and
press and press with each step of
stitching. Use pin to pull out
fabric at corners, if necessary,
push out seams, haste and press
carefully before edge-stitching on
the outside.
Finish the bottom of the COL
lar with thin soft bias binding to
avoid bullkiness under the neck of
the dress. To make a removable
collar snap on securely a snap at
each shoulder as well as at the
front and back of the neck is adj
visable.
Aluminium Foil
A postwar product that's fast
becoming standard equipment in
the kitchen is aluminium foil.
Many Benton county homemas
ers are finding that roll or foil
can rule out many an unpleasant
and tedious cleaning task.
Here are additional suggestions
for the use of aluminium foil just
received from Miss Helen Noyes,
Washington State Colleges ex-
tension economist in home man.
agement.
When roasting or baking meat,
or cooking casserole dishes, line
the pan with aluminium foil to
prevent the greases from sticking
and burning the pan. The foil can
either be thrown away, or washed
and reused. The use Of the foil
will make the usual scrubbing
and securing unnecessary.
When cleaning silver by the
electrolytic method, use a strip
of aluminium foil with an enamel
or glass pan instead of an alumni
UNI pan. When used in this pro-
cess, aluminium pans turn black
and have to be scrubbed with steel
wool. To use the foil, place strip
in the bottom of an enamel or
glass pan and put the silver on
top. The strip of foil should be
large enough so that each piece of
silver touches it. Cover the silver
with water, add teaspoonful
each of baking soda and salt, and
bring it to a boil. Hollow handled
knives should never be cleaned by
this method, however. The hot wa.
ter will loosen the handles.
A common problem is getting
frozen meat loose from the freez-
ing compartment. Prevent the
meat from sticking by wrapping
it in aluminium foil. The wrapped
meat will also keep better since
the foil is alright.
Butter wrapped in aluminium
foil will also stay sweet longer.
And it won't pick up refrigerator
odors.
When cooking over an open
grill or campfire, place a strip
of foil over the grill or Goals 10