Evening star., 1948-03-15
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TRANSFER TO CARIBBEAN?

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TRANSFER TO CARIBBEAN?
From Mrs. A. A. p, Arltngton.)
This is my first inquiry through
the RICH.
My husband has been called to
active duty with the Army and is
being sent to the Caribbean area.
He is leaving on or about July /,
and expects us to follow. We have
one girl, IA months old.
We have had our own home here
and our own furniture. We thought
to store our furniture, but to take
the baby's when we go. What I'm
most interested in is what items
would be most essential. What type
clothes should I take, winter, sum-
mer, or both?
What about laundry facilities?
How about bed linens, blankets, etc.?
Is there a limit to the amount one
can take? This is my first attempt
at travelling, so I'm at loss as to
where to begin. Any suggestions
the readers have would certainly be
appreciated. can be reached
through RICH.
GLAZED FRUIT PEEL,
CALIFORNIA TRIP?
WASH TUBS?
(From Mrs. J. G. L., Washington)
For Mrs. r. G. w., Washington.
Glazed fruit peel. My recipe is
candied orange and grapefruit peel
and very good. Sounds complicated
but isn't.
Four oranges, 2 grapefruit, 31a
cups sugar, ~ cups water. Cover
peel with cold water, bring to boil
and drain. Cover with water, bring
to boil, drain. Cover with water
bring to boil and cook until tender
and drain. Remove white portion
with spoon then cut into strips with
scissors. Cover with water, bring to
boil, drain. Combine sugar and
water, boil hard for 2 or 8 minutes
and pour over peel and let stand
overnight. Drain, boil sirup 10
minutes, pour over peel and let stand
"a hours Remove peel to absorbent
paper, allow to stand l hour then
roll peel in granulated sugar. Store
in alright tins or jar. Note: Dates
stuffed with candied peel and nuts
are very good. "
Can some one tell ME what I will
need for a trip to California this
summer on a tour for or weeks
I also would like to know what to
use to fill some small holes in my
wash tubs in basement and II they
could be painted white.
SUGGESTIONS.
(Frons Mrs. W. r. B., Washington.)
To remove the filler from tracing
cloth, scrubbing in soap suds and
boiling will do the trick, but you
will probably have to wash it sew
eral times. Don't worry if it still
seems little starchy when you sew
with it. The first subsequent wash
ing will usually soften it. I have
made up a number of articles with
it and found it to be finely woven
cotton similar to batiste. I think
you will find that only the very old
tracing cloth was made of linen.
For perfect clear coffee, the glass
coffee makers to be used on a stove
are very satisfactory. They are also
reasonably priced and easy to clean,
They are now made in two sizes
the large Soup size and the 2-cup
which found to be the solution to
my coffee problem.
To use up any leftover meat In
a palatable form, there are small
individual meat rolls similar to
pigs-in-the- blanket, which are the
familiar form of Vienna sausages In
biscuit dough. The difference is
that the meat is ground fine, soft
ened with egg or cream sauce, sea-
soned as lightly as you like it, then
made into small rolls about inches
long and encased in pastry. Seal
the edges with egg and also brush
the tops lightly before baking.
like to pass on something good
I have discovered. Here is a new
recipe of A Batchelder's for oat-
meal mullins. Put 3a cups quick
cooking oats through the food
chopper, using fine blade. There
should be 3 cups of oatmeal, the
texture of cornmeal. Mix thor
oughly with 11a teaspoons salt, AZ
teaspoons baking powder and n cup
sugar. Mix / cup milk with 2 egg
yolks and tablespoons melted
shortening Cor salad OLD. Add
| liquids to dry ingredients, then fold
in 2 beaten egg whites. Bake muf-
fins about Is minutes in hot oven
425 degrees. Makes about IL dozen.
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SPOTS FROM WOOD.
From Miss K. M, Washington.)
Mrs. H. J. B., like so many others,
wants to know how to remove al
cohol stains from furniture.
An eminent chemist once told
me that like cures like" and gave
me a demonstration by removing
the white spots from wood, which
battle so many people.
Dampen a lint-free rag with the
same liquor that discolored the wood
and rub briskly over the stain and
watch 1t disappear.
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ODOR FROM SOFA2
| From Mrs. H. r., Wdshington)
| Would like to know how (if pos
sible) to remove sour odor from up
holstered sofa.
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