Stevenson Memorial Cook Book Part 63

Tack a piece of asbestos on end of ironing board for iron stand.

Burn a piece of camphor gum to rid house of mosquitoes.

To break gla.s.s evenly, tie a string around the gla.s.s, saturated with kerosene, then fill with cold water as high as the string; set fire to the string, and gla.s.s will snap at point of string.

If a silver spoon is placed in a jelly gla.s.s the boiling jelly can be poured in without the least danger of breaking the gla.s.s.

To cream b.u.t.ter and sugar easily when b.u.t.ter is hard, warm the sugar slightly.

For angel, suns.h.i.+ne and all sponge cakes, add the cream of tartar to the eggs when half beaten, and if soda is called for, add it to the flour.

Lime water and linseed oil is an excellent application for burns.

To caramelize sugar: Put in a smooth granite saucepan or omelet pan, place over hot part of stove and stir constantly until melted and of the color of maple syrup. Care must be taken to prevent sugar from adhering to sides of pan or spoon.

To renovate food chopper and sharpen its knives, grind a piece of sand soap through it.

Before using new tinware, if you will rub it well with lard and heat it thoroughly in oven, it will not rust.

To remove paint from window pains, rub with baking soda.

To remove match scratches from painted woodwork, rub with slice of lemon, then with whiting, and wash with soap and water.

In making pancakes, two tablespoons of snow stirred in quickly is equal to one egg.

Two apples placed in your cake box will keep the cake moist.

If in cooking you have accidentally put too much salt in anything, a small amount of brown sugar will counteract it.