Show NOI HOUSEHOLD SEN OLD QUESTIONS It is better to steam vegetables Vegetables in boiling lose 30 to 50 per cent of their mineral salts If steamed only 10 per cent is lost Sprinkle chopped candled gin gin- ginger ginger ger over thin biscuit dough Then spread the combination with soft butter Cut into strips a fourth of ot otan an inch wide and two inches long Bake quickly Serve hot bot a Try tinting your ice cubes with vegetable dyes A spring salad for instance is delightful to look at and unusually crisp if it is set in a bowl of green ice cubes Des Des- Desserts Desserts Desserts may be worked out in the same way Tack several of ot heavy beavy cloth or paper over the cor cor- corners corners corners ners of ot the table before covering it with new oilcloth The recovering recovering recovering ering job will then be easier and will look much neater I j Place a piece of zinc on red-hot red coals in the kitchen range or fur fur- nace The vapor that arises while the zinc melts will remove soot I from the chimney I i |