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Show r Facts Worth Knowing v J Onion sauce is served on toast for a luncheon dish. Turnip roots may be left in the ground until frost , Potato soup is much improved by a few tips of parsley. Wooden plates or platters are handy to dry vegetables on. Stale cake crumbs can be very well jised in fruit pudding. Spinach contains a great deal1 of the much-talked-about vitamins. Cereals are generally the most nourishing nour-ishing of the cheaper foods. Stuffed eggplant makes a good mam dish for a vegetarian dinner. Try rubbing a spot of fresh paint off with a piece of the same fabric. A tough piece of meat will cook tender ten-der if it is first soaked in vinegar. A teaspoonful of salt added to starch makes Ironing easier and gives a fine gloss. k Fine oatmeal will clean lace that is not too badly soiled. When ironing lace a soft flannel cloth should be laid over it and a linen cloth between that and the iron. A teaspoonful of methylated spirits added to the rinsing water when washing wash-ing a silk blouse gives the required stiffness and makes ironing easier. Soap should be stored some time before be-fore being used in order to get the best value out of It. It becomes hard and so goes much farther. Scorch marks when ironing can be quickly removed If the part is held under the cold water tap for a few minutes. |