Household Tips

Extracts from the Cusop Parish Magazines:

Some hints and tips from July 1941

“HANG NETTLES IN YOUR LARDER – These will help to keep flies away from your food (Miss M.A.K.Thorpe)

MUSTARD - When mixing mustard, use a little milk, then add a few drops of olive oil. It remains soft and there is no waste. (Mrs Cornwall)

TO ECONOMIZE IN MATCHES – Get a threepenny box of Swan Vestas, and with a sharp knife slit each match down the centre. You will then have two matches instead of one. (Mrs Howett)

SOAP ECONOMY – Collect all odd pieces of soap, put in a flannel bag and then place in very hot water. When the soap begins to feel soft, take out and flatten with a fish slice. Plunge into cold water and leave until hard. Remove flannel bag and you will have a perfectly good bar of household soap. (Mrs J.H. Smith)”

From 1942

“Chocolate Balls – As chocolates are scarce here is a recipe for sweets that my wee toddler loves. Grate four ounces of peeled raw potatoes and mix in a bowl with four ounces of rolled dried breadcrumbs: add two dessertspoonfuls of sweetened cocoa powder, a few drops of vanilla essence and a sprinkling of sugar. Bind the mixture with the beaten yolk of one egg, make into heaped balls and bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes. – Mrs Grant.“