Mary Rose Quigg - Mary Roses 1001 More Country Household Hints

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PUBLISHERS NOTE

The publisher and author do not take any responsibilityfor implementation of any recommendations, ideasand techniques in this book. Any use to which the recommendations, ideas and techniques areput is at the readers sole discretion and risk.

I would like to dedicate this book to my mother Mary Heron. She loved hints books and I know she would have been very proud of this one. A big thank you to Joe, Karen, Arleen, Orla, Cathal and Brenda for their encouragement and support.

Efficiency means accomplishing more with less exertion and less expense.

This comprehensive collection of over one thousand valuable hints and tips has been compiled to help make day to day tasks more easily completed and with less expense. Over the years I have accumulated hundreds of household hints and tips. Many were given to me by my mother and friends, others have come from my own experience as a cook and housewife.

Natural products are used wherever appropriate and this is important in our environmentally friendly society. Many of these are in daily use in the kitchen so they are easily accessible when required.

Cooking, baking, household chores, laundry, stain removal, D.I.Y and gardening are the main subjects covered but you will find much more of interest; especially the proverbs and poems that have given me pleasure over the years.

Working on this book has been a labour of love, I have got such great enjoyment sorting and arranging the hints, tips and ideas into a practical book. I hope you find it helpful, interesting and entertaining but most of all that it is useful to you and improves the quality of your daily life.

MARY ROSE

Go little book, and wish to all,

Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall,

A bin of wine, a spice of wit,

A house with lawns enclosing it,

A living river by the door,

A nightingale in the sycamore!

I Envoy

GRANNYS FAVOURITE RECIPE

1 coddled grandchild of either gender

1 proud grandmother, soft-boiled and tender

1 well-beaten fairy-tail book

1 stuffed teddy bear with a far-away look

1 washed, dried blanket, satin bordered with rips

1 freshly baked biscuit with chocolate chips

Toss all, except Granny, straight up in the air. Drop into squeaky, rocking armchair. Fold in Grannys outstretched arms. Tuck teddy and blanket around small childs charms. Open fairy-tale book to the very first page. Begin by saying, Now when I was your age,. Mix stories of bunnies, bears, piggies, and soup. Repeat bedtime stories until childs eyelids droop. When the biscuit has crumbled and child starts to yawn. Place child, teddy and blanket in warm bed until dawn.

Serves - 2 Happy persons

SNACKS

For a tasty snack, toast a slice of bread on one side. turn over and spread with tomato pure, top with grated cheese and pop under the grill. Add cooked bacon, mushrooms or any other topping.

Cover a split pitta bread with tomato pure, top with cheese and place under the grill for a few minutes.

For a tasty sandwich filling, add finely grated carrot and a little beetroot juice to a small tin of salmon.

For a delicious beef sandwich. Place beef on a slice of bread and spread with a little horseradish. Sprinkle some crumbled cheese and onion crisps over, place another slice of bread on top. Cut into quarters.

Finely grate some hard cheese and mix with cream cheese, add some fluffy mashed potato. Form into small balls and roll in finely grated cheese. Serve with salad.

Core a large cooking apple. Stuff the centre with pork sausage. Bake in a moderate oven. When cooked, cover with a thin slice of cheese, season and brown under the grill.

For a vegetarian shepherds pie add chopped, fried onion, fried mushroom and a small tin of tomatoes to a tin of baked beans. Put into a casserole dish and top with mashed potatoes and grated cheese.

A dip for fruit or vegetables. Whip half a small carton of cream to soft peaks, stir in half a carton of natural yoghurt. Add a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of mayonnaise and two tablespoons crunchy peanut butter.

Mince some left over chicken or ham, season, add a few drops of Tabasco or some other sauce, make into a paste with mayonnaise or cream. Spread on slices of hot, buttered toast.

Roll out a square of puff pastry. Cover with a layer of creamed mashed potato and a layer of grated cheese. Roll up like a Swiss roll and cut into slices. Bake in a hot oven until golden. Serve hot or cold.

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

Edward Bellamy

DAIRY PRODUCE

If Greek yoghurt is unavailable, mix a carton of low-fat natural yoghurt and a carton of fresh cream together.

Add 1tsp (5ml) crushed instant coffee granules to cream before whipping for an excellent topping for bananas or ice cream.

Store cartons of sour and double cream upside down in the refrigerator to keep fresher for longer.

Pipe unused whisked fresh cream into rosettes on a baking tray and freeze for dessert decoration.

Freeze left over fresh cream in ice cube trays, put into a plastic bag when frozen and use in soups as required.

Increase the volume of double cream by mixing two parts double cream with one part single. Or lightly whip 1/4pt (150ml) double cream, add 2tbsp (30ml) milk or yoghurt and continue whipping until required consistency is reached.

Add one whisked egg white to a carton of double cream to make twice the quantity.

Whipped single cream is lighter if you mix in a little cold water before the last whip.

To keep fresh cream for longer, add one teaspoon of brandy to the carton.

Maximise the sherry taste in a trifle by adding most of the sherry to the cream and the remainder to the sponge.