Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-10-03
Housekeeping Hints.

Housekeeping Hints.
Health is impaired, and even life lost
sometimes by using imperfect, unripe.
musty, or dccaying articles of food. The
same moneys worth of smaller amount
of GOOD is more nutritious, more health.
u, and more invigorating than much
larger amount of what is Of an inferior
quality Therefore, get good food, and
1 keep it good until used Remember that.
Fresh meat should be kept in cool
place, but not freezing or in actual con.
tact with ice
Flour and meal should be kept in
cool dry place, with place of an inch
or more between the -four and the bottom
of the barrel.
SrdAns.-Havaua sugar is seldom clean,
hence not so good as that from Brazil,
Porto Rico, and Santa Cruz. Loaf
crushed, and granulated sugar have most
sweetness, and 90 further than brown.
Butter for winter use should be made
in mil-autumn.
Lard that is hard and white, and from
under year old, is best.
Cheese soft between the fingers is rich
est and best. Keep it tied in bag hung
in cool, dry place. Wipe off the mold
with dry cloth
Rice, large, clean, and fresh looking
is the best.
Sago, small aud white, called " PEARL"
is best.
Coffee and tea should be kept in close
canisters, and by themselves. Purchase
the former green roast and grind for each
days use.
Apples oranges, and lemons keep long.
est wrapped close in paper, and kept in a
cool, dry place Thaw frozen apples in
cold water
Bread and cake should be kept in a
dry, cool place, in a wooden box, aired in
the sun every day or two.
All strong .odored food should be kept
by itself, where it can rot scent the house.
Bar-soap should be piled up with spaces
between them in dry cellar, having the
air all around it to dry it for months be.
fore using the drier, the less waste.
Cranberrics kept covered with water
will keep for months i'll a cellar.
Potatoes spread over dry floor will
not sprout. Ifthcy do, cut off the sprouts
often If frozen, thaw them in hot water.
and cool at once. By pcaling off the skin
after they are cooked, the most nutritious
and healthy part is saved.
Corn beet should be put in boiling va.
ter, and boil steadily for several hours;
Hominy or g samp' should steep in
warm water all night, and all mex: day
in an carthcn jar surrounded with water.
Spices and peppers should be ground
fine, and kept in tin cans in a dry place.
\ good nutmeg bleeds' at the puncture
of pin. Cayenne pepper is better for
all purposes Of health than black.
Beans, white are the cheapest and most
nutritious Of all articles of food in this
country. The best mealy potatoes sink
in strong salt water.
Hot drinks are best at meals; the less
Of any fluid the better. Any thing cold
arrests digestion on the instant
1t is hurtlul and is wicked waste Of
food to eat without an appetite.
All meats should be cut up as fine as
pea, most especially for children. The
same amount Of stomach-powcr expended
on such small amount OF food, as to be
digested perfectly without its being felt
to be labor, namely, without any appre-
cable discomfort in any part of the body,
siyine more nutrimcat, strength, and yig-
OF to the system, than upon a larger
amount, which IS fclt to require an effort.