Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-28
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

To SETTLE CoFFEE.-A lady CORES
pendent of an exchange says that she
finds the best method of settling coffee is
as soon as you brown your coffee,
and while the kernels are yet warm, to
mix with it beaten egg, say one egg to a
pound. The egg forms a covering around
the kernels, preserving the aroma and
when ground acting as an admirable SET
tier. .
VEAL OMELET.-Three pounds of chop
pod veal, 2 eggs, beaten tablespoonful
of sweet cream, tablespoonful of salt,
teaspoonful of ground pepper, 6 table
spoonfuls of rolled crackers, teaspoonful
OF thyme or summer savory. Make into
a long roll, put into a dripping pan with
water enough to keep from burning.
Bake we'll. Some add slice of salt pork
chopped.
To BLEACH COTTON CLoTH.--For five
pounds cloth, take one pound of chloride
of lime; dissolve the lime IN warm, soft
water, sufficient to wet the cloth thor
oughly without crowding; turn the cloth
often with the hands and raise it up to
give it air, so all parts may be exposed.
Continue this process about three-fourths
of an hour, then wiring out and rinse thor
oughly two or three times and hang to
dry.
PORK STEAK BRoI1ED-The tenderloin
is the best for steak, but any lean, white
meat is good. Broil slowly, after splitting
it, so as to allow it to cook through with
out drying or burning. When ready to
turn over, dip the cooked side in nice
gravy Of butter, pepper and salt, which
should be prepared on plate, and kept
hot without boiling. Unjust be well done.
1t requires slow broiling. 1t will take at
least twenty minutes to broil a pork steak.
RAW BEEF FOR INvALIDs.- Raw beef,
it is asserted, proves of the greatest benefit
as diet for persons of fraiI constitutions.
1t is reported that physicians are now adj
ministering to cOnsumptives diet Of fine
ly-chopped raw beef properly seasoned
with salt, and heated by placing the dish
containing it in boiling water This food
is given also in cases where the stom-
ach rejects almost every other form of
food. 1t assimilates rapidly and affords
the best nourishment, while patients learn
to long for and to like it as much as DIR.
Kane did his Arctic dinners of raw and
seal walrus ... 5.-+..
NEVER whine over what you may sup
pose to be loss of opportunities. Every
Many q servant has listened with atten-
ton while his masters children were say
ing their letters, and by putting together
what he thus learned, acquired the ele-
ments of spelling. If man has strong
thirst for knowledge, it matters not where
his lot may be cast, he will become an ed
ucated man. The first step toward self
improvement is, to leave off crying over
split milk" Let the past go, and bend
every energy to the Improvement of the
present.
BLEACHING OR DIsINFECTING FEATH-
ERs.-Clean the feathers first from greasy
matter, and then place them for three
hours in dilute solution of bichromate OF
potassa, to which small quantity of nit
ric acid has been added. The feathers
will become greenish from deposit of
chronic sesqui- oxide, which is removed
by weak sulphurous acid, when the feath-
ers are left perfectly white. The nascent
oxygen developed in the reduction of
chronic acid to the oxyde is, of course,
the bleaching agent, and so powerful is it
that the darkest feathers will become per-
fectly white.-Erchange, -
To CLEAN SILK OR MERINos.-Grate
two or three large potatoes, add to them
pint OF cold water, let them stand short
time, pour off the liquid clear, or strain it
through sieve, when it will be fit tor use.
Lay the silk on fiat surface and apply
the liquid with clean sponge, till the dirt
is well separated dip each piece in a pail
OF clear water and hang up to dry without
wringing Iron while damp, on the wrong
side. Should the silk be of more than
one color, it is desirable to wet small