The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-16

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FRIED SQUASH.
Slice thin. dip in eggs; then -four, an6
fry In butter.
TO REMOVE GREASE FROM FLOORS.
Apply paste of wood ashes, keep il
on several days, and then wash of care
fully
TO CLEAN LAMP SHADES.
Lamp shades may be cleaned with
soap or peariash; these viii not Injure OF
dlscolor them.
BETS.
Bill until tender, and drop while hot
into spiced vinegar. If the heets afe
large, slice them. Splced vinegar II
which peaches have been pickeled Is good
for beetS
To KEEP KNIVES FROM RUSTlNG.
Scour them On board, crosswise, with
some dry brick. after having wiped them
perfectly dry. and put them away with
out wiping off the brick dust.
RIBBON RENEWED.
Wash in cool suds made Of soap, and
iron when damp. Cover the ri bon with
a clean cloth, and pass the iron over that.
you wish to stifIon the ribbon, dip IT..
while drying, into gun arabic water.
CLEANING TINwARE.
The best thing for cleaning tinware is
common soda Dumpen cloth and dip
in soda and rub the ware brlskly, after
which wipe dry And blackened ware
can be made 20 look as well and shining
as new.
TO CLEANSE THE. INSIDE OF JARS.
Fill them with hot water AMI stir in a
spoonful or more of peariash; empty
them In an hour, and if not perfectly
hours For large vessels lye may be
used
No better plan has ever been devised
to keep butter sweet than to put it in
clean jars and cover it with strong brine
No kind of vessel cask or tub will an
swer SO well as jar. In this way il can
be kept fresh and sweet for twelve
months.
GERMAN PUFFS.
Melt quarter of a pound of butter,
and mix It well with half pound of -four
add one quart of milk. eight eggs well
beaten. some grated nutmeg and some
cinnamon. Beat the ingredients well to-
gether, and bake the mixtures in cups.
Fill your cups but half full, as the putfs
rise very high.
STRAWS.
Nearly quart Of -four. in which mix
well one teaspoonfui of cream-of-tartar;
in this cut finely piece Of butter the
size of an egg; break three eggs II, and
add two cups Of sugar. Dissolve one tea
spoonful Of soda in one cup OF milk, and
add it to the flour. Gus them out about
as thick as doughnuts and fry them In
butter.
ONIONS
Remove the outer skin Of small onions
boil them until half done In sailed water
while hot, drop them into Il jar Of pei
per-spiced vIneg ar. Another way Seak
them for three days in brine, then scaid
them in milk and water; drain, lay them
in jar aud pour nver Did vinegar, scaid-
ed spices and a little - II; cover closely
aud tight.
CHOW-CaOW.
I've quarts Of green tomatoes, ,7vo
Quarts of white onions, one dozen green
peppers, one dozen green cucuniaorS, one
large head of cabhage; chop iine Season
with mustard and celery seed 70 suit the
taste. Cover with the best cidcr vinegar
Boil two hoars, stirring continually. AS
soon as you take ii !rom the stove add
tyD tab esp 0afit5 OF salIl OIL. Cover
fipht and keen l., n c1OI Mace
DERBY YEAST,
Two quarts water, one good handful
Of hops III bag, four good sized pota-
toes, let ali boi, until the potatoes are
done. Have ready large dish with
about two handfuls Of -four; pour on the
scalding hops aud potatoe water; strain
The potatoes through a sieve and stir up
together; add teaspooniull Of ginger
and molasses; one teasp0Ontul of salt.
Let stand a few hours and put away for
Use.
AN ANT TRAP.
Procure large sponge, wash it W ell
and press 1t dry, which viii leave the
cells quite open Then sprinkle over it
some fine white sugar, ana place it near
here the ants are most Troublesome.
hey will soon collect upon the sponge
and take up their abode in the cells 1t
is then only necessary to dip the sponge
in scalding water which will wash them
cut dead. fut on mere sugar aud set
the sponge Tor new haul.
SWEET APPLES
To half a peck of apples make a syrup
of two pounds OF sugar and one pint OF
vinegar boil the apples in this syrup
until tender; then remove them and make
a new syrup Of two AMI a half pounds oil
sugar and one pint Of vinegar. Add one
teaspoonful of cloves, and the same oil
cinnamon tied in bag. Boil for ffteer
minutes; pour hot over the fruit. The
first syrup may be used for other sauc
eS.
CORN HUSES.
The husks o. corn are very we'll worth
saving. When dried and torn into strip.
they make excellent mattresses, clear
and sweet, and very soft aud elastic
Plated into rope and wound around ;
central point, they make serviceable door
mats, the manufacture of which will fur
nish pleasing aud useful iireSide employ
ment for many stormy day when ont
side work is impossible, or for the ions
evenings of winter. They are worth say
ing for these purposes alone.
\ CHEAP ICE House.
Throw dozen or two of old rails OF
poles on ground sufficiently inclined to
carry off water, fill the crevices between
the poles with saw dust, cover with old
boards. slabs or barkS, get from tie saw
mill few loads of slabs, take four, say
twelve feet long, notch the corners like
a log house, set them on the platform
antl won have a crib ahnut fen and y ha
feet square by the width of the slab deep
fill this crib with saw dust ard pack it
down hard Cut your ice so that it will
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