Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-11
He,pfuI Hints for Housewives.


MUFFINs.-One quart of -four, a pint
of warm milk, a little yeast, two eggs,
little salt, two spoonfuls of butter melted;
let it set to rise {; when light put In rings.
BARLEY CoFFEE.-Take common bar
lev. or the skinless if it can be obtained,
roast as you would coffee, and mix in such
proportions as suits your taste. 1t is
very good.
HAM ToAsT.-Chop some lean ham,
put in a pan, with a little pepper, a lump
of butter and two eggs beaten; when we'll
warmed, spread it on hot buttered toast
and serve.
PLAIN CrsrARD. One quart of milk,
four to six eggs, three spoons of sugar.
Set in a kettle of boiling water fifteen
minutes, stirring all the time. Flavor
with lemon or vanilla.
NERVOUS Observation-Disclosures head
ache is said to be instantly relieved by
shampooning the head with a quart of
cold water, in which a desert spoonful OF
soda has been dissolved.
VEAL PIE.-Take a shoulder of veal,
cut it up and boil one hour. then add a
quarter of a pound of butter, pepper and
salt, cover the meat with biscuit dough,
cover close and stew half an hour, and it
will be ready.
METHOD OF COOKING BEETs.-Bake
them it requires about two hours to bake
4 medium sized beet. / hardly think any
person will resort to the old method of
boiling them after eating one meal Of
baked bcets.
To CURE FRECKLEs.-Take two
ounces of lemon Juice, half a dram of
powdered borax. and one drachm of sugar.
Mix together and let them stand in a glass
bottle for a few days, then rub it on the
eands and face occasionally.
YEAsT.-Mix wheat flour and salt In
warm water, ard keep it warm; and see
if it doesn't make emptyings. Add hop
tea before using. A damp cloth wrap
ped around bread that Is being cut from,
will keep bread in 4 fresh state.
SWEET PICKLE (peaches).-Boil a
pickle made of one pint and a half OF
cider vinegar, three pounds and a half OF
sugar: with mace, cloves and cinnamon
pour this boiling hot over six pounds OF
Philippians require five pounds of sugar
to six of fruit.
Conn STARCH PAsTE.-Corn starch
makes the best paste for serap-books.
Dissolve a small quantity in cold water;
then cook it thoroughly. BE careful and
not get it too thick. When cold it should
be thin enough to apply with a brush: 1t
will not mold nor stain the paper. 1t Is
the kind used by daguerrcotypists on
gem" pictures.
PEPPER sAUCE.-One peck or one
hundred pods of bell-peppers, take out the
seed and add one gallon of vinegar, boil
until soft enough to strain. then add two
tabiespoonfuls Of mustard, three OF salt.
one of black pepper, three of sugar. and q
half pint of onions chopped fine, and spice
if wanted boil after mixing until the
onions are cooked.
CARPETED FLooRs-When a carpet
is taken up to be cleansed the floor beneath
il is generally very much covered with
dust. This dust is very fine and dry, and
poisonous to the lungs. Before removing
it sprinkle the floor with very dilute car
bolic acid to kill any poisonous germs that
NAV be present and to thoroughly disin-
feet the floor and render 1t sweet.
FLOUR PUDDING.-Tako one quart
of sweet milk, one teacup of sugar; mix,
boil and thicken with one teacup of wheat
-four. wet with cold milk and stir until 1t
boils again. then remove from the fire.
When half cold add two well beaten eggs,
and favor with nutmeg or lemon. Add
rIisins if you choose. Bake halt hall an
hour. To be eaten cold, with or without
sweetened cream.
Por-P1E.-The secret of having light
pot-pie crust is putting the dough into the
broth when it is about blood heat, and
cooking it twenty or thirty minutes after
it commences to boil.
The broth may be cooled by cooking
the chicken or other meat in time to re-
move it from the fire to cool, or by hav-
ing a less quantity of broth, and add cold
water.
If the dough is dropped into the boiling
broth, the leaven is destroyed and the
crust is heavy.
HOW 10 MILL SO'AS
pondent says Il moved into an old house
the reaches soon made their appearance in
the kitchen and cellar under it was lathed
end plastered between the joists. [ went
down in the cellar after eandlelight it
lust gave me the horrors 1 thought we
should have nothing fit to eat; over the
~victuals' shelf 1 conld not spread my hand
between them. 1 got two ounces red wa
fers, broke them up and strewed them
where I could among them. In a short
time there was not one to be found"
To MAKE HARD SoAP.-Take six
hounds of sal soda and three pounds of
unslacked lime ; boil them in four gallons
of soft water place the kettle off the fire
to settle /: melt the grease in another kettle
and pour on the lye carefully, so that none
the settings will minglc with it. Add
quarter of a pound of borax and a pint of
clyeerine. Boil until as thick as molasses
or honey. Stir all the time lest it burn
on the Kettle perfume with oil orange
flower or bergamot, etc. Turn it into a
pan to harden, then cut into squares. or
if preferred, turn into fancy tins. This
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