Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-27
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Helpful Hints for the housewife

GOOD POLISH FOR FURNITURE.
Take one-third vinegar, one-third
boiled oil Qinseed), one-third spirits of
.turpentine. Apply with a soft wooden
rag, and rub well. Elbow grease is
quite essential to the good locks of the
article cleaned. This answers for black
picture frames. ..
STEAMED INDIAN PUDDING.
Take one tea cup of sweet milk, half
tea-cup buttermilk, half teacup mOlas-
ses., two cups Indian meal, oneOf flour,
one Of English currants, one teaspoon
Saleratus and salt; put it in basin, set
in a steamer over boiling water for two
hours; serve with sauce made of but
ter and sugar or sweetened cream.
BIRDNEsT PUDDING.
Take tart, mellow apples; pare and
slice them; spread in a buttered deep
tin. Take the butter as follows: One
cup Of sweet cream, half cup of
sweet milk, little salt, one teaspoon
cream tartar half teaspoon soda: pour
over the apples and bake. 1t is excel
lent when eaten with sweet creamIand
sugar.
HOW To MAKE SOAP.
Soft Soap.-Put straw in a barrel !;
as fast as the ashes are put in pound
them down. When full it is ready for
the water Put the grease IN a kettle
and let it fry moment, then add I've.
| Let it boil for half an hour. Next put
some hay in an old basket and strain
| it. Put in the barrel; as fast as the
I've runs off put in the barrel. Stir it
well. and keep adding I've as long as ii
thickens it. Sometimes when the lye
is very strong, soft water will thicken
it when you quit putting in I've.
Hard Sodp-Put more I've in the ket-
tie with your grease than for the soft
soap, and boil until it comes to soap;
then put in one quart of salt and stil
it well. Let it stand over night, and
you can cut it in bars in the morning
NEW ENGLAND MINCE PIES.
Ingredients for twelve pies: Two
pounds of meat, Il pound of suet, A.
pounds chopped apples, 2pounds stoned
raisins, pound citron, q pounds SUI
gar, l pint molasses, J pint brandy,
pint wine, / pint cider, 4 crackers
pounded. Mix the cider and molassef
together, and add to this mixture q tea
spoonfuls of ground cloves, 5 teaspoon
fuls mace, ] teaspoonful black pepper
three tablespoonful salt. Mix the In
gradients thoroughly. In making the
pies. add bits Of butter and grated nut
meg on each before putting ON the up
per crust. One tongue and small
piece Of lean beef boiled very tender is
best for the meat, chopped very fine
Chop suet and apples fine Instead o.
chopping the raisins, cut each into foul
\ pieces.
! WASHING LIGHT-COLORED CALICOES
Take tablespoonful of alum. and
dissolve it in enough lukewarm water
to rinse print dress. Dip the soilet
dress into it, taking care to wet thor
oughly every part of it, and then wiring
it out. Eave warm soap-suds all read.
(but only pleasantly warm to the hanC
hot water always fades calicoes), an,
wash out the dress quickly; then rims
it in cold water. Have the starcl
ready-but not too hot, only warm
rinse the dress in it, wiring it out, am
hang it to dry, but not in the sun. al
ways place your line where the wine
viii strike it rather than the sun
When dry enough to iron, bring in an(
iron directly. Printa should never b
sprinkled, but if allowed to becom
rough dry, they should be ironed unde
a damp cloth. 1t is better to wash ther
some day by themselves, when washin
and ironing can be done at once.