Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-12-18
Household Hints

To BLANCH RABBIT.-Set it ON the
fire in small quantity of cold water,
and let 1t boil; as soon as it boils 1t is
to be taken out, and put in cold wa
ter for few minutes.
The odor OF Il phial that has con
tanned medicine may be removed by
filling it with cold water and letting
it stand in ali airy place uncorkcd for
three days, changing the water every
day.
BAKED EGGs.-I5eat up six eggI
one tablespoonful Of flour, six of
sweet milk; melt your butter in the
tryingpan; when hot, turn the whole
in, well-beatcn, and bake IN a hot
oven.
TO take grease spots out Of carpets,
mix a little soap in Il gallon Of warm
soft water, then add half an ounce of
borax; wash the part well with a
clean cloth, and the grease or dirty
spot will soon disappear
a weak solution of tar and water
is recommended for use by bald
headed men, to bring back the capil-
larry glory.
Britannia ware, says one who has
tried it, should first be washed with a
wooden cloth and sweet oil, then
washed i'll water and suds, and rubbed
with soft leather and whiting. Thus
treated it will retain its beauty to the
last.
SAUCE FOR DUcKs.-Serve rich
gravy in the dish, cut the breast into
slices, but don't take them off; cut a
lemon and put pepper and salt on it;
then squeeze it on the breast, and
pour Il spoonful of gravy over before
you serve it out.
To prevent badness, says CORES
pondent, throw away all oils and po-
mades, and wash the parting Of the
hair with cold water, night and morn
ing, dry thoroughly, and then use a
good stiff brush and keep brushing
until redness or warm glow is pro
duced.
BREAKFAST CAKES. = Two eggs
well beaten, two cups of milk, two
cups Of flour, one tablespoonful of
sugar and salt Heat dish hot, but
ter it well, pour in the batter, and
bake i'll quick oven.
CREAM CRUsT.-This is the most
healthy pic-crust that is made. Take
cream, sour or sweet; add salt, and
stir in flour to make it stiff; if the
cream is sour, add saleratus in pro
portion Of one teaspoontul to Il pint;
if sweet, add very little salcratus.
Ladies who find their efforts to
raise house plants frustrated by
worms may be able to win success by
boiling the earth before setting the
plants. Use little water, and allow it
to simmer away after few minutes
of hard boil. \ dry heat is just as
good.
The yellow spots produced by nitric
acid may be removed from brown or
black wooden goods, while fresh, by
repeatedly dipping them into a con
centrated solution Of permaganate of
potassa and then washing them with
water. The yellow spots on the hands
may be removed in the same way,
the brown stain produced by the per-
maganate being removed by an
aqueous solution of sulphurous acid.
EscALLorED OysTEEs.-Two quarts
of solid oysters, one dozen soft crack
ers, pounded fine, one cup of oyster
juice, a piece Of butter, pepper, salt
and mace In deep dish, in which
the oysters are to be served, place
alternate layers of cracker crumbs
and oysters, beginning with the oyS-
ters; season each layer with the mace,
salt and pepper. When the dish is
full put a lump of butter on the top
Of the cracker crumbs, and pour the
oyster juice over the crumbs, and bake
thirty minutes.
PAIRING PoTAroEs.-NIany persons,
i'll preparing potatoes for cooking,
pare off thick slice from the surface
instead of digging out the eyes. Prof.
Blot, in his lectures on the potato,
says this SHINING process is all
wrong, as the strength of the vege-
table lies near the surface-thc starch
growing less abundant as the centre
is Appropriated. The starch, near
the surface, contains the nutrimcnt--
which is not more than seven or eight
per cent, the balance being mainly
water.
PROBATION AGAINST THIcIINA.
Eat no uncooked or half:cooked
hogs flesh. The raw flesh of the
hog, whatever its shape or condition,
whether ham, bacon or pork, salt or
fresh, smoked or unsmoked, is liable
to contain this parasite, full of life
and activity that may work remedl-
less mischief in the human body.
Bologna sausage, if pork be in it un-
cooked, is as dangerous as any form
of this meat. The heat that cooks
meat utterly destroys the life and
power Of these vcrmin,
and no one need fear any harm if this
fact is observed.