The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02
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ham, put it in pan, with littlepep-
per, a lump of butter, and two eggs,
beaten when well warmed spread
it on hot buttered toast, and serve.
Tea Cake.-One cup white sugar,
half a cup of butter, one cup sweet
milk, one egg, one-haf teaspo0nful
soda, one of cream of tartar, and
flour enough to make it soft like
gingerbread. Flavor with the juice
of a small lemon. This makes Il good
loaf. $50 ,.t,s,y .i5r'. -s.Ai tHH
Filter for Cistern Water. Per
fOrate the bottom of q wooden box
with a number of small holes; place
inside piece of flannel covered with
cOarsly-pOwdered charcoal over this
coarse river sand, and on this a small
piece of sandstone. s-ll
-Dandruff. Some one asks, what
will remove and prevent dandruff
from coming into lady's head? A
friend of mine says she takes little
borax added to pint of water, and
washes her head occasionally with it.
1 often add q little borax or cooking
soda to the rain water when wash
my hair brushes. 1t cleanses them
nicely.-RUTII, in Country Gentleman.
Oysters a Ia Creme.-Put into a
warm tureen fifty bltnched and drain
ed oysters; in a bright saucepan put
one pint Of fresh cream, two ounces of
butter, salt and white pepper to the
taste, and q few blades OF mace set
on the fire, stir constantly, and thick
en- with finely-pOwdered cracker dust
lightly dredged in. AS soon as scald-
ing hot, pour into the tureen and
serve at Once.-G p1nld,ltOicn Telegraph
Velvet Bicuit.-IntO pint of
milk and two Well-beaten eggs put a
little yeast, soft butter and salt. Stir
into it sufficient flour to make a soft
dough Strew some flour over it; lay
warm towel over the pan, and set
in warm place to rise (three hours
in the summer or over night in the
winter). Dip your hands i'm flour,
and work the dough down make it
into small, fiat cakes lay them on a
buttered tin pan, quite near each
other, and bake them in q quick oven
ten or fifteen minutes, or until done.
To Make Toilet Soap.-Take one
twenty-five cent box of concentrated
lye, dissOve i'm one-half gallon rain
water, pour into a large pitcher 10 cool.
Now melt five pounds of clean lard or
tallOw, and when about milk-warm
pour your cold lye i'm very slowly and
stir rapidly. Continue string till it
begins to thicken. Now add one
ounce of oil of sassafras, or any other
perfume you fancy; have ready n
clean box, one foot square, pour in
and cover air tight. Let it remain
for three or four days; then cut it UP
in cakes, and it will be ready for use.
How to Prepare CofIce.-French
Cooks say good coffee cannot be made
by boiling it must be leached the
aroma and flavor goes Offin the steam
If it is boiled. The ground coffee
must be put in q vessel that is like a
fine sieve in the bottom, pour boiling
water on this and as soon as it passes
through it is fit for use and If not
used Immediately should be placed
where it will simply keep hot and
not boil. We give thisnot for the bene-
fit of hygienists, for they will not use
coffee, but to those who still feel they
must take coffee, we would say, If
you must have it, make it in the best
way.-JO,17,dI Of Health. lsro'N
q TO. Clean Swans Down. Take
out the lining and wash the cellar in
warm water with soap, handling it
as any delicate fabric rinse in warm
water thoroughly and hang It out
doors to dry, giving it occasionally a
gentle shake while drying. Another
way is to use white hard soap suds;
lay part of the collar on one hand
and dip water over it with the other,
passing the hand very gently overthe
fur one acdy each time. When per-
fectly dry shake well, to separate any
portions of the down that may cling
together.
Bleaching Discolored Flannel.-
1t Is found by Prof. Artus that flannel
which had become yellow. by lying
for some time, when treated with
solution of one half pound of Mar
settles soap in fifty pounds of soft
water with the addition of one-third
OF an ounce of ammonia, and sub
rinsed Is much improved
In appearance. The bleaching is
more quickly accomplished by soak
ing the article an hour I'M 4 dilute
solution of acid sulphite of soda, then
stirring in dilute hydrochloric acid
fifty parts water to ono Of acid),
covering the vessel and allowing tito
remain quarter Of an hour, and
thoroughly rinse the
articles. astHs
How to Cook Potatoes. In the |
spring, when the potatoes are poor,
difficulty Is experienced in preparing |
them to relish. Pare and cut them |
hall an inch In thickness, putting
them to boil in sailed water until
lender; then pour off the water and
put ON cream, or good milk, seasoning
and thickening carefully with only n
little flour, For those who have mo-
milk, fresh boiling water can be used
with nearly as good results. a little
,siie; nearly all housekc epers know
he value of potatoes In yeast, and
hat grated theynnalSe, an excellent
with the. usual additions.
After al, perhaps, there is no forms
which Is used, both for excel nce and |
,ealtIl, equal ID rhe good old tashior-
d msshed potato. - sltestern Rir0sl :
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