The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-04
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

CRYsrA11IzED MAPLE SRUP.-"
uuirer" writes: "Can anyone account
for the formation of crystals in canned
maple sirupf What is the remedy ior
the lme!" The sirup was evaporated
to the point of capitalization probably.
The remedy is to dilute it with water to
the required consistency.-Rura! Ne~
Yorker.
ONE great difficulty experienced by all
young housekeepers is to decide on the
degree of heat accessory to cook ordinary
dishes in an oven. It would be well to
use q thermometer constantly in the
kitchen, letting 100 degrees be the standard
of heat for roasting meat, buildings and
rich cakes; puff-paste and sponge-cake
would need q greater degree Of heat.
CRANBERRY RoLLs.-A Boston paper
publishes the following excellent recipe
for cranberry rolls: Stew quart OF
cranberries in sufficient water to keep
from burning; make very sweet, strain ana
cool; make paste, and when the cram
berry is cold spread it on the paste about
an inch thick. Roll it, tie it close in cloth !;
boil two hours and serve with sweet
sauce.
WATER Pound CAKE.-Three eggs, two
cups sugar, half cup of butter, beaten to-
gether; three cups of flour, two table,
spoonfuls baking powder, one-third OF a
nutmeg stirred in the flour, and one cup
of cold water. Pour all together, beat
hard few minutes, bake in quick oven.
Place piece Of paper over the top OF
cake pan to prevent the cake from be-
coming too brown. Sometimes the Sec
ond paper is necessary.
THE cheap paints, mixed with milk for
kitchen floors, last season very well,
but scale off with use and have no gloss,
and must be renewed each year. Paint
ers recommend zinc paint, yellow ochre,
or gray, ground in oil and thinned for
use with equal parts of boiled oil and
Japan varnish. Two coats of the paint
give hard, glossy surface that will last
twice as long as the cheaper sorts. The
best painted floor needs to have coat
of Japan paint once in three years at
least to keep it in good order.-Cor. Cin-
einnati Times.
DANGER OF USING CARBoLIc ACID
The We terinarian of the London Field, in
a long article on this subject, claims that
all accidents resulting from the use of
carbolic acid in any form are to be at
tributed entirely to carelessness in the
preparation of the acid for use in the va
rious mixtures made for the purpose of
destroying parasitic insects. The acid in
it's pure form is, no doubt, poisonous,
but the various preparations recommend
ed by veterinarians are harmless if made
and used according to the directions.
Farmers, as class, are inclined to the
use of strong remedies, and if prepare
ton of one-fiftieth part carbolic does good
they are tempted to, and often do, try
one-tenth or more of the acid.
DETECTING COPPER IN PICKLES AND
GREEN TEA.-The Manufacturer and
Builder says: There is notion that
green tea owes its color to copper; this
is an error. If there were copper enough
in it to affect the color it would be high
ly poisonous, and a small quantity would
produce symptoms such as nausea, etc.
1t is simply due to the kind of tree, the
leaves of some tending to dry with a
green, others with a black or brown
color. Cut the suspected pickles into
small pieces, and put on little diluted
liquid ammonia; shake it up we'll, and il
the least copper is present the liquid
will become beautifully blue. We have
never seen green tea which indicated
conner hY this test