Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

BOILING FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR.-lt
may not be generally known that boiling
fruit a long time without the sugar and
without cover is very economical, be-
cause the bulk of the scum rises from
the fruit, not from the sugar; boiling
without cover allows the water to evap-
| crate, and so the fruit is firmer and better
| favored
Corn CAKEs.-Grate half dozen ears
of green corn, stir in a cup of milk, add
| -four with which yeast powder, in the pro-
portion of two teaspoonfuls to the quart,
| has been sifted, until the whole is thick
batter. Add two or three eggs we'll beaten
and pinch of salt. Fry as batter cakes,
or bake in gem-pans in quick oven. A
| pleasant breakfast dish
COMMON coal-oil is an excellent mos
ouito-bar. Drop little on a piece of cot
ton, squeeze as dry as possible, and rub
over the exposed portions of the body.
The smell of the oil disappears in about
five minutes, and no mosquito will alight
upon the annointed places. This is said
to be better than pennyroyal essence for
the same purpose.-.Scsentlfc Anaerican
TOMATO PIE.-Take fully-ripe tomatoes,
scald and peel the skin off, then cut in
slices, and lay in shallow dish, sprinkle
with sugar, add little butter, cover with
a crust and bake till the crust is done.
Then turn the pie on plate, crust down
ward, and spread over the tomatoes the
whites of an egg beaten with sugar. Set
in the oven till the egg stifens. This is
more wholesome than lemon pie and al
most as good.
A NICE WHITE SoUP.-Break up shin
Of veal; let it soak in cold water about
two hours; then put it to boil in four
quarts of water, with an onion, little
mace, pepper and salt. Let it simmer
! about five hours, strain it through sieve,
and set away to cool until the next day
then take off all the fat, wiping it with
! cloth; put it to boil; when quite hot, if
not we'll seasoned, add whatever may be
required; mix two spoonfuls of ground
rice with water, stir it until it boils, then
add pint of good, sweet milk and give it
one boil.
To SETTLE COFFEE WITHOUT EGGs.-
Put the ground coffee 1.-TWO tablespoonful
or more, according to the size OF the fam
ily) to soak over night IN about a teacup-
full of water. In the morning add more
water and put it over to boil, boiling fit
teen or twenty minutes; then fill in what
water is necessary and put the coffee pot
on the stove-hearth; in fifteen minutes or
so the coffee will pour off as clear as am
ber-colored claret. If any be left after the
meal is over it can be heated again with
better result than if it had been settled
with eggs in the beginning.-RuraI Neg
| Yorker
AMONG the many devices for keeping
butter in manner that preserves the fresh
rosy flavor of new, with all its sweetness,
is the following, from the Duchess Farm
| er, which is said to be entirely successful:
"To three gallons Of brine strong enough
to bear an egg add a quarter of pound
of nice white sugar and one tablespoonful
of saltpeter. Boil the brine, and when it
is cold strain carefully. Make your but
ter into rolls and wrap each separately in
a clean, white muslin cloth, tying up with
string, Pack a large jar full, weigh the
butter down and pour the brine until it is
submerged. This will keep really good
butter perfectly sweet and fresh for awhole
year. Be careful to not put upon ice but
ter that you wish to keep for any length
of time. In summer, when the heat will
not admit of butter being made into rolls
pack closely in small jars and, using the
same brine, allow it to cover the butter to
a depth of at least four inches. This ex-
cludes the air and answers very nearly as
we'll as the first method suggested