The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
STEW PANs-A great mistake is made
in American kitchens in not using the
tin-lned copper stew pans instead of the
porcelain lined, which burns fer more
readily and is not at all durable. No
danger may be apprehended from the
copper, as the tin can always be re-
placed at slight expense.
PLAIN CHARLOTTE Spread slices OF
nice, light bread with butter and fruit
Jelly; place layers of these in a deep
bowl and pour over rich, thick cream,
sgeetenod and favored with lemon.
Beat whites of eggs with jelly aud pile
high on the top, with drops of crimson
and yellow jelly upon it.
To MAKE GINGER LoAF.-To four
pounds of dough- add one pound of
raw sugar, half pound of butter, one
ounce and half of caraway seeds, one
ounce and a half of ground ginger.
| B axe in the usual way. 1t very much
resent les Scotch hot cross buns. 1t
makes very nice cake, either for tea
or lunch.
To KEEP Books FROM DAMP. "A few
drops of any kind of perfumed oil will
secure books and manuscript from the
deterioratiDg effects of mold and damp.
The species of leather SO extensively
used by book binders, owes its power
of outstanding the effects of these
destructive agents to the tar of the
| birch tree-betula alba.
OLD-FAsHIoNED ELECTION CAKE
Take two thirds of a pint of thin In
dian-meal cruel, then add one cup of
sugar, one half cup of butter, one cup
of yeast, cassia and cloves to suit the
taste, and about a quart of -four. Set
in warm place to raise over night.
In the morning put it into a buttered
pan, and if allowed to stand awhile be-
fore baking it will be lighter than if
baked Immediately.
FRICAssEED TRIPE. Cleanse tripe we'll
from the fat, cut it into pieces about
two inches broad and four long, put in
to stew-pan and cover with milk and
water let it boil till tender. Slice two
Spanish onions and put in a stew-pan
with one fourth pound of butter; salt,
pepper and nutmeg to flavor, and let
them brown put this sauce with the
tripe, add the juice of a lemon, and serve
very hot.
A CEMENT WITHDRAWING HEAT AND
MOISTURE white lead, or zinc
white, ground in oil, and used very
thick, is an excellent cement for mend
ing broken crockery-ware but it takes
a very long time to harden. 1t is well
to put the mended objects in some store
room, and not to look at it for several
weeks or even months. It will then be
found so firmly united that if ever
again broken it will not part on the line
| of the former fracture.
BUL1ooK's LIvER.-Cut the liver in
scores and salt it with two pounds of
salt for fortnight, then let it drain dry
for three days, then rub in two ounces
of several kinds of spice, according to
your judgment, and all sorts of sweet
herbs chopped very fine /; also a good
seasoning of onions and snalots. Then
hang it in q dry cellar for time, and
then put it in bag for use. A small
piece is sufficient TO make gravy for
hares, ducks, etc. It will keep many
months, and be useful to use in the
summer.
APPLES IN IMITATION OF GINGER.-To
three pounds of very hard apples take
two pounds of loaf sugar and quarter
of a pound of the best white ginger.
Put these in layers (having first sliced
the apples in eight pieces and cored
them) alternately in a wide mouthed
jar. Next day infuse an ounce of white
ginger, we'll bruised, in about a pint of
| boiling water; let it stand till the next
day. Then put in the apples that have
| been two days in the ginger. Simmer
slowly until the apples look clear. Take
great care not to break the pieces.
SWEET PoTATo PoNE.-Take twelve or
| fifteen nice sweet potatoes (yams always
preferred), boil them until we'll done I;
then peel, mash with pestle or rolling.
pin, ard rub through a sieve to get out
all strings or tough fbres now add
sugar to taste, half-dozen eggs, butter
to make it very rich, ground cloves,
nutmeg and swe ct milk enough to make
it the consistency of custard you can
pour the mixture in buttered pan, and
bake. Nice fresh lari can be used in
stead of butter, but in smaller quantity.
| POTATOES are a standard article of
food on most tables, but they are often
80 badly cooked that they are neither
palatable nor wholesome. As break
fast dish they are excellent. We like
them prepare thus: Select the smaller
ones-leaving the larger ones for dinner
-scrape off the skins of new potatoes,
put them into cold water for ten min
utes, have water boiling, and cook them
twenty minutes (; pour off the water and
add cup of milk or cream, and thicken
it with q little -four and butter rubbed
together. Butter never hoats on the
surface when mixed with flour thus, nor
does the -four trouble you with Jumps.
1t is Just as we'll, however, to leave out
the butter, mixing the -four with little
cream.-Prairie Farmer.
THE HOUSEWIFE TABLE--The fol
lowing is a very valuable housewlfe's
table, by which persons not having
scales and weights at hand may readily
measure the article wanted to form any
recipe without the trouble of weighing
allowance to be made for an extraordi
nary dryness or moisture of the articles
weighed or measured:
Wheat -four, 1 pound is l quart.
Indian meal, l pound 2 ounces are
quart.
Butter. when soft, pound is l quart
Loaf sugar, broken, l pound is
quart.
White sugar, powdered, 1 pound
ounce are l quart.
Best brown sugar. 1 pound 2 ounces
are l quart.
Ten eggs are pound.
Sixteen large tablespoonfuls are
pint.
Eight large tablespoonful are pint
Four large tablespoonsfuls are gill
Two gills are half pint.
A common sized tumbler holds half
pint.
An ordinary teacup is 1 gill.
A large wine glass is l gill.
A large tablespoonful is half al
ounce.
Forty drops are equal to one tea
spoonful.
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to
tablespoonful.
: PROTECTION FROM FRosT.-To pre-
vent frost from injuring fruit blossom