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CARROTS FOR EGGs.-It is not general
ly known that boiled carrots, when prop
erly prepared, form an excellent substitute
for eggs in puddings. They must, for
this purpose, be boiled and mashed, and
passed through coarse cloth or hair sieve
strainer. The pulp is then introduced
among the other ingredients of the pud-
ding. TO the total omission of eggs. a
pudding made up in this way is much
lighter than when eggs are used, and is
much more palatable. On the principle OF
economy, this fact is worthy of the pru-
dent housewives attention.
PACKING EGGS TO SHIP.-Mary G. West
tells in the Mobile Register how to pack
eggs for shipment: Wrap each egg by
itself In several thiclxnesses of newspaper
and then pack them nicely in cotton, be-
ing careful to fill the spaces between them.
When the eggs are thus nicely packed, the
box, II il is not yet full, can be filed with
chopped straw or sedge, but never with
sawdust, and particularly pine sawdust.
The turpentine in pine sawdust would al
most invariably ruin the eggs for sitting"
purposes. The lid should never be nailed
on a box intended for ''stting. 'sas the jar
consequent Ia apt to injure them. 1t
should be put on with screws.
ScoTcE CAKR.-Iake pound OF fresh
butter, pound Of powdered white sugar,
and pounds Of sifted flour. Mix the
sugar with the -four, and rub the butter
into Il, crumbled fine. Add a heaped Ia
blcspOonful OF mixed nutmeg and CHINA
mon. Put no water, bur mOisten it en-
tirely with butter. A small glass of BRAN
dy Is Az Improvement Roll it out into
large thick sheet, and cut it into round
cakes about the lie Of saucers. Bake
them on fiat tins, slightly buttered. This
cake is very crumbly, but very good, and
of Scottish origin. II keeps well, and is
often sent from Scotland TO this country,
packed In bOxea.
CURRY.-A good platcful of onions is
we'll Drowned In n stewpan with good
lump Of butter; 2 teaspoOnfuls of Madras
curry powder are stirred in, the me at is
then added, cut into small pieces; it must
be raw and should be the best quality OF
beef or mutton. aud all is again stirred
up; . cloves of garlic chopped small are
added, salt according to taste, with about J
coiiee-cup Of cold water. and the whole is
allowed to boil up. Alter this let the
curry simmer, adding cold fresh milk
whenever it becomes too dry, and just be-
fore serving, a good squeeze of lemon.
The curry should be commenced 3 hours
before dinner. Particular attention should
be given that the rice be well boiled.
TO REMOVE A TIGHT FINGER RING.-
In case finger-ring becomes too tight to
pass the joint of the finger, the finger
should first be held in cold water to re-
duce any swelling or inflammation. Then
wrap rag soaked in hot water around the
ring 10 expand the metal, and lastly soap
the finger. a needle threaded with strong
silk can then be passed between the ring
and the finger, and person holding the
two ends and and pulling the silk, while
sliding it around the periphery OF the ring,
will readily remove the latter. Another
method is to pass piece of sewing silk
under the ring, and wind the thread in
pretty close spirals and closely around
the finger to the end-that below the ring
and begin unwinding.
To CLEAN Foul GUNs.-Guns and RI
flies may be easily cleaned from lead by
the following: If muzZle-lOader, stop
up the nipple or communication hole with
a little wax, or if breech-loader insert
a cork in the breech rather tightly; next
pour some quicksilver into the barrel,
and put another cork in the muzZle, then
proceed to roll it up and down the barrel,
shaking it about for few minutes. The
mercury and the lead will form an ANAL
gam, and leave the barrel as clean and
free from lead as the first day it came out
of the shop. The same quicksilver can be
used repeatedly by straining it through
wash-leather, for the lead will be left be-
hind in the leather, and the quicksilver
will be again fit for use.