Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-02

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

IRON rust may be removed from cotton
and wooden goods by saturating the spots
with ink, and removing this by the use of
muriatic acid diluted with five orsix times
its weight of water. .f
SILKS and woolens may be dyed blue as
follows: Take water n gallon, sulphuric
acid a wineglassful, imperial blue one
tablespoonful, or more according to shade
desired. Put in the goods and boil ten
minutes; then wash in a weak solution of
soap lather.
SUGARED PoP-CoRN.-One cup of white
sugar, half a cup of water, boil till it
taf1es, and sprinkle in the popcorn as
much as the pan will hold. If nicely
popped this will sugar two quarts Of corn.
Stir well, so that it does not stick together.
The grains ought to be separated.
How TO Cook SALT PORK.-Manv peo-
pie do not relish salt pork fried, but it is
quite good to soak it in milk two or three
hours, then roll it in Indian-meal and FRY
to a light brown. This makes a good dish
with mashed turnips, or raw onions cut in
vinegar; another way is to soak it over
night in skim milk and bake like fresh
pork; it is almost as good as fresh roast
pork.
NEVER use anything but light blankets
as a covering for the sick. The heavy
mpervious cotton counterpart is bad, for.
the reason that it keeps in the exhalations
from the pores of the sick person, while
the blanket allows them to pass through.
Weak persons are invariably distressed by
a great weight of bed-clothes, which often
prevents their getting any sound sleep
whatever.-HeraGd Of Health.
OUNCE PREsERvE.-Peel and core the
ounces; simmer the the Feelings and
cores in just water enough to cover them
till they are done; then strain and use the
same water to boil the ounces in, part at
a time, till they are all soft. Take them
out on a colander to drain, and into the
kettle put pound tor pound of sugar, and
boil till the sirup is made. In this stew
the ounces half an hour, take them out,
boil down the sirup until it is thick, and
strain it over the fruit through a fine
sieve. The same quantity of apples as of
ounces may be taken, and when the pre-
serve is made it will not be easy to tell
n from the other.
SwEET-PoTATO PUDDING.-To two
c0fee-cupfulS Of mashed sweet potato
(boiled) add one teacupful butter, four
eggs, one teacupful sweet cream, one tea
cupful cinnamon, one grated nutmeg, a
~teaspconful lemon (eXtract) and a pinch of
soda dissolved in a ~teaspoonful Of water.
Beat the eggs light, add sugar and butter
rubbed to a cream, stir all together into
the mashed potato while hot. Cover a
deep plate with puff-paste, and pour in
the mixture. Bake in a moderate V f.:
when done, cover the top with slices of
fruit marmalade and sprinkle thickly
with g~ranulated sugar. To be eaten with
a glass Of rich milk. This will make
three buildings.
HULLED CORN.-Last fall [ had a
quantity of sweet corn left from the gar
den; [ had no use for it and thought l
would try and hull some of it. 1t was
so nice that [ have used it all, and this
is the way | hulled it: Soak over night
in warm water; IN the morning put it
in an iron kettle with water enough to
cover it. To each quart of corn l put in
a rounding t%easpoonful of soda; boil I'M
til the hulls come off readily, then wash
in several clear waters, and after it is
thoroughly washed put it on to boil again
in clear water. Boil until tender and
then salt it; and then let it boil a little
longer. Turn into a sieve and drain
thoroughly. Eat hot or cold in milk
| Cor. Household. ..