The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

! HOUSEhOLD HINISs
Stew -PANH.-A great mistake is mad
in American Kitchens In not using tn
tin.lrned copper stew pans Instead of tn
porcelain-lined, which burns far NOR
readily and is not at all durable. n,
danger may be apprehended from TIN
copper, as the tin can always be re
placed at slight expense.
PLAIN CHAHLOTTE. Spread slices o
nice, light bread with butter aud frui
Jelly; place layers of these in a deeI
bowl and pour over rich, thick cream
sweetened and favored with lemon
Beat whites of eggs with jelly aud pill,
high on the top, with drops of crimson
and yellow jelly upon it.
To MAKE GINGER LoAF.-To foul
pounds of dough add one pound o.
raw sugar, half a pound of butter, one
ounce and half of carawsy seeds, one
ounce and a half of ground ginger
Bake in the usual way. 1t very much
resembles Scotch hot cross buns. II
makes a 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 aud manuscript from the
| deteriorating effects of mold and damp.
The species of leather so extensively
used by book binders, owes its power
of withstanding the effects of these
destructive agents to the tar of the
birch tree-bCtHLG alba.
OLD-FAsHIoNED ELECTION CAKE
T Ike 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, cassi and cloves TO suit the
taste, and about quart of flour. Set
in a 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
10 q 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 aud nutmeg to flavor, and let
them brown put this sauce with the
triPe, add the juice of lemon, and serve
very hot.
A CEMENT WITHsTANDING HEAT AND
MOISTURE Pure 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
khnV, ha
found so firmly united that if ever
again broken 1t will not part on the line
of the former fracture.
BULIOCK's 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 a dry cellar for time, and
then put it in a bag for use. A small
piece is sufficient 10 make gravy for
hares, ducks, etc. 1t 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 aud quarter
of pound of the best white ginger.
Put these in layers (having first sliced
the apples in eight pieces and cOred
them alternately in n wide mouthed
jar. Next day infuse an ounce Of white
ginger, well bruised, in about 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 appleslook clear. Take
great care not to break the pieces.
SWEET PorATO PoNE.-Take twelve or
fifteen nice sweet potatoes (yams always
preferred), boil them until we'll done
then peel, mash with pestle or rolling
pin, and rub through 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 sweet milk enough to make
it the consistency of custard; you can
pour the mixture in a buttered pan, and
bake. Nice fresh laTd can be used in
stead of butter, but in smaller quantity.
POTATOEs are q standard article of
food on most tables, but they are often
so badly cooked that they are neither
palatable nor wholesome. AS n 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 little flour and butter rubbed
together. Butter never floats on the
surface when mixed with flour thus, nor
does the flour trouble you with Jumps.
1t is Just as well, however, to leave out
the butter, mixing the -four with little
cream Prairie Farmer.
The HOUSEWIVES TABLE--The fol-
lowing is a very valuable housewives
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, l pound is l quart.
Indian meal, l round ounces are l
quart.
Butter, when soft, pound is ! quart.
Loaf sugar, broken, l pound ls
quart.
White sugar, powdered, l pound l
ounce are ! quart.
Best brown sugar. ! pound 2 ounces
are l quart.
Ten eggs are l pound.
Sixteen large tablespoonfuls are j
pint.
Eight large tablespoonfuls are ; pint.
Four large tablespOonsfuls are gill.
Two gills are half pint.
A common-sized tumbler holds half
pint.
An ordinary teacup is gill.
A large wine-glass is l gill.
A large tablespoonful is half an
ounce.
Forty drops are equal to one tea
spoonful.
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to !
tablespoonful.