Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-10-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

THE London Milk Journal says that
pint of milk heated a little, but not
boiled, taken every four hours, will
check the most violent diarrhea, stom-
ach-ache, incipient cholera and dysen-
terry.
AN excellent recipe for removing
paint or grease spots from garments
may be had by mixing four teaspoon
fuls of alcohol with tablespoonful of
salt. Shake the whole we'll together,
and apply with brush or sponge.
VARIETIES eggs beaten light,
with pinch of salt, and flour stirred
in till very stiff; then roll out very
thin, cut into strips two inches wide
and four inches long, wind around the
finger. then fry in boiling lard deli
cate color.
CHARCOAL has been discovered to be
a sure cure for burns. By laying a
small piece of cold charcoal upon the
burn the pain subsidies Immediately.
By leaving the charcoal on one hour
the wound is healed, as has been dem
onstrated on several occasions.
To MAKE Domin n opinee, or parched
corn and milk, take half pint of yell
low corn, roast it as you would coffee
over slow fire, clean out the coffee
mill, grind once coarse, once fine, eat
with milk and little salt, after it has
stood five or ten minutes to swell, and
you have food fit for the gods. 1t is
very social dish for boys and girls.
CELEBRATED BAKEWELL PUDDING.
Line dish with puff paste and put
into it a variety of preserves, without
much of their strip, also strips of cit
ron. Then fill up with the following
mixture: One quarter pound melted
butter, one quarter pound of sugar,
yelks of four eggs, whites of three,
well beaten. Mix well and bake in a
slow oven.
COOP MINCE PIEs.-SiX pounds beef,
five pounds suet, five pounds sugar,
two ounces allspice, two ounces cloves,
three-fourth of a pound of cinnamon,
half pint mOlasses, one and a fourth
pound seedless raisins, two pounds cur
rants, half a pound cltron chopped fine,
one pound of almonds chopped fine,
two oranges, one lemon skin, and all
chopped fine; two parts chopped ap-
pies to one of meat, cider to TASTE
CONWAY PUDDING.-Butter a pud-
ding-dish, and lay in tart apples sliced,
with white sugar, grated nutmeg, and
a few whole cloves sprinkled over
them; then a layer of stale bread
crumbs, bits of butter, sugar and nut
meg, thus filling the dish with alter
nate layers of apple and bread crumbs;
pour over a cup of rich milk, and bake
in a moderate oven from one and
half to two hours. This is an econom-
ical and delicious pudding, good either
hot or cold, with or without sauce.
JAMES POTTED BEEF.-Cut quite
lean beef in pieces, as for stew, and
put in close-covered pail. Put in
one layer at time, then a little salt
and pepper and a little sprinkling of
cloves and cinnamon. Then put in
another layer, season as above, and so
Oh till all the meat is in the pail. Pour
over all cupful Of vinegar and water
for about three pounds of meat. Cover
the pail closely, and set into another
partly filled with boiling water, and
let it simmer four hours. Eaten cold
or warmed up for breakfast dish,
this is very nice. Gloves give it a
dark color, but improve the flavor.
When warmed up thicken the gravy a
little, and place bits of toast around
the dish. -Christi071 U72ion