The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
RED ASrs.-It K. 7. B. will tuy five cents
worth of calomel and put it on plate with
syrup, where the ants trouble her, they Will
disappear; or cayenne pepper is said to De
good cure for ants, as well as mice and other
vermin.
MoLAssEs CAKE.-Two cups of Porto Rico
molasses one cup of lard, three-quarters OF
cup of water, one tablespoonful Of ginger,
three teaspoonfuls of saleratus. dissolved;
-four enough to make it stiff as pound cake
dough.
HAM ToAsr-Mix with one tablespoonful
of finely chopped or grated ham, the beaten
up yolk of an egg, and little cream and pep
per; heat over the fire, and then spread the
mixture either on hot buttered toast, or on
slices of bread fried quite crisp in butter;
serve very hot.
WINE JELLY.-To one and half boxes
Coxs geiatine, one pint cold water, juice OF
three lemons, grated rind of two; let stand an
hour; then add two pounds loaf sugar, three
before straining in flannel bag stir IN one pint
sherry wine, six tablespoons Of best brandy.
RoLLs.-Pour boiling water into Graham
-four, stir with z spoon, then stir in dry flour
and knead. Work into rolls an inch and q
half or two inches in diameter. and bake in a
quick oven, but not so hot as for gems With
experience the rolls may be made much larger
Excellent for dyspep.ics, and good either hot
or cold.
HoM1NY NIurF1Ns. Take two cups of fine
hominy boiled and GOLD; beat it smooth; stir
liz three cups o. sour Elin, half cup of
melted butter. two teaspoonfuls of salt, and
two tablespoonfuls of white sugar; then add
three eggs we'll beaten, one teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in hot water, and one large cup
Of -four; bake quickly.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.-One pint of milk
scald until thick, one pint OF cold milk, into
which stir two tablespoonfuis Of meal
tablespoonful Of butter, little salt. Mix all
together; sweeten to the taste with molasses.
Be sure and use molasses, or your pudding
will be Without whey, which makes it SO de-
licious and delicate. Bake in q moderate oven.
To detect fusel oil in whisky, the readiest
process is to shake one or two fluid ounces Of
the liquor with an equal volume of pure
ether, and about one-fourth of its volume of
water The supernatant liquid being de-
canted, will, on being evaporated at the Or
binary temperature, leave behind the fusel
oil present in tho whisky, together with some
of the h,voring ingredients that may have
been introduced arti6cially.
To pickle beef for long keeping:
/. Thoroughly rub salt into it and let it re-
main in bulk for twenty -four hours to draw eff
the blood.
| 2. Take up, let it drain. and pack as desired.
3. Have ready pickle prepared as follows:
For 100 lbs. beef use lbs salt; saltpeter and
cayenne pepper each OF ; molasses quart,
~ .rota boil o,,1 Oh
and when cold pour it over the beet.
KIDNEYS WITH MAcARoN1- two ounces
of macaroni, broken into convenient pieces,
in boiling water; skin two or three mutton
kidneys, remove the fat, and cut them into
thin slices; season with salt cayenne, and
finely. minced herbs; fry them on both sides
in butter; then stew them in half pint OF
gravy, we'll favored with fresh or canned to-
matoes; dish with layer of the macaroni
over them, the gravy poured over; add pep
per, salt and some grated cheese; brown with
salamander.
Says correspondent of Inter- Ocean who has
had much experience with wire fences: II
would not recommend straight wire with
patent barbs, as it is liable to break in coils
weather. There is twisted wire with barbs
that does we'll, as it is said the twist will
allow it to expand so that it will not break.
Of this kind I have some on my own place.
It is perfect fence for anys-sattle or horses. l
have three wires. and POSTS two rods apart,
but on level ground they might be three or
four rods apart"
DELICIOUS LIGHT TEA BIscUIr.-Two quarts
of best siited flour. one pint Of sweet milk,
in which melt one quarter of a pound Of
butter, one teaspoon of salt in the milk, one
teacup of fresh yeast. Make hole in the
Al not,o
diligently with fork. Let the milk, etc., be
Just blood-warm (no more), then knead as
bread. Cut it across, through and through,
with knife. Let it rise six or seven hours,
at it may require. Take from the pan knead
it WELL cut in small cakes and put to rise in
pan an hour or more before baking. This
receipt, with additional sugar and suitable
spices, makes excellent family doughnuts
very pretty amusement, especially for
those who have just completed the study of
botany, is the taking of leaf photographs.
Gaze very simple process is this: At any drug
gist's get dimes worth of bichromate of
potash. Put this in q two ounce bottle of soft
water. When the solution becomes saturated
that is, when the water has dissolved as
much as it will pour off some of the clear
liquid into shallow dish; on this float a
piece of ordinary writing paper till it is thor
oughly moistened. Let it become nearly dry
in the dark 1t should be OF bright yellow.
On this put the leaf, and under it piece of
soft black cloth and several sheets of news
paper. Put these between two pieces of glass
(all the pieces should be of the same size) and
with spring clothespins fasten them together.
Expose to bright sun. placing the leaf so
that the rays will fall upon it as nearly per-
pendicular as possible. In few minutes it
will begin TO turn brown, but it r.quires from
half an honr to several hours to produce
perfect print. When it has become dark
enough, take it from the frame and put it in
oIDor uotar which mnSt ha nhaDuaH eyarp