Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

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To PRESERVE ice in refrigerator,
wrap III several thicknesseS of news
paper.
A TEA made of ripe or dried whortle-
berries and drank i'll place of water, is
said to be sure and speedy cure for
scrOfula
To CURE tongues, take four quarts
salt; two quarts mOlaSseS; six ounces
saltpeter; three gallons water. Boil
and skim the ingredients, and when
cold pour over the tongues.
To REVIVE whitening flowers, take
them from the vase, throw out the cold
water, and replace it with hot water in
which you can barely hold your finger:
put in the flowers Immediately. The
effect is wonderful.
To MAKE cream omelette, put into
a Stew-pan d cup of cream, the same of
bread crumbs, a little salt, dust of
pepper, little nutmeg Set over the
fire. and when the bread has soaked up
all the cream, remove from the stove,
cool, then beat dozen eggs, thorough
ly mix with the cream and crumbs,
and fry. Serve as an omelette
ORANGE CAKE.-Two cups sugar;
two cups flour; one-half cup water;
yelks Of five eggs and whites of three;
one teaspOonful cream tartar; one-half
teaspoon soda dissolved; add a trife Of
salt and juice and rind grated of one
orange. Beat the whites we'll; then
add the sugar; stir well; add the yelks
previously beaten; bake in five Jelly
tins.
LEMON CREAM. three lemons
and squeeze out the juice into one
quart of milk; add the peel, cut i'll
pieces; cover the vessel and let it stand
for few hours. Then add six eggs
well beaten and one pint of cold water
we'll sWeetened with powdered sugar,
strain all and simmer over gentle
fire till it thickens. When cool set on
the ice. 1t should be served ice cold
A CERTAIN farmer buried four or
five jars Of butter last summer as an
experiment. He removed one jar the
other day and found the butter as
clean and sweet us the day it was
buried. His plan was to get good
sound jar, fill it with butter, tie
cloth over the top, put on a layer Of
salt about an inch thick, tie a strong
cloth over the mouth Of the jar, and
bury the jar four feet deep, mouth
down. He thinks that butter put up
in this shape can be kept pure and nice
an indefinite length Of time.
STRIPED CAKE.-TWO cups white
sugar, three eggs, two-thirds cup but
ter, one cup sweet milk, three cups
flour, one teaspoon cream-tartar, half
teaspoon soda, little salt and lemon
essence. Put half the above in two
square pans, 7X10, and bake. They
will be about one inch thick. To the
remainder add one cup raisins
chopped fine and a little citrOn, one
tablespoon mOlasseS, one teaspoon Gin
namOn, half teaspoon each of cloves
and allspice, one tablespoonful flour,
Just a tiny bit of soda dissolved. Bake
IN the same pans as the former. Put
the cakes together while warm alter
nately with Jelly This is a handsome
cake, and will keep some time. When
cool, sift powdered sugar over.
HOUSEKEEPERS sometimes realize
the difficulty of lighting a fire on a
still, damp morning, when the CHM
ney will not draw, and vigorous blow
ing proves Intellectual. Science eX-
plains the trouble as caused by the diff
tiCulty encountered in overcoming the
inertia Of the long column of air in
the pipe OF chimney, by the small col
umn of air that can be forced up
through the interstices of wood and
coal, at the bottom of which the fire is
kindled. This may be remedied by
first lighting few bits of shavings or
paper placed upon the top; thus, by
the heated air forcing itself into the
chimney and establishing there an up
ward current, the room is kept free
from the gas or smoke which is SO apt
to fill the room; and the fire can
then be lighted from below, with good
success.