Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-20
HOUSEKEEPER'S HELP.

glllS OF Hour, one ounce OF Iutter, three
eggs, a little salt. Boil the rice until
tender, add the butter, flour, salt and
yelks Of the eggs previously beaten
light after which the mixture must be
beaten very hard. Have the whites
of the eggs very light, stir in gently,
then ready for baking. Butter; serve
on heated plates.
PoACHED EGGs.-Half fill a frying pan
with boiling water: throw into it salt
spoonful Of salt. Open each egg
into a cup, drop each egg carefully into
the water, which must not boil hard !;
they will take about three minutes to
| cook; then, with q pancake turner, trim
off the edges Of the whites, take each
one up carefully, lay them on pieces Of
buttered toast or on slices of fried ham.
HAM CAKE.-A capital way of dispos-
ing an excellent dish for breakfast, is:
Take pound and half of ham, fat
and lean together, put it into a mortar
and pound it, or pass it through saus-
age machine; soak large slice of
bread in half a pint of milk, and beat
it and the ham well together; add an
egg beaten up. Put the whole into q
mold, and bake a rich brown.
TAPIoCA FRUIT PUDDING.-Over one
cupful of sage or taplOca pour a quart
of boiling water; let stand, occasionally
stirring, for an hour, over slow fire;
then pare and core enough apples to
cover the bottom of your pudding dish,
steam them till soft; then pour the
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sailed and favored it. Bake an hour
in slow oven. Canned or fresh
peaches may be used in the place of
apples.
PoT AU FEU.-Take a shin of beet or
cold beefsteak or roast meat of any
kind; add the same quantity of grated
carrots; which gives flavor and nice
color, and add turnips, potatoes, little
Drowned flour, plenty of salt and pep
per, a little garlic, half an onion and
some parsley. Boil two or three hours,
and strain after all is cooked. This
will be found a delightful soup. The
soup should be kept on the range all
the time. Throw in ends of meat and
poultry, outside leaves of cabbage,
green tops of celery, etc.
WATER. PROOF Observation-Disclosures an
ounce of bOraX in water, and in this
dissolve gum sheHac until it is the con-
sistency of thin paste; add lampblack
to color. This makes cheap and
excellent backing for boots, giving
them the polish Of new leather. The
shellac makes the boots or shoes al
most entirely waterproof. Camphor
dissolved in alcohol, added to the
backing, makes the leather more
pliable and keeps it from cracking.
This is sold at fifty cents for small
bottle. By making it yourself one
dollar will buy the material for gallon.
MOTHS IN CARPETs.-A good way to
kill them is to take a coarse towel, and
wiring it ont in clean water. Spread it
out smoothly on the carpet, then iron
it dry with a good hot iron, repeating
che operation on all suspected places,
and those least used. 1t is not neces-
sarv to press hard, heat and steam
being the agents, and they do the work
effectuallv on theworms and their eggs.
Let housekeepers try this method on
quired a reputation for fertility and
pertinacity.
How TO CLEAN AN ENGRAVING.-Pu Put
the engraving on a smooth board, cover
it thinly with common salt finely pow
dered; squeeze lemon juice upon the
salt so as to dissolve q considerable
portion of it; elevate the end of the
| board SO that it may form an angle of
about forty-tive or fifty degrees with
the horizon. Pour on the engraving
| boiling water from tea-kettle until the
salt aud lemon juice are all washed off;
the engraving will then be perfectly
clean and free from stains. 1t must be
dried gradually on the board or on
some smooth surface, being secured by
drawing Or other pins. If dried by the
fire or in the sun it will be tinged with
yellow color. ...,
VEGETABLE MIGHT.-The power of
growing vegetables, even the most fra
gile, is something little short of wonder
full. So delicate structure at the
mushroom can, under certain circum-
stances, exert the most extraordinary
power, for, according to a good author
! ity, it is we'll known that mushroom
will cliff paving-stone many times it's
own weight; rather than turn over and
grow sideways, which it would appear
SO much easier to do" An experiment
tried with a growing squash vine in the
agricultural department of Amherst
college, showed that the vine was able
to grow and mature under pressure of
1000 pounds. The fact is also curious
one, that tree roots will throw over i'm
mensely strong walls against which they
have grown though one would think
the pressure against the softer soil
| would give room for their development
without the necessity of their expanding
SO much force against tie wall.
LOOK OUT FOR THE DRAINs---In every
house there is of refuse material large
amount. On washing days many gal
Ions. often barrels Of water in which
our clothing has been washed: and
which contains all the filth that the
skin has thrown off during the week.
must be disposed of. AS rule,