Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
HOUSE AND FARM.
HOusehold fkecIpes.

Household Recipes.
Veal Broth.-Stew small knuckle in about
three quarts of wa:er, two ounces Of rice, u
little salt and blade of mace till the liquor is
half wasted away.
RASPBERRY Sh7ub.-Place red raspberies in
an earthen dish; cover with good cider vine
gar-not too strong-and let stand twelve
hours; strain and to each pint of juice add
one pound OF sugar; boil ten minutes and
bottle hot.
Cosnsetics-If ladies would eat meat but once
day, pickles but once month, and sweet
meats meyer; if they would battle freely in
cold water, and live as much as possible in
the open air, they would not require any 9TH
er cosmetics.
Old Potatoes-Peel and boil in sa,ted water
and take up as soon as done, that they may
remain whole; have ready some rolled crack
ers and beaten egg; dip the potatoes into
the egg and then into the crackers and fry in
boiling lard
To Make Sluer-Plate B,1ght.-silver-plate
jewelry and door-plates can be beautifully
cleaned and made to look like new by dipping
soft cloth or chamois skin in weak prepar-
alton OF ammonia water and rubbing the ar
ticles with it.
To Whiten Porcelain tSaucepans.-Have the
pans half dlled with hot water, throw in
tablespoonful of powdered borax. and let it
soap cloth and sprinkle on plenty of pow
dered borax. Scour it well.
Queen Puldings-Soak a pint of bread
crumbs in boiling milk, add the yolks of four
eggs, well beaten to a stiff froth, with four
tablespooEsfuls of white sugar; put in the
oven, and bake very light brown. Flavor
with essence of Vanilla or lemon.
Fish as Food.-rhere is much nourishment
in fish, little if any less than there is in meat,
Wpirht for nh TY,f ba
nourishing, because, as rule it is much
more easily digested. Fish is considered al
most sp 4ciGc against scrofulous diseases.
Value of Fool.-One pound of corn is equal,
as food, to four pounds of potatoes, and
more than equal to eight pounds of cabbage,
or to twelve aud half pounds of turnips.
Meat is not fattening, but is muscle yielding
and strengthing. Grains are fattening g.
Rice Custards.-One ounce and a half of
ground rice; three ounces of loaf sugar and
one pint OF new milk. Boil the rice in the
milk, adding the sugar and piece of CHINA
mon; pour into custard cups in which lit
tie fresh butter has been melted, and bake in
a slow oven
Black Cprant Jam-Gather the currants
when thoroughly ripe, and pick from the
stalks; bruise slightly, an to each pound of
fruit allow three-quarters of pound of
sugar; put sugar and fruit in porcelain
kettle, and boil nearly one hour over slow
fire, stirring constantly.
Rice Wqt1es.-To one cupful and half of
boiled rive add two cupfuls of flour, mix it
with milk. The batter must be rather thicker
than pancake batter. Add little salt; then
beat two eggs very light, and stir them in the
last thing, giving it a good beating. Bake in
watf1e-irons.
Fried Lettuce.-Chop lettuce very fine and,
ifliked, the tops Of two or three young onions.
fUn yUk.11 hna ND 1,ff of
piece OF butter the size of an egg in.o fry
ing pan and when melted pour in the mix
tnre Turn when a light brown and serve
with or without vinegar.
To Clean Ornaments. little sal
ammoniac in spirits of wine and wash the
gold in it; or try the following method; Mix
some jewellers rouge with little salad oil
and with tooth brush rub the ornament till
perfectly clean. Then wash it in warm water
with clean brush and d.y it with wash-leath-
Rossolet Of Cold Roast Chicken.-Mince the
white and good parts; warm the mince in
white sauce well rendered; season with mace,
white pepper, nutmeg, and when cold roll
this up with two silver spoons into balls the
size OF large eggs; wrap these in thin paste
and fry and serve them with fried parsley
iced Tea The tea should be made in the
morning and of half green and half black;
make stronger and sweeter than usual; pour
into aug and place in the ice-house or chest.
Serve in goblcts with small pieces of broken
ice: Lemon Tea.-Add few slices OF lemon
and a little juice to tea as made as above.
To Wash I0apels With Colored Borders-To
set the colors, let the towels Soak in a pailful
of cold water containing one tablespoonful of
sugar of lead; let them remain ten minutes
before washing. To make the coors look
clear and bright, use pulverized borax in the
wash water. very little soap and no soda.
Simple Remedy for Burns.-Common
whiting, naked with water to the consistency
of q thick cream, spread on linen, forms an
excellent local application to burns anil scalds.
The whole burned surface should be covered,
thus excluding the action of the air. The
ease it affords IS instantaneous, and it only
requires to be kept moist by occasional
sprinkling of cold water.
Onion Toast-Boi some small onions
changing the water twice and sailing it the
last time. When done, take the onions up with
skinner. Thicker the water, which should
be boiled away to about a pint, with a very lit.
to taste. Have toasted some thin slices of
bread, lay them on dish, put the onions on
the slices and pour the gravy over.
Dropped Eggs-Have sauce pan of boiling
water and drop fresh eggs carefully into the
water. Let them stand where they will be
hot, but not boil until the whites set Toast
some thin slices of bread nicely, lay them in
dish and pour over gill of rich, hot cream
sailed to taste. Take up the eggs with
skinner and put an egg on each slice of
toast Sprinkle little salt and pepper over
and garnish with parsley if you please.
RASPBERRY Vinegar.-The following makes
a delicious summer drink by stirring two or
three tablespoonful of it into tumbler of
iced water. Fill stone jar with ripe berries
and cover with pure, strong cider vinegar; let
stand five days; and then strain through
sieve, pressing out all the juice. Allow one
and nalf pounds of white sugar to each pint
of this juice, and boil until the sugar is dis
solved, removing any scum which may arise.
Take from the fire, boil and seal.
Pineapple and Tdpioca Pudding.-Soak tea.
cupful Of tapioca in pint of water for two or
three hours, then add one quart of milk to two
beaten eggs, two thirds of a cup of sugar,
in a buttered dish, stirring occasionally at
first. When done it must be quite stiff; tf,rn
on to platter and pour over a pint of canned
pineapple or uncooked pineapple previously
cut into little dice. plinkled with sugar and
covered tightly for an hour or 80 before using
Rat Erte1naiaator.-This is how, it is said,
the Germans get rid of rats: A mixture Of two
parts of well-bruised common squills and
three parts of finely chopped bacon is made
into a stiff mass, with as much meal as may be
required, and then baked into small cakes,
which are put down for the rats to eat. Sew
eral of the correspondents of the German
horticultural Gazette write to announce the