Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-09-26
HOUSE AND FARM.
J, J. 8, ~. 80
Household q ecspes.

- sszs7s HousohoId d Recipes.
Raspberry Shrub. Place red raspberies in
i an earthen dish; cover with good cider vine
il gar-not too strong-and let etand twelve
Ishours; strain and to each pint of juice add
/ one pound of sugar; boil ten I'M .nutes and
1 bottle hot. @
Cosmetics. Ifladies would eat meatbut once
Iaday, pickles but once q 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.
T. Old .Potatoes-Peel and boil in sa,ted water
aud take up as soon as done, that they may
remain whole; have ready some rolled crack
the egg and then into the crackers and fry in
boiling lard. T E<S# $'Ea# II
To Make Sassr-Plate Brtght.- silver-plate
jewelry and dOOr-plates can be beautifully
cleaned and made to look like new by dipping
soft cloth or chamois skin in a weak prepar-
alton. OF ammonia water and rubbing the ar
| ticIes with it, s.lst M gss..5. - - ~
To Whiten Porcelain Saucepans-Have the
| pans haif-illed with hot, wafer, throw in
| tablespoonful of powdered borax. and let it
boil. If this does not remove all of the stains,
SOAP a cloth and sprinkle on plenty of pow
| dered borax. Scour it well. f., xs,s~ =,
Queen Puddsngs- Soak . pint of bread
crumbs in boiling milk, add the yolks of four
eggs, well beaten to stiff frOth, with four
| tablespoonsfuls 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,
| weig hit for weight. In fact, it may be more
| nourishing, because, as rule it is much
| more easily digested. Fish is considered al
most sps cifcf against scrofulous Diseases.
Vnz3io +. Fnn7 -0no y,a,rnd of oor,, SO oo,,o1
as food, to four pounds of potatoes, and
more than equal to eight pounds of cabbage,
or to twelve aud half pounds of turnirs.
Meat is not fattening, but is muscle yielding
and strengthing. Grains are fattening g.
Rice C4stards.-One ounce and a half Of,
| 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 a lit
| tie fresh butter has been melted, and bake in
| slow oven. . ,.-u.,s... ,z- r
Black Cu,7ant Jan,.-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. w. - >-
Rice Wqb1es.-To one cupful and half of
boiled ri 20 add two cupfuls of -four, 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 good beating. Bake in
| waffie-irons.
| Fried Lettuce.-Chop lettuce very fine and,
| ifliked, the tops Of two or three young onions
| Add two well beaten eggs and a little salt, put
piece OF butter the size of an egg INFO fry
ing pan and when melted pour in the mix
t',re. Turn when light brown and serve
! with or without vinegar.
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ammoniac in spirits Of wine and wash the
gold in it; or try the following method; Mix
| some jewellers rouge with little salad oil
ana with tooth brush rub the ornament till
! perfectly clean. Then wash it in warm water
with a clean brush and d. y it with wash-leath-
| err.
Rossozet 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
moraing and of half green and half black;
make stronger and sweeter than usual; pour
into jug 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 little juice tot as made as above
To Wash TOWELS With Co7o7ea Bordeys-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
| bef!re wasting. To make tie colcrs look
| clear ana bright, use pulvcrized borax in the
wash water, very little soap and no soda.
Simple Remedy for Bu,ms.-Common
whiting, naked with water t., the consistency
| IF a thick cream, spread on linen, forms al,
excellent local application to burns anu 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
| sprnkljng Of cold water.
Onion Tonst.-Boil some small onions,
changing the water twice and sailing it the
last time When done, take the onions up with
a skinner. Thicker the water, which should
| be boiled away to about pint, with very lit
| tie corn starch. Add butter, pepper and salt
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 tue
water. Let them stand where they will be
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 a
skinner and put an egg on each slice of
toast. Sprinkle little salt and pepper over
and garnish with parsley if you please.
RASPBERRY Viaegar.-rhe 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 a
| sieve, pressing out all the juice. Allow one
| and Dalf pounds of white sugar to each pint
| OF this juice, and boil until the sugar is dis
solved, removing any scum VIII Oh may arise.
Take from the fire, boil and seal.
| pS,7en,,n7o o11 T,o,soco pa,d<7s,on coo1r q 4oo
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 cup of sugar. a
| little salt and tablespoonful Of butter; bake.
| in a buttered dish, stirring occasionally at
| first. Wher done it must be quite stiff; turn
| pineapple or uncooked pineapple previously
| cut into little dice plinkled with sugar and
| covered tightly for an hour or so before using
Rat Internationally is how, it is said
the Germans get rid of rats; mixture of two
| parts of well-bruised common Gquills and
three parts Of finely: chopped bacon is made
| into 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
! Agricultural Gazette write to announce the
! complete cxterpation of rats and mice from
their COW stalls and piggeries since the adop-
ton OF this simple plan.
| Sk0na champagne -One lemon, sliced, one
| spoonful tartaric acid, one ounce ginger root
one hound and a half sugar. Pour zen quarts
Of boiling water on the above ingredients.
| When blood warm stir in two gills of home
made yeast, cover with thin piece of gauze
to keep out the flies and insects, and allow
| TO stand all day in the cum. When cold in the
evening bottle, cork ard wire it, then place
it on the foor~of the cellar. In forty-eight
| hours it will be ready for use and will pay the
trouble of making it,
) The French mode ofklling poultry, causing
! install death and perfect bleeding without
disbursement, is accomplished bv opening
the beak of the fowl and with a slap point.
ed and narrow. bladed knife, making an in
cision in the back of the roof of the mouth,
which will divide the vertebre and cause i'm.
mediate death, after which the fowls are hung
up by the legs till bled. They are the picked
while warm, and, if desired, without scalding.
In this way the skin presents more natural
appearance than when sealded. ~ r
Raspberry Short cake-Take coff.ecup Of
sour cream "a .easpoonful of soda; flour and
and sal Sift the -four and add lit le salt:
| Their stir the soda into the cream and before
1t stops foaming turn it into the -four; mix
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