Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-01-10
HOUSEHOLD.

To PoACH EGGs.-Lay small muffin
rings in the water and drop an egg in
each ring, and the egg will be smooth
and the shape of ring.
BLACK INK.-Bruised gals, two
pounds; logwood chips, green copperas,
and gum, one pound Of each; water
seven gallons. Boil two hours, and
strain. Product, five gallons.
Corn MUFFINs.-Three cupfuls corn
meal, one cupful flour, one egg, one-half
cupful sugar or molasses, two teaspoon
fuls of cream tartar, and one of soda,
and a piece of butter the size of but
ternut; wet with milk to about the con-
sistency of sponge cake.
ICING THAT WILL STICK But NOT FREAK.
One cupful white sugar; enough water
to dissolve it; set on the stove and let
it boil until it will I" hair" beat the
white of one egg to a stiff froth pour
the heated sugar on the egg, and stir
briskly until cool enough to stay on the
cake. The icing should not be applied
until the cake is nearly or quite cold
This will frost the tops of two common
sized cakes
CHARLOTTE RUssE.-Take one-ffth of
a package of gelatine and half a cupful
of cold milk; place in farina boiler,
and stir gently over the fire until the
gelatine is dissolved; pour into a DISH
and place in a cool room; take one
pint Of rich cream and whisk it with a
tin egg-beater until it is thick: flavor
the cream with either vanilla or wine,
and sweeten to taste; when the gelan-
tine is cool, strain carefully into the pre-
pared cream; line mold with lady
fingers; then pour the cream in care
fully until it is filled; cover with lady
fingers, and ice the top, if you de-
sire it.
To REMOVE WALL Wet a
| cloth in pretty warm water and dampen
the paper all over Let it remain some
fifteen or twenty minutes, wet again
thoroughly, and then use dry cloth to
rub the paper off. Sometimes it will
peel off easily; again it will roll up only
as far as you can rub it. On plastered
walls the second wetting will soften the
paper SO that it will peel off almost en-
tire. All wallpapers ought to be re-
moved and the walls washed in weak
I've or copperas-water before new paper
is laid, as this renders the room sweeter
and preserves the new paper much bet
ter. Where grease spots have been, it
should be washed thoroughly in hot
soap-suds; or the grease will strike
through the new paper in a short
time.
THE Sailing OF BUTTER.-There is
one little item which the butter-makers
throughout the country are very care
less and Indifferent about. Were it an
expensive item, or one very hard to be
procured, there might be some excuse,
but it is not. [ refer to the sailing of
butter. If the makers knew the great
objection to sailing in England, and the
loss which some shippers have to suffer
through that little item, salt, [ think
they would be more careful what salt
they use. Procure the best and finest
salt you can possibly get, and see that
it is well and finely ground before going
on the butter. A great many butter
makers have the idea that salt pre-
serves the butter, and hence they>think
by putting plenty of salt in, their butter
will be sure to keep. Now, this is a
mistake, as salt is only for a seasoning
and to counteract the effect of what
little buttermilk may be left in the but
ter. If everything were all right, and
no butterrnilk left, butter would keep
without any salt by being kept from the
air. English consumers of Canadian
butter are so accustomed to using a
fresh, lightly sailed butter, that when
they come to use our butter, in which
you can feel the salt gritting between
your teeth, it completely disgusts them
with Canadian butter.