Sharp County record., 1879-02-13
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

COOKING EggS.-A teaspoonfnl of vim
egar putin the water will keep eggs from
breaking when being poached.
/ TO FtcasSee EggS.-Take hard boiled
eggs and roll them in bread crumbs
seasoned with salt and pepper and nut
meg, and fry them delicate brown in
butter.
Ounce SnoV.-s pound ounce mar
malade to whites of eggs and / pound
sugar, pile in pyramid in a dish and
bake pale yellow.
TaSteleSS Quinipe.-Milk is found to
form an excellent solvent for quinine,
and also to disguise, in a measure, the
bitterness of that drug. 1t will be found
particularly useful in administering
quinine to children. grains in tum-
bier of milk is almost taStelesS.
Celeru SqH.-Save the root of the
celery plant, dry and CRATE it, mixing it
with one-third as much salt. Keep in a
bottle well corked, and tits delicious for
soups, oysters, gravies, or hashes.
Tapioca Puddjng-! cup tapioca
soaked in quart milk, 2 hours before
baking; then add 5 eggs, well beaten;
little salt, sugar, and extract of lemon
to suit the taste, and few raisins bake
slowly till the custard is done, and you
have nice dish.
Corn.Starcb Cake i cup sugar, } cup
butter, eggs, cup milk, Il cup corn
starch, l teaspoonful cream-tartar,
teaspoonful soda; flavor with rose or
vanilla.
BackabOM for DeSSeH.-Soak tum-
blerful of sago over night in tumbler-
full of water; in the morning add 3
tumblerfuls of water. Boil for 10 min
utes, then add a tumblerful of currant
Jelly and tumblerful of sugar. Pour into
molds and set on ice. To be eaten with
cream and sugar.
Sofa Pill0WS.-A novelty in sofa pill
lows is made from little scraps of silk
and ribbon cut the width of a pencil
and 2 or inches long, then knit with
strong tidy cotton, in the same way
fringe is knit into mittens. As it is
heavy and cumbersome work, it is best
to knit it in strips or squares, and then
join together.
Handsome Bugs may be made in the
same way from worsted goods, broad
cloth and other heavy goods, cut about
! an inch in width and or 30 inches
long. Merino, fannels and other thin
goods must be cut little wider. Knit
with good carpet warp in strips and sew
together. Use two coarse steel needles
! in knitting. These rugs must not be
swept, but shook and hung on the line,
where the wind will give them q good
airing.
Curry.-Take a chicken, turkey, or
cold lamb, cut in small pieces, and put
in frying-pan with about a pint or more
boiling water, let it stew few moments,
then take the meat cut, thicken the
gravy with a little flour, add teaspoon
ful of curry powder, pepper and salt to
taste, and let it boil up once; have some
rice boiled whole and dry; put it around
the outside of the platter, and in the
center put the meat, and throw the
gravy over the meat, not the rice, and
serve.
Knitted OUerSh0eS for Men. - Take
ounces of double Berlin wool, a
pair of No. II needles; cast on 10
stitches; knit plain row; then knit 80
rows, increasing stitch at the end of
every row; do this by knitting 2 stitches
in one; if this number of rows make the
toe too deep, knit a few less; at the end
of the 50 rows cast off II stitches, knit
to the end of the row; then knit on II
only piece sufficiently long to go
around the foot; knit it to the II stitches
cast off; knit the remainder OF the
stitches, and take up stitch on each
row of the piece for the back of the
foot. On these knit looped fringe to
finish the shoe, thus: Put the needle
into the next stitch wind the wool 3
times around the first finger of the left
hand and over the needle; then knit it
off in the usual way now take the stitch
up again with the left needle and make
another stitch; every stitch is worked
in this manner; then knit 2 more rounds
and cast off. These shoes are prettier
and warmer if knitted in 2 colOrs in
alternate stripes of rows each. They
may also be knitted in alternate stitches ;
the different colors are carried on and
worked in on one side of the work only.
A sole is required for the shoe; these
NAV be of fleece or Of cork covered with
quilted satin to match the wool.
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