The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-22
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.


best rice till quito soft in new milk
sweetened with powdered loaf sugar, and
pile it upon dish; lay on it, in differ
ent places, square Jumps of either cur
rant jelly or preserved fruit of any kind !;
beat up the whites of five eggs to stiff
froth, with little powdered sugar, and
flavor with either orange-flower water
or vanilla; add to this, when beaten
very stiff, abouta tablespoonful of rich
cream, and drop it over the rice, giving
it the form of a rock of snow. This will
be found to be avery ornamental as well
as delicious dish for supper table.
-Fricassee Chicken: Cut up the
chickens and wash well in salt water;
put them in pot, with enough cold
water to cover them; add (for two
chickens) half n pound of salt pork, cut
up in thin strips; cover, and let heat
very slowly; then stew until the fowls
are tender. Cook slowly; if they cook
fast, they tougher and shrink. When
almost done, add, if desired, a chopped
onion or two, some parsley and pepper;
cover again, and, when it has heated to
boiling, stir in slowly teacupful of
milk, containing two beaten eggs and
two teaspoonfuls of flour; boil up again,
and add one tablespoonful of good but
ter. Arrange the chicken nicely in a
deep dish, pourgravy over and serve hot.
Roast Turkey with Oyster Dressing
Take loaf of stale bread, cut off crust,
crumble fine, and butter, pepper and
salt. Strain the liquor from off quart
of oysters, bring to boil and pour over
the crumbs, adding the crusts previous
~ soaked. Fill we'll dressed turkey
first with spoonful of dressing then
three or four oysters and so on until all
are in. Draw together, rub butter,
pepper and salt over the turkey, place
in dripping-pan, pour in half pint of
hot water, and roast in well heated
oven from two and half to three hours.
Basic frequently with little water, but
ter, pepper and salt, kept in cup on
the back of the stove. Half an hour be-
fore it is done haste and dredge with
flour. When making the gravy,if there
is much fat in the pan pour off most of
it, add the chopped giblets with the wa
ter in which they were boiled. Thicker
with -browned-made smooth in
little cream. Season.
To Clean Black Cashmere: Wash
in hot suds with a little borax in the
water; rinse in bluing water-very blue
and iron while damp. 1t will look
equal TO new.
"A bit of glue, dissolved in sweet,
skinned milk and water, will restore
old Grape. Use sponge and moisten
thoroughly; press. with warm iron, wet
cloth and soft brush, same as you do
velvets.
To Cleanse Calicoes, French Lawns,
MusIins and Cambrics: Mix two cupfuls
of wheat bran in cold water till smooth
paste; then stir it into one quart of soft,
boiling water. Let it boil half an hour,
then strain and add to it four or five
more quarts of soft warm water or
enough to wash dress in. Use no soap,
for the bran answers all the cleansing
purposes of soap. The water should
not be much more than milk warm and
perfectly clean. Add tablespoonful of
salt if there is black in the dresses or
any color that may run. Rinse thor
oughly in only one water. No starch is
needed, but If one thinks it desirable
use little white glue-water, not hot.
Whether to soak the clothes over
night or not is much-disputed qucs-
ton with housewives. Where pure els
tern water can be had it is doubtless an
advantage, but to soak clothes in hard
water sets the stains rather than re-
moves them, and river water, unless
filtered when drawn off in quantities, as
a rule, contains so much mud that it is
apt to streak the clothes soaked in it for
any considerable time. Wringers are a
blessed invention on the whole, although
hard on buttons. But flannels should
not be passed through them, as they rub
the wool up into little hard maps.
Clothes should, il possible, be dried in
the sun and in the open air, and "nevcr
yet did housewife notably greet with a
smile a rainy washing day" But when
Monday is rainy, it is not always con-
venient to postpone the weekly wash.
In that case, sheets and any other large
white pieces which are not to be starchcd
may be hung out in the rain, which will
bleach rather than injurc them. Ifpos-
sible, hang the smaller pieces in an I'M
used room up stairs, when the rest may
usually be disposed of by hanging at
night on lines stretched across the kitch-
en-, where the heat of the fire will dry
them before morning. Blankets ought
never to be washed in rainy weather.
Select a bright summer day for the work,
and let it be done and through with.
Have two people to wiring them, and
stretch and pull them carefully when
putting on the lines. Then pull and
fold them dry, and put under press in
stead of ironing.
Do Clever Tblng
for your wife. She docs many for you.