St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-22
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
SWEEPING CARPETs.-Dampen corn
meal, sprinkle it over the carpet, thel
take dry broom and sweep it off briskly
WAFFLEs.-One pint of sweet milk
four eggs, one largo cupful of cold rice
OR hominy, little salt, -four to make s
stiff batter, baking powder in the proper
ton of three teaspoonfuls to quart O
-four.
COFFEE CAKE.-One cup of brown
| sugar. one cup OF butter, one cup O.
strained coffee, one cup of nolasses, three
eggs we'll beaten, one pound of raisins
two cups of -four, two teaspoonfuls o.
baking powder. Eat hot for luncheon
accompanied with iced milk.
CHOCOLATE CREAM.-One>half cupful
of grated chocolate and one cupful Oh
water, boil together, then add one cupful
of sweet milk and let that boil; then one
heaping tablespoonful of corn starch dis
solved in a little milk, sweeten very
sweet, and when cold favor with vanilla.
SPANISH PICKED ONroNs.-Cut on
ions into slices; put layer of them in q
jar, sprinkle with salt and cayenne pep.
per, then add another layer of onions and
season as before. Proceed in this way
until the jar is full, and pour cold vine
gar over all till covered. Will be fit 20
use in month.
RUSSIAN SALAp.-Cut up raw APPLES
and every kind of available vegetables
into small slices, and lay them in shall.
low dish with salt, little vinegar and
pepper and the best Gil. The dressing
must thoroughly saturate the mixture
for at least twelve hours, and then the
effect will be found very agreeable.
Soft CUsTARD.-The yelks of three
eggs to pint of milk; boil the milk;
pour hot On the eggs, we'll beaten pre-
viously, then return to the pail, add two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and one tea>
spoonful Of vanilla; boil until thick,
then pour into cups; whip the whites
with TWO tablespoonfuls Of powdered
sugar, and teaspoonful of extract of
emon, and drop little on each.
KIssEs.-Beat the whites of four eggs
to stiff froth, stir into them cup and
a half of white sugar. Flavor with
vanilla or lemon. Drop the mixture on
buttered letter paper, put in pans or on
o slab of wood. Bake in slow oven
until 3 yellow. When slightly cool,
slip knife carefully under them, and
join two together by the unbrowned
under sides. zs -.
CRANBERRY JELLY.-Take two quarts
of large>sized cranberries, add one pint
of cold watel; put them in an earthen
saucepan; let them stew slowly two
hours; then strain and add one cup of
granulated sugar to each cup of juice;
let them simmer very slowly one~halt
hour more; try it by putting in q spoon
and dipping in cold water; if it should
jell on the spoon it is done, if not, let it.
cook little more; pour in jelly moulds.
This will be fit for use the next day after
being made.
To PRESERVE PINEAPpLEs.-Peelt the
pineapple, cutting out all the brown
eyes, as they giveit a bitter taste. Cut
in small pieces, say two inches large.
Mix thoroughly in large earthen dish
with plenty of granulated sugar, the
same as for eating. Have the jars ready
scalded and dried, put in the fruit
packed closely, and, after filling, run
silver knife or spoon in at the sides, to
exclude the air, and seal up at once. No
cooking required. This will be found
delicious sweetmeats, even better than
the fresh fruit.
CHARLOTTE RUssE.-Take one-ffth
Of package of gelatine and half a cupful
cold milk, place in farina boiler, and
stir gently over the fire until the gelatine
is dissolved; pour into dish, and place
IN cool room; take one pint of rich
cream and whisk itNwith tin egg-beater
until it is thick flavor the cream with
either vanilla or wine, and sWeeten to
taste; when the gelatine is cool strain
into the prepared cream line
mold with lady fingers; then pour the
cream in carefully until it is filled
cover with lady fingers and Ice the top
Il you desire to.
FLUID seAP.-For cleaning, removing
spots, stains, ETC., the following is the
best soap: Get from the druggist in
the same bottle, four ounces Of aqua
ammonia, one ounce of sulphuric ether,
one ounce Of glycerine and one ounce OF
alcohol. Cut into small pieces four
ounces of white CASTLE soap; pour over it
d quart Of tepid water; keep il over the
fire until all the soap it dissolved; then
add three quarts Of tepid water; take it
from the FIRE; add the mixture and bot