The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-02
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

Powdered potash Will drive away rats.
To brighten stove zines, rub with kero-
sene.
Lamp wicks.-Lamp wicks soaked for
a quarter Of an hour in vinegar and then
dried before being put into q lamp Will
not smoke.
Silver Cake.-Two cups sugar, one-half
cup Of butter, cup Of water, whites OF four
eggs: after they are all well combined stir
in three cups -four and two teaspconfnls
Royal baking powder, one teasPoonfui
vanilla.
One cupful of butter, one cupful Of pow
dered white sugar and four well-beaten
eggs. Bake light crust. pour IN the
mixture and place back In the oven few
minutes until it becomes stiff, Will make
good transparent jelly pie.
Soda BiscuIts-Six cups OF -four. two
cups Of sweet milk. two teaspecnfuls OF
butter, one-iourth teaspoonful Of salt. one
teaspoonful of soda and three OF cream
tartar. Dissolve the soda in the milk and
rub the cream tartar In the Hour.
Bread Griddle Cakes.-Soak about four
slices of stale bread over night IN three
cupfuls Of sour milk or buttermilk. In
the morning mash fine, add two well beat
en- eggs. three teaspconfnls Of soda, and
-four 10 make batter Of the proper con-
sistency. Fry like ordinary griddle cakes
Calves Feet Fricasseed.-Soak them
three hours; simmer them IN equal pro-
portions Of milk and water until they are
sufficiently tender 10 remove the meat from
the bones, in good-sized pieces; dip them
In a yolk of egg; cover with fine bread
crumbs: pepper and salt them; fry beau
tiful brown. and serve in white sauce.
Mush for Frying.-Put a quart OF water
on the FIRE 10 boil: stir pint of cold milk
with one pint Of corn meal and one tea
spoonful Of salt When the water boils
pour in the mixture gradually, stirring all
well together. Let il boil for hal. IN hour
stirring often TO prevent it from burning.
II browns better when made in this way
Lobster Omelet.-Slice aquantitv Of the
flesh Of lobster. equal in bulk t. two egg:
season with pepper, salt and nutmeg;
mix on the FIRE some butter and n little
flour: moisten with little stock: add the
lobster and stir in. off the FIRE. the ycnlk
of an egg beaten up, with the juice Of half
a lemon. Insert tins ragout IN the fold OF
a plain ome!et. Turn out in dish and
serve.
To Renova.e Black Silk.-Rip your
Dress apart and dust well: then wash the
silk in hot soap suds by dipping up and
down, rinse in two warm waters, thNn dip
in water prepared rs follows: Boil two
ounces of logwood chips in FIVE quarts OF
water, add quarter Of an ounce of copper
"a. strain through an old bit OF calico
dip your silk in this dye. hang on the line
by the corners until II is nearly dry; iron
between old silk.
Graham Gems.-One teacupful Of Ora
ham -four. one teacupful white flour. two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. one table
spoonful brown sugar. Alter stirrlng, add
one beaten egg. one large spoonful melted
butter. and sweet milk 10 make a rather
thin dough that will fall easily from the
spoon. Drop into 10. buttered gem irons.
| aud bake on the upper crate Of the oven,
| If made according TO directions the gems
will be very tender and light.
Rice Water-lt NAV not. perhaps. be
generally known that the water IN which
rice has been boiled answers the purpose OF
/ starch. In India the natives use moth
/ ing else for stitching linen. etc. but
cnnoee, "a il is so called by them. and the
| Dhobies Che men who perform the work
Of laundressesl get up linen IN iirst-rate
stNle. titnougi mntl siNing in~N hVt VIC
effected by It's use instead 81 starch, yet
/ those who are economically disposed may
perhaps try the experiment.
Cream Cakes.-Melt one halfcup Of but
ter in one cup of hot water. When boil-
/ ing, stir in one large cup Of Hour; then
/ take off tie stove 30 cool, stir IN three
eggs. without beating. Bake twenty-five
minutes in a moderate oven. but not too
moderate. The above is jnst enough for
one dozen. Do not smooth over on top.
bu, leave as rough ~ possible. When
cold. Gil with this cream. that can be
I made while the cakes are baking: One
/ half pin. Of milk. one egg. three table
spoonfuls OF sugar. two large table,poons
OF favor with lemon or vanilla. Cut n
piece carefully on one side Of the cake to
put in filing. II desired a soft frostIng
I could be added