St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-03-06
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Table.

Ham or pork that is too salt should
be soaked overnight in sweet milk, or
parboiled inst the morning in cold water.
Fry or broil slowly.
Many soups are better on the day
after they are made, provided they are
not warmed over too quickly or left too
long over the fire.
-Tapioca Custard One teacupful of
tapioca dissolved in water overnight;
beat three eggs and one cup Of sugar to-
gether, and stir into the tapioca; then
add enc quart sweet milk; stir well !;
bake in pudding-dish until custard
thickens.
Coffee: Put the quantity Of ground
coffee in an cnameled pot and pour on
boiling water, as much as required; set
it on the fire and let it bubble up; strain
through a canton flannel bag. Make the
bag of the thinnest kind of canton flan-
mel; wash it in clear warm water every
time it is used, and do not dry it in the
sun. Keep the coffee-beans in an air
tight box or corked bottle to preserve
the aroma; grind the coffee just before
using.
Beef la Mode: Take piece of
round of beef, about six OF eight pounds
in weight: lard it with bacon, dipped in
salt, pepper, ground cloves and allspice ;
put the beef in a pot which can be COW
cred tightly, with some bacon, two car
rots, a piece CT celery, three or four
small onions, a few slices of lemon. two
laurel leaves and dried champignon, to
cover the meat with; half vinegar and
water, or wine and vinegar; cover the
pot closely and paste shut if you can and
bake slowly fos1r or five hours. Before
serving, skim some fat off and take one
tablespoonful of flour and one teaspoon
full of sugar; fry this very dark brown,
add to the meat, and boil up again :;
then take meat out, strain the sauce,
and serve with potatoes and parsnip
salad
miscellaneous.
Cool rain water and soda will take
machine oil out of washable goods.
The water used in mixing bread
must be tepid. Iftoo hot the loaves will
be full of holes.
-Iron-holders should have a cover of
white cotton cloth made to fit nicely,
and fastened on with buttons, and when
it becomes soiled it can be removed,
washed and replaced.
To clean brass, immerse or wash it
several times in sour milk or whey; this
will brighten it without securing; it
may then be secured with a wooden cloth
dipped in water.
"A small piece of paper or linen
moiStened with turpentine and put into
the wardrobe or drawers for single
| day at a time, two or three times year,
is a preventive against moths.
Hardening Candles: lake for four
pounds of candles two ounces of white
| Tor Yellow beeswax. Those who make
candles will find it a great improvement
to steep the wicks in limewater and salt
peter, and dry them. The flame is
clearer and the tallow will not run.
In washing dishes, pots and kettles,
a wisp of broom-corn with small guam
tity Of soapy water is handy and useful
in cleaning them from all bits and
grease, which are Objectionable to the
dish-cloth. The wisps are formed by
tying the broom-corn into bundles as
large as broom handle, with two stout
cords near the coarse ends, which form
handle.
In attempting to remove grease
spots the mistake is frequently made of
applying benzine or spirits of turpentine
with sponge Or a rag. This tends in
evitably to spread the grease. The
stained portion of the garments should
be laid flat between two sheets of blot
ting-paper, and the upper sheet well
soaked with benzine. In this way, if
sufficient time be given, the whole OF
the fatty matter becomes not only
dissolved but absorbed by the paper.