St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-03
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD,
The Table.


Steamed Brown Bread: Two tea
! cupfuls of sweet milk, two Of sour milk
two-thirds of a cupful of molasses, one
tablespoonful of soda, and little salt
ihlcken to o soft batter, with half corn.
meal and half shorts or Graham flour
| (shorts are besD. Steam three hours in
twoquart pan, and bake 20 or sc
minutes. This is excellent with baked
beams
Soda Cake: Take one cupful OF
fine white sugar, two-thirds OF a cup OF
butter, one and a half teaspoonfuls OF
cream-tartar, well sifted in three cup
fuls of flour, three quarters of tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in one cupful
OF sweet milk, one and half teaspoon
tuls of lemon extract. If possible, bake
In two small tunnel cake-tins. In the
! absence OF these set a bottle in the mid
die of All ordinary basin and turn the
cake around it. 1t will be much whittier
for the trouble taken.
Indian Pudding: Use four pints of
sweet milk, one pint of sifted Indian
meal, butter a kettle and place it over
the stove with one half of the milk; stir
together the meal and remainder of the
milk. When the first boils add the last
and let it simmer up, not boil. Allow
it to cool and add one-half of cupful
OF molasses, two-thirds of u teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful Of ginger, and
the same amount of allspice, cinnamon
or nutmeg, and one-half of a eupful of
raisins. Bake one and half or two
hours. More molasses can be added if
desired.
Rock Cream: Boil teacupful Of
the best rice till quite soft in new milk,
sweetened with powdered loaf sugar,
and pile it upon a dish; lay on it, in
different places, square Jumps of either
cnrrant jelly or preserved fruit Of any
kind beat up the whites of five eggs to
a stiff froth, with little powdered
sugar, and flavor with either orange
flower water or vanilla; add to this,
when beaten very stiff. about table
spoonful of rich cream, and drop it
over the rice, giving it the form Of
very ornamental as well as delicious
dish for supper table
miscellaneous.
Bruised horseradish applied to the
wrist is recommended as cure for both
neuralgia and toothache.
Old wall paper can be very much
improved in appearance by simply rub
bing it well with flannel cloth dipped
in oatmeal
TO remove grease from silk, take
lump Of magnesia and rub it well over
the spot; let it dry, then brush the pow
der off. and the spot will disappear.
TO cure a Felon: AS soon as the
parts begin to swell wrap the part al
fected with cloth thoroughly saturated
with tincture of lobelia, and the felon
is dead.
Charcoal has been discovered to be
a cure for burns. By laying a piece Of
cold charcoal upon a burn the pain sub
sides Immediately. BY leaving the char
coal On one hour the wound is healed.
One method of cleaning black silk is
to brush and wipe it thoroughly, lay it
On a flat table with the side up which is
intended to show, and sponge with hot
coffee strained through muslin. Allow
it to become partially dry, then iron.
TO clean white knitted garments,
AXE those not needing washing, being
only slightly soiled, place them in a pill.
ow-case one at a time, sprinkle -four
through it, and shake well, until it looks
IS bright as new. Borax is excellent 10
wash fannels with, dissolved in luke.
warm water.
1t is said that a Glove dropped into
nix will preserve it from molding, and
hat any essential oil will answer the |
same purpose. Russia leather, which |
IS perfumed with the tar of birch, rarely |
becomes moldy. A few drops of any
essential oil will preserve leather from
mold.