St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-21
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
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and pouring 1t over Il dis
of boiled and well scasone
chicken, Il nice chicken pie can be mad
on very short notice. An old and toug
fowl or any tough meat can more casil
be made tender and nicer cooked unde
II carer Of tiough than in any other way
probably because Of the closer conlinc
ment OF steam.
-Parsnip Fritters: Boil tender, mas
smooth and tine, picking out the woodel
bits for three large parsnips allow tw'
eggs, one cup of rich milk, one table
spoonful OF butter, one teaspoonful 0
salt and three tablespoonfuls OF -four
Beat the eggs light; stir in the mashed
parsnlps, beating hard, then the butter
and salt; next the milk. Fry as frittcr.
or griddlo cakes.
Apple Pudding Apple pudding is
one OF the most easily prepared and
palatable of desserts. Place large lay,
er OF sliced apples in the bottom of a
buttered earthenwarc baking dish. Sift
three teapoonsfuls of baking-powder
and little salt into three cups of flour,
and stir In sweet cream until it is thick
batter. Where cream is lacking butter
and water will answer. Spread the
batter over the apples and bake one-half
hour. Eat with sweet sauce.
Milk Sauce for Fish: One and
a half pints Of milk, two tablespoonfuls
of flour, one-half of butter, oae-half of
q small onion, two spries IF parsley.
one heaping teaspoonful of salt, a speck
ofpepper. Put Il pint of milk on to boil
with the onion and parsley, mix the
onion TO smooth paste with part of the
nail pint OF milk. Then add the rest to
make 1t very thin, and when the milk
hollS Stir this into it. Let it boil ten
minutes longer, then add butter and
salt, and strain.
Mullins: One cup of milk, two cups
OF Hour with two teaspoons of baking
powder, and half a teaspoonful of salt
slfted through it, a tablespoon of sugar,
the size of a small egg of butter, and
two eggs, whites and yelks beaten sep
arhtely. Mix the yelks, milk and melt
ed butter; add the flour with baking
powder and salt, and then the whites
cut to q stiff froth. Bake immediately
IN rings or mutfin-tins, and serve as soon
as done. Raised mullins may be made
IN the same way by emitting the baking
powder, and using yeast instead. Mix
the batter little sitter, and set it to
rise over night; bake without stirring
down.
Batter Cakes: Mix with one quart of
flour two teaspoonfuls baking powder, a
teaspoonful of salt, milk to make bat
ter, then add two eggs, whites and yelks
beaten separately, and bake immediate
y. Use as little grease as possible on
the batter-pan and have it Just hot
enough, as much almost depends on
the frying of the cakes as the making
OF them. Battercakes may be raised bv
yeast or by sour milk as well as by bak-
lng-powder. The best buckwheat cakes
are raised with yeast, and little mo-
lasses is added to the batter when
mixed. Eggs should always be added
just before baking. Boiled rice may bu T.
added to batter cakes, or hom;ay or
bread-crumbs soaked in milk.
Miscellaneous.
For slight burns or scalds plunge ,
the part at once for few moments into
cold water, or, if this is impracticable,
apply cold Water, ice or snow. Ii the
skin is destroyed, cover the burned :
part with oil (olive oil preferred), and j.,
sprinkle on flour, which, with the oil. !
will form coating impervious to air. If /
the skin is destroyed over large sur }
face, send for a physician. ~ 5
A mistake, which very frequently is {
made in removing grease spots with ben v
zine or spirits of turpentine-th solvent t
Is applied with asponge or piece of rag. a
This tends inevitably to spread the L
grease. The stained portions of the c
garments should be laid fiat between c
two sheets of biotting paper, and the V
upper sheet well soaked with benzine. t
In this way, if sufficient time be given, 0
the whole of the fatty matter becomes il
not only dissolved but absorbed by the 81
paper. b
An oiled floor for the kitchen is bet q
5er than one finished in any other way. e
As to catching the dust, it does so no l
more than a dark painted floor. A IL
good sweeping removes it, or even T,
good hopping, which brightens it as y
hough it were vanished, and is much Il
Easier and cheaper than scrubbing Q,
crease spots, or being torn up every :.
yeart OF two for painting. One a,lvan- " "
age is, you can use the floor without y.
injury in "A hours, when put on the first W W
ime, and in less time for successive ~ L.
oats. It can be put on after the even ol
ng work is done, and the next morning. d,
the oil is pure, it will be dry enough al al
or use. Apply with clean brush. "a
A very successful way of destroy n,
ne ants is by taking vial or saucer, tn
early filled with sweet or olive oil, and III
mixing it in the ground near the ant ar
I'll or their runaway, so that the rim is 60
bout even with the surface Of the soil. an
he ants are very fond of the oil, and tn
ill seek it, but it is sure death to them. ST
We recommend the use of coal oil, di- RI
ated1in water, to destroy insects. This NJ
distance seems to be very destructive an
, insect life, and its use for this pur- IN
ose is rapidly extending. A table, he
,oonful to two gallons Of water is the pr
rdinary mixture, and it is said will kill co
lealy bugs and all the insects that or trr
lnarily infest plants. The Oil is some tai
mes used with soap-suds of whale-oil or,
ZAP. The best method to apply it is or
18th syringe.-Ticb's Magazine. III,
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