The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-05-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Mornings milk is richer than that
Of evening.
Wood ashes form good lye for
softening water.
Apple pips impart fine flavor to
tarts and dumplings.
Green bay leaves allay the inflam-
nation of bee stings.
Bricks covered with wool goods
serve to keep open doors.
All linen pieces should be saved,
and kept for domestic uses.
Old clothes should be saved to
weave into door and floor mats.
Cold green tea, well sweetened
and put into saucers will destroy flies.
-Old shoes with the tops cut off
make excellent slippers, and if occa-
sionally polished, look very well.
-Turnip-peel, washed clean and tied
in Q net, imparts a flavor to soups. Gel
cry leaves and ends serve the same pur-
pose.
Indian Griddle Cakes.-One and a
half cupfuls flour, one and half cupfuls
Indian meal, one egg, one small pint
sour milk, half teaspoonful soda.
Graham Scones-One pint Graham
meal, one large teaspoonful butter,
pinch of salt, one cupful cold water;
chop together and bake very thin.
-Waffies.-One pint milk. one pound
flour, four eggs, one cupful yeast,
quarter pound butter; let them rise
three or four hours before baking.
Monitors for Breakfast.-Onec cup
water, two cups milk, three cups flour,
bit of salt; beat quickly. and bake in a
hot oven, having the roll-pans heated
first.
-Cookies.-One cupful of sugar, ore
cupful of thick sour cream, one small
teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful
of caraway seeds, and little salt. Roll
rather thick and bake quickly.
"A neat style of scrap-bag or catch
all consists in simply trimming one or
both sides of a rush-basket with flowers
and grasses, finished offwith q bright
jaunty bow. Simplicity is its charm" !"
Chicken Broth. Put the bones and
about ore pound of the lean meat of
chicken into a saucepan with three
pints of water. When it comes to a
boil, skim well. Simmer three hours,
and strain and salt. If the patient can
bear it, q little rice or tapioca boiled
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Rice Muffins.-Boil half a pint of
rice until quite soft, set it aside until
perfectly cold; beat three eggs very
light and stir them with a pint of -four
into the rice, making it into q batter
with quart of milk: add tablespoon
full of yeast or two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, and bake in muffin-rings
on a hot griddle.
"A medium-size Japanese parasol, a
small quantity of cheap white lace,
three inches deep, and some pleated
satin ribbon, will make a very pretty
lamp shade. Remove the end or ham
die from the parasol, cut a piece out
of the center large enough to fall over
the porcelain shade, and finish the edge
when cut with satin ribbon, then trim
the lower edge with the lace, headed
with the ribbon.
An ox's gall will set any color
silk. cotton or woolen. One spoonful
of gall put into a gallon of warm water
is sufficient for the above purpose. Gall
is also excellent for taking out spots
washed in it they look about as good as
new. 1t must be thoroughly stirred
into water, and not put upon the cloth.
1t Is used without soap. After being
washed in it, cloth which you want to
clean should be washed in warm suds,
without using soap.
Chocolate Cream Custards.-Set to
boil quart of milk; mix with half a
cup of cold milk two ounces of grated
sweet chocolate, pour some of the boil
ing milk into it, and then pour all back
into the pan of boiling milk, stirringit all
the time; when quite heated and about
coming to the boiling point, add the
yelks Of six eggs which have been beat
en- with cup of powdered sugar; when
these are nicely blended add three
whites, beaten with a little vanilla,
keeping the three other whites for
frosting; put in cups, and teaspoon
full of the frosting on the top of each
cup. 4