Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-01
HOUSEHOLD.

Stuffed squash: Choose small summer
squash with tender skin; wash 1t, cut
out the stem end, remove the pulp and
seeds without breaking the squash; mix
them with sausage meat chopped fine,
season very highly, replace in the squash
and bake about three-quarters of an
hour.
A nice way to prepare raw cabbage is
as follows: Select fine, good head chop
finely in bowl what you think will be
needed and to every quart add one-half
teacupful of thick, sweet cream, two
tablespoonfuls of strong vinegar or lemon
juice, one cupful of sugar, and mix
thoroughly.
Frosted silver-ware or frosted orna-
mentation on plain silver should never,
says a contemporary, be cleaned with
powder, but only with a soft brush and
strong lye, accompanied by frequent
rinsings with soft water. After the frost
ed parts are dry, the polished parts may
be rubbed carefully with powder.
A new way of cooking chickens is to
parboil them and then drop them into
hot lard, la doughnuts, and fry few
minutes. This will serve to make vari-
ETY. in the bill of fare, but will not Who'll
ly take the place of the favorite method
of browning in butter. Nice gravy may
be made by adding milk and flour to the
butter in which chickens have been
fried.
A prudent and economical housewife
will make q soup of bits of cold meat
and the broken bones of fowl, favored
with an onion, a carrot and bunch of
parsley, that will prove more savory
than soup of twice the cost, made by a
careless hand. From the toughest parts
of fat and well-favored piece of beef or
mutton she will compound stews and
potted dishes that will make the eater
forget there are choicer bits to be had on
any other terms.
A new device for preserving fruit in
its natural condition consists of glass
jar or tumbler, having a cover with a
rubber packing-ring, secured to the jar
by screw clasp. At the bottom of the
jar is hole, designed to be closed air.
tight by suitable stopper, and inside
the jar is placed layer of dried clay, to
absorb the moisture that may escape
from the fruit. The grapes or other
fruits are hung up inside the jar, the
cover is put on, and the air is withdrawn
by means of an air-pump, when the
opening in the bottom is closed and
sealed.
A physician, who had spent much
time at quarantine, said that person
whose head was thoroughly washed
every day rarely took contagious diseas-
es but where the hair was allowed to
become dirty and matted, it was hardly
possible to escape infection. Many per-
sons find speedy relief for nervous head
ache by washing the hair thoroughly in
weak soda water. One person finds ii
the greatest relief in cases of rare cold, y
the cold symptoms entirely leaving the
eyes and nose after one thorough wash
ing of the hair. The head should be
thoroughly dried afterward, and not ex-
posed to draughts of air for little
while.
To make muligatawny soup, take three
green or sour apples ono tr.rIIip, one rIIr-
rot, and two onions; slice and divide as
finely as possible and fry to u brown in
butter; stir and shake, adding to it about
the close of the cooking a bunch OF
chopped parsley, a bay leaf, sprig Of
maroram, and one of thyme; take pint
of good stock made of beef or veal, and
put in the fried ingredients; stir into this
two tablespoonful of curry powder, OF
less if too much curry is not liked
when it has been boiled for 10 minutes,
skim and pass through sieve, using q
masher to render the vegetables into 9
pulp.