The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-15
Household HELPS.

Steamed Rice.-One of the best ways
to cook rice is to steam it; best because
it is no trouble: all that is needed is tc
be sure to put in plenty of water. i
you wish for rice pudding and have no,
| planned for it hours before, by cooking
the rice in this way you can have it in
a surprisingly short time. One cup OF
rice will make croquettes and pudding
enough for a family of four.
Cheap Sponge Cake.-Three eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of water and a teacupful
of sugar mixed together; a teacupful
and half Of flour, two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, and q pinch of salt
stirred quickly in; season with tea
spoonful of essence of vanilla, or half a
lemon; bake IN quick oven. 1t can be
baked in jellycake pans, and have pas.
try-cooks' cream, lemon, icing, or
chocolate between.
Iced MiM.-Avoid it; shun it; turn
your face from tiff you have lust eat
en- hearty dinner. 1t nearly killed
two persons of Our acquaintance last
week, and will certainly lay YOU low il
taken unadvisedly. We have warned
before, we warn again, and particularly
40 not place it to the children's lips
when the little ones are heated and ask
thoughtlessly for som ething very cold,
indeed.-Food and Health.
Ste'ced VeaL-Cut your meat in pieces,
wash them clean. put them into the
dlnner-pot, add three pints of water,
put IN one onion, some pepper and
salt, let it stew one hour; then add DO
tatoes sliced, and make crust of soar
milk or cream tartar, and put in and
stew till the potatoes are done, about
half an hour; the crust may be made
into biscuits. Crumbs of any kind of
fresh meat may be used in making a
stew.
10 Drive Aauay Flies. Buy an ounce of
oil OF lavender and pour half of it in a
pint bottle of cold water, and shake it
up: the mixture is mechanical one
only; if dissolved in alcohol it is a per-
tect solution; but this becomes more
expensive; scatter your water and oil
OF lavender on the table-cloth and the
lies will go away; three or four doses
sutticed to drive away pest of flies
from country clearinghouse table.
Pork and Beans.-One way to serve
pork and beans which is relished bv
some OF those persons who have con-
s..SdciUnal aversion to pork IS this:
After preparing the beans in the usual
way for baking, this is soaking over
night, and parboiling in two waters next
daay) cut the small piece of pork you
allow to season the beans in small slices,
ana lay them over the beans; they will
De sufficiently favored, but will not be
greasy, the pork will bake to crisp,
and will not taste as we'll as it does when
IL Is baked in a square piece down deep
In the bean dish.
Stuffed Tomatoes. Take six large,
well-shaped tomatoes; cut slice off
the stem end and take out all the pulp
and juice, being careful not to break
the tomatoes; then sprinkle them in
SIDE with little salt and pepper; have
pound of cold cooked veal, beef, or
chicken, slice of boiled ham or fried
bacon; chop very fine and add the pulp
and juice of the tomatoes; chop fine
and fry to a light brown half an onion,
and mix with the meat q teacupful of
tine bread-crumbs, two eggs, a tea
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of white
pepper, and a pinch of cayenne; fill the
tomatoes with The force meat, piling it
quite high, and bake an hour.