The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-06
ODD SCRAPS.

In making sauce, put the butter and
-four in together and the sauce will never
be lumpy.
The yolk of eggs binds the crust much
better than the whites. Apply it to the
edges with brush.
BOILED fowl with sauce, over which
CRATE the yolk Of eggs, is magnificent
dish for luncheon.
WHENEVER the sauce boils from the
sides of the pan you may know the flour
or corn starch is done.
In cooking fowl, to ascertain whether
it is done, put the skewer intothe breast,
and if the breast is tender the fowl is
done.
COOP -four is not tested by its color.
White -four may not be the best. The
test of good flour is the amount of water
it absorbs.
NEVER wash raisins that are to be used
In sweet dishes. It will make the pud-
ding heavy. To clean them wipe in a
dry towel.
WHEN anything is accidentally made
too soft it can be ccunteracted by adding
. teaspoonful of vinegar and teaspoon
full of sugar.
In boiling dumplings of any kind put
them int the water one at time. If
they are put in together they will mix
with each other.
In boiling eggs hard, put them in boil
ing water ten minutes, and then put
them in cold water. It will prevent the
yolks from coloring black.
a. To make macaroni tender, put it in
cold water and bring it to boil 1t will
then be much more tender than if put
into hot water or stewed in milk.
IRON or steel immersed in solution of
carbonate of potash or soda for a few min
utes will not rust for years, not even
when exposed to damp atmosphere.
CUTnETs and steaks may be fried as
well as broied, but they must be put in
hot butter or lard. The grease is hot
enough when it throws off blackish
smoke.
PoTAToEs at any time of the year can
be made mealy if boiled in salt water
and drained and then covered with q
thick towel and left in the back of the
range five minutes.
BEEswAx and salt will make fiatirons
as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a
lump of wax in rag and rub them with
the wax rag, then scour with paper or
rags sprinkled with salt.
BLACK cotton gloves will not crack the
hands if scalded in salt and water before
wearing. The salt prevents fading
When almost dry, one should put them
on, In order to stretch them and keep
them in good shape.
b To remove old paint, cover with wash
of three parts quick stone lime, Stacked
in water to which one part pearlash is
added. Allow the coating to remain for
sixteen hours, when the painting may be
easily scraped of.
JELLY molds should be creased with
cold butter. When you wish to remove
the jelly or pudding plunge the moLl
into hot water, remove quickly, and the
contents will come out in perfect form
and without any trouble.
The reason why cabbage emits such q
disagreeable smell when boiling is be-
cause the process dissolves the essential
oil. = The water should be changed when
the cabbage is half boiled, and it will
thus acquire greater sweetness.
A THIN coat of varnish applied to straw
mating will make it much more durable
and keep the mating looking fresh and
new. White varnish should be used on
white mating. Use skim milk for wash
ing oil cloths, instead of soap and
water.
: To wash red table linen use tepiel
water. with little powdered borax
(borax sets the COLOR; wash the linel.
separately and quickly, using very little
soap; rinse in tepid water containing a
little boiled starch; hang to dry in the
shade; iron when almost drv.