Morris tribune., 1882-09-21

pose one satisfactory way is to get two breadtbs
of dotted white muslin for each window, make
box pleats at the top, have the muslin ebout
shree,,quarters Of yard deep, and let ithang
from the street, and there is no objection to
them in the house.
Tomato salad is an agreeable entree, and
goes well with almost any dinner, but partlcu-
larly well with fried or roast meats. To half
dozen medium-sized tomatoes, with the skins
removed and the tomatoes sliced, add the
yeiks of two hard boiled eggs, also one raw
egg, well beaten and mixed with a tablespoon
full of melted butter, teaspoonfui OF sugar,
with cayenne pepper and salt to suit the taste.
When all these are mixed thoroughly, add half
Of small cupful Of vinegar.
Good plain gingerbread is made Of two
pounds Of -four, half pound or butter, half
a pound of sugar, two tablespoonful each of
cinnamon and ginger, one pint OF molasses,
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a cup
of sweet milk; if you have sour milk, use that,
and add half teaspoonful more of soda.
Bake in very thin layers; mark each layerwith
fork in lines an inch apart The oven should
be hot when the ginger bread is put in.
Jelly made from unripe grapes, jast before
they change from green to purple, is very del
icate. Wash the grapes. after picking them
from the stems, in several waters, then put
them in porcelain kettle; wash them before
putting them on the stove, as then you Will
not need to put any water with them, and Of
course the less wafer the less time it will take
to boil The juice. Put, the grapes when sufn-
GENTLY cooked in bag made of firm flannel,
and let the juice drain out without squeezing
if possible.
pretty way to cover q chair cushion is to
knit stripes of zephyr worsted or of yarn in
different colors. Suppose YOU have three
stripes, one of red, one of blue, and the third
of black knit them together, put them over
the cushion, and at each corner fasten a scar
LET how instead of hnNS At the fonr
ners, cord and balls made of worsted look
very pretty at the two front corners This
cushion has soft, warm look which is appre-
ciated II winter.
So long as some people will eat the skin of a
sweet potato, after due remonstrance, try to
make 1t as nearly eatable as possible. To do
this the potatoes should be baked in drip
ping pan the skin will then be baked uni.
formlv. and there is almost no danger of its
burning ON one side. If you have enough left
from one meal to warm for another, do not
throw them away, but slice them thin and fry
them in butter.
Sometimes the mackerel intended for break
fast is not fresh enough in the morning to be
eatable; 1t IS then good time to serve boiled
mackereL Wrap the fish in cloth securely, so
that you can lift it from the kettle when it is
tender without breaking it. If you change the
water two or three times it will freshen in a very
few minutes; do not change from boiling water
to cold, but pour from the teakettle each time
Lemon shortcake requires rich and very
light crust; it must not be too thick. either;
when baked, cut it open and spread butter on
the upper and under parts; then put in fill
ing made of the rind. juice and pulp of two
lemons, one heaping cup of sugar, and one cup
of cream: it you cannot procure cream, make
the filling for lemon jelly cake. with water
thlckened with corn starch. in place of cream;
cook in basin set IN pan of boiling water.
Blackberrles need to be cooked long time
n n baT Y11T1nn
longer time is necessary than for raspberries;
let them cook slow " until the berries have
shrrnk at least half; unless you do this, there
Is likely to be enough air left in to start fer
mentation; if there is more juice than you like
to have in the cans, you can boil it down aud
pour over the berries, or strain it and boil for
jelly.
Pretty and odd chairbacks are made of
squares of linen and of SATIN This Sc ems
at first strange combination, but the effect
is excellent Where the squares are Joined.
cover the seams with fancy stitches. The
satin squares may be left without ornamen-
tation, and all the work be put on the linen
ones. Embroidery, or painting, or etching, are
the favorite methods employed.
A handsome and yet simple, easily made sofa
cushion cover is made of one square of satin;
on this embroider a spray of flowers, it may
be done with Kensington stitch and crewels or
with the popular ribbon embroidery. Finish
the edge with a cord or with fringed silk.
If you wish to clean your spice mill, you
will find that by grinding a handful of raw
rice through it this can be accomplished. The
particles of spice and pepper or of coffee will
not adhere to it after this rice is ground
through it
When about to broil fish it is good plan to
grease the gridiron we'll with little lard.
You will not be troubled then by having about
half the fish sticking to the gr1diron when you
attempt to remove it to the platter.
The rind of lemon is recommended by
noted cook as giving delicate flavor to toma-
to catsup. 1t should not be put in till the cat
sup is done and cool Cut it in small pieces.
Thin slices of bread dipped in tomato sauce
take the place of an omelet. This is good
way to utilize stale bread.