Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Thin slices of bread dipped in tomato
sauce, and then fried in butter until they
are brown, take the place of an omelet.
This is good way to utilize stale bread.
The rind of lemon is recommended by
a noted cook as giving delicate flavor to
tomato catsup. 1t should not be put in
until the catsup is done and is cool. Cut
it in small pieces.
When about to broil fish it is good plan
to grease the gridiron well with little
lard. You will not be troubled then by
having about half the fish sticking to the
gridiron when you attempt to remove it to
the platter.
If you wish to clean your spice. mill, you
will find that by grinding handful OF raw
rice through it this can be accomplished.
The PARTICLES of spice and pepper or coffee
viii not adhere to it after this rice is
ground through it.
A handsome and yet simple, easily made
sofa-cushion cover is made of one square OF
satin on this embroider spray of flowers;
it may done with Kensington stitch and
crewels or with the popular ribbon en-
broidery. Finish the edge with a cord or
fringed silk.
Pretty and odd chairbacks are made of
squares of linen and of satin. This seems
as first a 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 orna-
mentation, and all the work be put on the
linen ones. Embroidery, or painting, or
etching are the favorite methods employed.
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breakfast is not fresh enough in the morn
ing to be eatable it is then a good time to
serve boiled msckerel. Wrap the fish in
q 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 very few
minutes do not change from boiling water
to cold, but pour from the teaketSie 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 a filing made of the
rind, juice and pulp of two lemons one
heaping cup of sugar, and cup of cream
if you cannot procure cream, make the
filing as for lemon jelly cake, with water
thickened with cornstarch, in place of
cream; cook in basin set In pan of
boiling water.
Blackberries need TO be cooked long
time in order to expel the air from Them
much longer time is necessary for rasp5er.
ries. Let them cook slowly, until the Der.
ries have shrunk at least half; unless you
do this there is likely to be enough air left
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juice than you like TO have IN the cans, you
can boil it down and pour over the berries,
or strain it and boil for jelly.
Tomato salad is an agreeable entire, and
GOES exceedingly well with almost any
dinner, but particularly well with fried
or roast meats. To half dozen medium
sized tomatoes, with the skins removed
and the tomatoes sliced, add the yolks of
two hard-boiled eggs, also one raw egg,
well beaten and mixed with tablespoon.
full of melted butter, teaspoonful of
sugar, with cayenne pepper and salt to suit
the taste. When all these are mixed thor
oughly, add half Of small cupful of vine
gar.
Good plain gingerbread is made of two
pounds of -four, half pound of butter,
half pound of sugar, two tablespoonfuls
each of cinnamon and ginger, one pint OF
molasses, teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in half cup Of sweet milk if you have
sour milk, use that, and a half teaspoon.
full of soda. Bake in very thin layers /;
mark each layer with fork in lines an
inch apart. The oven should be hot when
the gingerbread is put in.
Jelly made from unripe grapes, just be-
fore they change from green to purple, is
very delicate. Wash the grapes, after
picking them from the stems, in several
waters, then put them in a 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 time it will take to boil the juice. Pat
the grapes when sufficiently cooked in a
bag made of firm flannel, and let the juice
strain out without squeezing, if possible.