The National tribune., 1882-04-29
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

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HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD,
FRENCH SALAD.-Place a little heap CT
mixed salad in the dish, sprinkle little
powdered white sugar over it, little pepper
and salt. little vinegar and olive oil, gar
nished with beetroot.
WHIPPED FOTATOEs.-Whip boiled pota-
toes to creamy lightness with fork; beat in
butter milk, pepper, and salt; at last, the
frothed white of an egg; toss irregularly upon
q dish, set in the oven two minutes to reheat,
but do not let it color.
BROILED OYsTERs.-If you have wire
gridiron with the wires close enough together
to prevent the oyster from dropping through,
small ones can be broiled without much
trouble. They do not need to be turned over
When done lay them on slices of buttered
toast, pepper and salt and butter them.
BREAD SAUCE.-Put into a half pint Of
cold milk one small onion, three or four
cloves, a small blade of mace, few pepper
corns and little salt. Set the whole to boil,
then strain the milk over teacupful OF fine
bread crumbs. Stir well on the fire for few
minutes, adding at the time of serving either
a small pat of butter or tablespoonful OF
cream.
ORANGE CAKE.-Two cups of -four, two of
sugar, halfcup of water, yelks OF five eggs,
! whites of three, pinch OF salt, ha4f-tea-;
spoonful of soda, one of cream of tartar,
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in ielly-cake pans. Beat the whites of two
eggs stiff, add two tablespoontuls OF soft
sugar, and juice and grated rind of an orange
spread over each cake, then place one on the
other; let thertpp be iced.
To STEW FRESH PoRK.-Cut about two
pounds into about dozen pieces; put into a
saucepan with one and a-half teaspoonfuls
of salt one Of sugar, Tablespoonful or
pepper, two medium-sized onions, sliced, and
a half-pint of water. Set on the fire for ten
minutes till thick gravy is formed. Add a
teaspoonful of flour; stir for a few minutes,
and then add three pints of water. Let 1t
simmer for about two hours
CURRANT JELLY SAUCE.-A simple
sauce made of currant jelly melted with
little water is very nice. more elaborate
way is to take half a stick of cinnamon and
six cloves. and bruise them; put into a
stewpan with one ounce of sugar and the
peel of half lemon pared off very thin and
free from any portion OF White pulp
moisten this with one and half glaSstulS
of port mine and set the whole to gently
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hour; then strain it into small stewpan
containing half q glassful of currant Jelly
Just before sending the sauce to the table
set it on the fire to boil, in order to melt the
currant Jelly so that it may mix with the
essence of spice.
ROAST LEG OF PORK.-Make a sage-and
onion stuffing; choose a small tender leg o
pork. and score the skin IN stripes with ;
sharp knife; cut an opening in the knuckle
loosen the skin, and fill with the sage-and
onion stuffing; spread the whole leg with :
thin coating of fresh butter, and put it be
fore a clear fire, but not too near; baste vel
while cooking, and when nearly done draw
little nearer the fire to brown; thicken tn
dripping with q little -four. Add boilin!
water, season with salt and pepper, boil u
at once, and serve in gravy tureen.
A WRITER on the health of children says
Babys night dress must be made of whit
flannel The red flannel many mother
fancy may poison the skin. The old-time re-
dyes were well enough, but the present ret
should not be worn next the skin by old
Young. They are particularly mischievou
to the delicate skin of our little people Al
the modern dyes are poisonous.
RABBIT PIE-Skin two rabbits, was
them thoroughly and cut them into snlai
Joints. Have ready some lean bacon ant
, one pound of rump beet-steak, cut DOT
into small pieces, place them all on larg
dish or on a chopping board, sprinkle then
with salt, pepper, chopped parsley ana thyme
: mix all well together and pat them on tn
pie dish, adding force-meat balls or tn
9 yolks of hard-boiled eggs. Fill the dis
with water, cover the whole with ligh
naste. beat up an egg with pinch of sal
y glaze the pie with it, and bake in hot owe
G two hours.
. A sERyICEABLE cover to throw over
O lounge or couch in the sitting room is made
t taking broad bright stripe of cretonne; o
0 each side of this put stripe of black or dar
i brown cloth (line to give body to it, on eac
3 edge put row of fancy stitches in hlac
t silk OF cruel; the ends may be finished wit
G fringe or not as you choose. Another cove
# is made of the drab Aide canvas, with tl
IL
G canvas may be fringed out if you take th
5. precaution to overcast the edge where yO
n stop raveling to prevent its fraying out to
: greater depth than you care to have it.