The National tribune., 1882-07-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

LAMB STEAK dipped in egg, and then in
biscuit or bread crumbs and fried until
it is brown, helps to make variety for the
breakfast table. With baked sweet potatoes,
good coffee and buttered toast or corn muf-
fins, one may begin the day with courage.
BREAKING classic break glass any
required form make a notch with file on
the edge of the glass; draw your figure, start
ing from the notch; make small rod of iron
red-hot and draw it along the lines; crack
be easily broken.
WHITE WINE JELLY.-Pour one pint of
cold water on six sheets of isinglass; let it
stand until dissolved. Then pour pint of
boiling water on it, and add the juice and
grated rind of one lemon, one pint of sugar
and one wineglass of white wine. Let it
stand until it hardens.
HAM ToAsT.-Mince finely quarter of a
pound of cooked ham with an anchovy
boned and washed add a little cayenne and
pounded mace; beat up two eggs; mix with
the mince, and add just sufficient milk to
keep it moist make it quite hot, and serve
on small rounds of toast or fried bread.
PORK FRITTERs can be made in the fol-
lowing manner: Have at hand thick batter
of Indian meal and flour; cut few slices of
pork and fry them in the frying-pan until
the fat is fried out; cut few more slices of
the pork, dip them in the batter and drop
them in the bubbling fat, seasoning with
salt and pepper, cook until light brown, and
eat while hot.
How TO CLARITY HoNEY.-A good way
to clarity honey is to add to two pounds of a
mixture of equal parts of honey and water
one drachm of carbonate of magnesia. After
shaking occasionally during a couple of
hours, the residue is allowed to settle, and
the whole thing filtered, when beautiful
clear fltrate is obtained, which may be
evaporated to the proper consistency.
CEMENT FOR GLAsswARE.-For mending
valuable glass objects, which would be dis
figured by common cement, chrome cement
may be used. This is a mixture of five parts
of gelatine to one of solution of acid chro-
mate of lime. The broken edges are COW
cred with this, pressed together and exposed
to sunlight, the effect of the latter being to
render the compound insoluble even in
boiling water.
How TO CLEAN CoRsETs.-Take out the
steels at front and sides, then scrub thor
oughly with tepid or cold lather of white
CASTLE soap, using very small scrubbing
brush. Do not lay them in water. When
quite clean let cold water run on them freely
from the spigot to rinse out the soap thor
oughly. Dry without ironing (after pulling
lengthwise until they are straight and
shapely) in a cool place.
GREEN PEA SoUP-Put shin of veal to
boil i'll four quarts of water, with two onions,
two carrots, pepper and salt. Let it boil for
four hours Then add two quarts of green
peas, not too young; let it boil for an hour
and half; then strain it through hair
sieve or soup strainer. Melt three or four
ounces of butter, and stir them into the
soup; set it over the fire, lot it boil fifteen
minutes, and serve with fried bread
Eggs y LA SUIsSE-Spread the bottom Of
dish with two ounces Of fresh butter;
cover this with grated cheese break eight
whole eggs upon the cheese without break
ing the yOlks. Season with red pepper and
salt if necessary; pour little cream on the
surface, strew about two ounces of grated
cheese on the top, and set the eggs in mod
crate oven for about a quarter of an hour.
Pass hot salamander over the top to brown
it