The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-07-06
HINTS FOR TIE HOUSEHOLD.

Never put ginger snaps in jar while
they are hot; take them from the tins and
lay them on plates to cool; otherwise
they will steam and become moist, and
will not be crisp and brittle.
The English medical writer, DR..
Goldie, thinks that epidemics are often
spread by milk which before its delivery
to consumers has been kept in vile
places, where it has clicked up" infec-
ton from the surrounding atmosphere.
In making Scotch cookies, take one
cup of powdered sugar, little salt, one
teaspoonful of soda; flour to mix as soft
as possible; roll thin, and sprinkle with
sugar; slightly roll out, and bake in a
quick oven.
A Good Cure for Cold.-Boil two
ounces of faxseed in one quart of wa
ter; strain and add two ounces of rock
candy. one-half pint of honey, juice of
three lemons; mix, and let all boil we'll;
let cool, and bottle. Dose, one cupful
on going to bed, one-half cupful before
meals. The hotter you drink it the
better.
All fatty matters, except as they are
found in milk, cannot be digested by
children. and should be excluded from
their diet, lest permanent injury to the
digestive organs result. This applies
especially to cod liver oil, to butter, to
rich gravies, pastries and buildings, and
all foods to which fat or oils abound.
Green Pea Soup.-Put shin of veal
to boil in 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 a hair seive or soup
strainer. Melt three or four ounces of
butter, and stir into the soup; set it
oyer the fire, let it boil fifteen minutes,
and serve with fried bread.
Potato Salad. quart of hot boiled
potatoes cut into slices, small onion,
and an apple finely chopped, pepper and
salt, one tablespoonful of vinegar, three
tablespoonfuls of olive oil; some chopped
parsley. Mix these ingredients we'll to-
gether, and when perfectly cold serve
upon bed of crisp lettuce with French
dressing.
Scones.-Puta pound and half Of
-four into bowl, and mix thoroughly
with it pinch of salt, a large teaspoon
full of cream of tartar and the same of
carbonate of soda. Stir in pint of sour
milk to make light paste, knead the
dough little, roll the paste till half an
inch thick, and cut it into three-cornered
pieces. Bake on a Toured tin in quick
oven.
Scalloped Potatoes. in this
proportions: Two cups of mashed pota-
toes, two tablespoonfuls of cream or
milk. and one of melted butter; salt and
pepper to taste. Stir the potatoes, but
ter, and cream together, adding one raw
egg. If the potatoes seem too moist beat
in few bread crumbs. Bake in hot
oven for ten minutes, taking care to have
the top rich brown.
Tip Top Cake.-One pound Of sugar,
one cup full of butter, four eggs. one
one cupful of milk, one pound of
chopped raisins, half a grated nutmeg
one small teaspoonfull of soda, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar; -four to
make it of proper consistency.
Caledonia Cream.-Two ounces of
raspberry jam two ounces of red currant
jam, sifted loaf sugar, the whites of two
eggs. Put all into a bowl, and beat with
q spoon for three quarters of an hour.
This is mixture that is much used in
Scotland as dellcacy.