Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-13
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VARIOUS sEAsONABLE RECIPEs-HEALrH NAT
TERS-THE CARE OF CHILDREN


TERS-THE CARE OF CHILDREN
Do Nor put soap in the water with which
you wash the glass on your bureau; wash II
with clear water with soft cloth: then polish
1t with piece of chanois-skin This removes
lint and makes the glass shine.
CARE OF POrLTRY.-Dressed poultry which liz
TO be Kept In cold weather should be thoroughly
cleansed, then be wiped dry with q cloth and
nave flour rubbed all the inner part; then ii
should be hung in COOL dry place.
APPLE MINCE PIE.-Two pounds Of apple
pared and chopped three-fOurths pound of beet
suit, enc of currants. one-half raisins. seeded
and chopped. One-half sultana raisns. one
quarter citron cut in shreds, one tablespoonful
alsp'ce. two pounds of brown sugar half pint
best brandy, glass of wine, two teaspOOnfuls
Of salt.
AN APPETIZING HOT SAUCE for meats Is made
by taking one can of tomatoes and adding to 1t
two onions chopped fine. a teaspOonful of Cay
enne pepper. cinnamon. cloves. salt and a little
nutmeg to suit the taste. Let the tomatoes
onions. etc. boil for ten minutes then take
from the fire and add a large cupful of strong
vinegar.
ONs GooD WAY to utilize bits of cold ycnson
Is 10 chop them fine, then heat with of tn e
gravy lett from dinner. or. if YOU have none.
u
lump of butter: season with pepper and salt:
then III some patti y-panS with the venison and
cover the top with crust. Bake until the crust
is 'done brown"
CHICKEN SorP.-In boiling chickens for salads,
ETC., the broth (water in which they are boiled)
may be used for soup. When the chickens are
to be served whole. stuff and tie i'm cloth To
the broth add a little rice add one thnly-
sliced onion and a quart of tomatoes. Boil
twenty minutes. season with salt and pepper
and two well-beaten eggs. ard serve.
PICKLED CHIrKEN.-BOil four chickens till
tender enough for meat to fall from bones: put
meat in stone jar and pour over it three pints
OF cold good elder vinegar and a pint and half
Oh the water lii which TIE chickens were boiled ::
add spices If preferred and it will be ready for
use IN two days This is popular Sunday even
ing dish; 1t is good tor luncheon at any time
CAULIFLOwER SALAD.-B0fl one large cauli-
flower with two quarts of water and one table
spoonful of salt for half an hour Take I'D and
drain. When cold divide into small tufts.
Arrange on the center OF dish and garHish with
border of strips OF picked beef Pour q cup
ful of MayOnnase dressing over the cauIiflower
Arrange a star of the pie ed beef in the center
Serve Immediately.
NOODLE SOUP.-Add noodles to beef or any
other soup after straining; they will cook in ff-
teen or twenty minutes. and are prepared i'm the
following manner: To one egg add as much
siffed f1Our as it will absorb with little salt
roll out as thin as a wafer. drcdge very lightly
with flour. roll over and over into a light roll
slice from the ends, shake out the strips loosely
and drop into the soup.
If THE ARNICA with which bruised limbs are
bathed is heated It's good effects are perceptible
much earlier than if it is applied while cold If
arnica is TO be taken a remedy as so MANY
physicians recOmmendin cases of severe sprains,
b1 araAy
tioE-a teaspOOn1ul of arnica i'm a goblet two
thirds full of water. and of this q teaspOOnful is
TO be taken once an hour or once i'm two hours.
Is the severity OF the case determines.
TOOrHsONE SALAD.-A good authority on
all matters pertaining to the table says that q
t0Othsome salad can be prepared at any time
during the winter if you have supply of tur-
nps in the cellar. and the turnips sprOut well.
as they often do. especially if the cellar il dark
and warm. They-the sproutS-shOuld he
plunged i'll hot water a moment and then i'm
cold. Let them drain thoroughly; then send
them to the table with the plain salad dressing
or with May Onnaise sauce.
WHEN ''pOcrORS DISAGREE and az the
opinions of no two nurses agree as to whether
u Is safe or not TO quiet the baby's collie with
peppermint or with the mild and fragrant an;se-
1t Is cheering to be told that little warm
water, with nothing i'm it. will do the work as
effectively. and with no danger of injury to the
stomach OF lie smallest child. small bao
containing some hops will. if heated and ap-
Piled to the stomach. give relief. Do not wet
the hops. for the dry heat is lust as ef,icacious
and much less incCnven!ent
How TO REMOVE 4 GLASS STOpPER-When.
says Dr. S4u5 the fixed stopper Of glass bot
tie resists all management. such as warming the
neck with cloth wet with warm water by
tapping. and 10y the wrench. OF by all these in
combination. there is another means which will
almost always succeed. Let the bottle be in
verified so as ~ stand on the stopper I'm a vessel
OF water so hcd that the water reaches up to
the shoulder Of the bottle, but not to the label
TWO or three nights of this treatment NAV be
required sometimes before the stopper will
Yield
BUcKwHEAT CAKES with Indian meal added.
are recommended as a pleasant change from the
plain buekwheat:-TO one pound of buckwheat
nour allow half pound of Indian meal (sift the
meal before weighing): before vetting them mix
thoroughly together. One small cup of fresh
hveiy yeast should be mixed with water. Make
batter OF the usual consistency. Mix the bat
ter about nine o'clock in the evening; place it
where 1T will be warm enough to rise SLOWLY II
TOO thick IN the morning TO drop easily from the
spoon. thin the batter with little warm water.
IL too thin. stir in little more buckwheat -four
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ORGANIC IMPURITIES IN WArER-A very
quality OF drinking water. and especially as to
TO It's freedom from sewage contamination. Is
given in the Pharmaceutical Journal This con-
sists In placing a few grains of the best white
lump sugar in half pint of the water in q per-
s iecfiy clean. colorcss gass-stoppered bottle
freely exposed to daylight in the window of a
warm room. IL the water be perfectly free from
sewage contamination, it should not become
turbd. even after an exposure OF a week or ten
days, In which case it is almost certainly safe.
otherwise not.
UNIQUE ORNAMENT for the corner of room
ID made by procuring q well-seasoned board,
about three feet and a half long and eighteen
inches wide. This Is to be covered with dove
colored felt. on which is embroidered In crewells
bunch Of cat-tails and grasses The effect to
De sought in arranging the groupis that of their
being laid upon the board when freshly gath
cred. There must be no stiffness in the arrange
menf: the grasses and seeds must be of UNEQUAL
lengths. some OF them reaching quite to the top
Of the board. and all uniting at the bottom as if
dropped from the hand. This may be placed in
any graceful position In the corner of the ROOM
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