Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-17
HOUSEHOLD MEDLEY.

A good way to prevent large fowl or
joint of meat from being scorched when
cooking is to cover it with buttered pa.
per which is free from printers ink.
Lobster broiled and served on toast
makes dainty dish for lunch or tea, but it
is very rich, and mast be eaten spsringly
by persons having any lack Of digestive
power.
Cold boiled salmon can be made an ap.
petizing dish for supper by pouring enough
boiling vinegar over il to csver it. II left
from dinner, the vinegar should be poured
on as soon as the salmon is removed from
the table. If spice is to your taste, put in
some unground allspiee.
Every cook knows how long time Is
takes, when it can least be spared, TO look
over one or two quarts of beans. An in
genious friend, who is always trying to
save time, says: Put the beans in a
colander, and all the fac dirt will be
shaken out, and the beans that are specked
can be picked out with ease, and in very
short time.
Pretty wall.baskets can be made by
taking one of the rough straw hats so
much worn at the seaside year or two
ago. If flower or vine is not already EN-
broidered on it, add some such decoration ;
then line the hat with muslin or silesis,
finish the edge with pleatiug of ribbon,
and tie ribbon in knot and fasten to it
for handle. The nat may be flattenei
by pressure, or by using stout linen thread
for that purpose.
It is the custom in most families who
give attention TO the concerns of the table
TO serve oatmeal and milk at breakfast.
Excellent az this custom is, it may be
varied occasionally with good effect. One
way TO do this is TO MIKE hasty pudding
of Graham -four it should be made like
ordinary Iudian meal pudding, with the
exception that the Graham must first be
wet with cold water; it must be stirred
constantly it will require about twenty
minutes steady boiling. and should be well
saited.
For breakfast wear very pretty and in.
expensive caps ars made of icelle net in
hairpin work, with ficelle lace bordering.
Some of these are lined with bright surah
of a becoming shade, and others have mar
row black velvet ribbon run through the
openings in the net, with q cluster of vel.
vet loops on one side. Except for very
old persons, black lace is now seldom used
for breakfast caps. Pieated batiste OF
finest quality is favorite material FOR
morning use, caps of this fabric being
simply made in mob shape, with bit Of
narrow lace edging forming a becoming
border.
Nothing is more palstable nor whole
some than "crumb griddls cakes" for
breakfast. a good way to make them i;
to break the bread 10 small bits and lei
them soak for several hours in sour milk
then, when ready to fry them, take {
spoon ant>stir them so there are no Jumps
left; sweeten the sour milk with soda dis
solved in little hot water, in the proper
ton of scant teaspoonful OF soda TO one
large cup of sour milk. The batter should
be as thick SIS for corn-meal griddle cakes
and to this end stir in enough -four tC
make it so large pinch of saIt and tht
same quantity Of sugar should be added
Bread griddle cakes can be made by usinl
sweet milk and baking powder in place o
sour milk and soda,
A Sacramentan who is an ardent love-
of good coffee sends US the following, ant
says " Ii you are lover of good cup o
coffee, let your wife follow this plan as ;
test. There are now vessels sold in nearly
all tin stores, one fitting into another
closely, and in the lower the water boils
Place in the upper vessel the requisite
quantity Of coffee, with pinch of cooking
salt and cold water to amount required
As soon as the water boils IN the lower yes
sci the coffee in the upper one will be ready
for use, but allowing it to stand tboiliDgl {
moment longer may make it better. b
this method the aroma is retained and the
salt of the coffee is gained, which by
other processes is difficult. The coffee
should never boil, for the aroma is lost
but on the other hand the salt is not re
ceived when hot water ia poured over il
A second make Of weaker coffee can be hac
if the strong is poured off and the process
repeated. l am passionately fond of cot
! fee, and have tried various methods, bui
none equals IN results the above"