Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-06
HOME MATTERS.
sEAs0NABLE RECIPES-HEALTH ToPICs-CoFFEE
AND THE NERvES-HOCSE DECORATIONS. &C.

sEAsoNABLE RECIPEs-HEALrH ToPICs-coFFEE
AND THE NERvEs-HOUsE DECORATIONS, &C.
A NOVELTY IN THE way Of pie is made of rice
flour: Boil one quart of milk. mix with little
| cold milk one small teacup Of rice flour: when
free from Jumps add to the boiling milk; add
| also two tablespOonfuls of melted butter: let it
boil tor three or fOIr minutes then take from
| the stove; when cold stir i'm five eggs, beaten
| light sugar to suit the taste. flavor with va
| nila. Bake in quick oven: make no upper
crust, but rich under one. If you choose you
| can reserve the whites OF three eggs for q
meringue for the top of the pie.
| AN ELEGANT MANTEL LANBREorIN is made
of dark green velvet and is without decorate on
| except across the edge at the bottom: crescents
| OF thin brass are attached to cords. and small
tasse is fastened TO each: this has the effect of
| a rch fringe. A great addition to the appear
aEce of the mantci is to have a piece of the
velvet of the width and depth of the lambre-
| qnin fastened to the wall above the shelf 1t
may be tackled with brass-hea,ied nails. or
| fastened to regular curtain pole with brass
| rings. This makes a good background to bring
into relief any handsome articles OF maatei fur
niture. Brasses and paintings OF any kind are
! Shown to good advantage; china also.
| AVERY PaETTY WAY to cover an old fashioned
square stand (and almost every home has at
least one) is to put over the top smoothly fine
piece Of scarlet Or blue silesia or cambria; over
this put cover of any pretty Openwork lace or
| muslin. Then put piece of the sesia about
! thirteen inches deep around it cover this. also
with the lace: the effect is excellent and i'm this
way a useful article of furniture is redeemed
| from positive uGliness and defnrmity. If the
! legs are scratched or married. coat or two of
varnish will make them look all right-N. T.
| Post.
AN APPETIZING WAY to serve eggs for break
fast is to scallop them. Boil them hard; chop
them not too fine. Line pudding dish with a
! layer of bread crumbs then layer of cold
/ boiled ham or hits M friai In, phcp ad fpo
then layer of eggs, and so on until the dish is
! full. MolSten with cream and little butter
season with pepper and salt. set in a hot oven
| for ten minutes, or longer. When thoroughly
| heated. take out and send TO the table in dish
or on slices of buttered toast. Pour little
boiling water over the toast after it is buttered
COMMON CORNSTARCH BLANC NANCE can
| be varied agrccably by beating Jelly in Just
betore it is poured in the mould To one quart
Sof milk allow four tablesp0Gnfus of corns;arch.
rub it smooth in IA little cold milk. then. when
! the rest OF the milk is ut the boiling point. stir
| it into that when thckcned enough. which will
be in II. rec or four minutes. take from the fire.
sweeten with powdered sugar. and beat tn.
Jelly in cupful of this quantity. Red rasp-
berry OF catawba-grape jelly imrarts delicious
| flavor to it. Serve with cream or with sauce
made OF cream. -four and sugar beaten to
roth, with half cup of boiling water added.
ard few drops OF some fiavOring extract which
will not destroy the jelly flavor.
| BLACK BEAN SOuP is made Of one quart of black
beans and three quarts of water. Wash the
| beans. then boil them until they are tender:
take from the stove, turn Off the wafer. and
| throw it away; rub the beans through cOlan-
der. put them back in the soup kettle, add one
quart OF fresh water and some stock made the
day before: add pepper and salt, ard any herbs
You choose for seasoning. Put the herbs in a
! little clean cloth baT. Hard-bOled e:rgs cut i'm
thick slices. and dropped in the soup just before
! serving, are thought to be a welcome addition:
little balls Of chopped beet, put together with
! flour. and fried brown in butter can be dropped
in in place Of the eggs.
BAKED CHICKENS.-DresS the chickens and cut
them in two, soak for half an hour in cold water.
/ wipe perfectly dry and put in dripping-pan.
bone side down, without any water; have a hot
| oven. and. II the chickens are young half an
| hours cooking will be sufficient Take ont and
season with butter. salt and pepper; pack one
above another as closely as possible and place
| IN boiling wafer. covering them closely--ths
+. keeps them moist until spryed-bOil the giblets
in little water. and after the chickens are
taken from the dsipping-pan, put into it the
water in which Ciblets We're boiled. thichcn it
| and add the chopped giblets. This manner of
| baking chickens is equal to broiling them.
| COFFEE AND NERVOUS DISEASE.-The arraign-
ment of coffee drinking by the noted Dr. Beck.
of lepsic, as one OF the chief causes of nervous
diseases now SO prevalent. is vigorously COM
bated by the eminent DR.. Segur According to
the latter, it is mental and bodily stmulant
! assisting to convert the blood into nervous
tissue and thus recruit the nervous moving
and thinking faculties, it lessons the waste of
tissue and thus d:minishes the amount OF food
necessary to support the system. Again, DR..
Segur declares that it will often cut short and
cure attacks OF intermittent fever; in typhus
fever it Increases the eXcretOn of area and so
far puriies the blood without increasing tissue
metamGrphOsis: it tends to lessen coma and low
dellrum; it is a diuretic in cardiac dropsy: i'm
opium poisoning its efficacy is we'll known: and
adds Dr. Segur, it is his chief reliance in yellow
fever.
Turkey BONE SouP.-Atter roasted turkey
has been served portion of the meat still ad-
heres to the bones. especially about the neck;
'drumsticks" arc left, or parts Of the wings and
pieces rarely called for at the table If there is
three-lourths of cupfu! or more left cut off
carefully and reserve for fOrce-meat balls. Break
the bones apart, and, with stuffing still adher-
ing to them. put into soup-kettle with two
quarts Of water. a tablespoonful Of salt,
a pod Of red pepper broken into pieces.
t three 20 or four blades of celery cut into
medum-sized potatoes, all sliced. Let 1t boil
slowly but constantly until about half an hour
before dinner Give or six hOurs). Lift out bones
skim Off fat. strain through cOlander. return to
sOup-kettle. Prepare the fOrce-meat balls by
choppIng the scraps OF turkey very fine; take
half a teaspoonful OF cracker crumbs, smoothly
rolled, little salt pepper, and half Il teaspoon
full OF powdered summer savory or thyme; mix
THESE tOSetner ana AID raw beaten egg to
bind them. Roll the mixture into balls about
the size of a hickory nut, and drop into the
soup ten minutes before serving. Have ready
In the tureen a large tablespoonful OF parsley
cut very fine. Pour in soup. and send to table
hot.
CHAIRS AND TABLES-The best chairs and
cOuches are those which you like best, and
which best conform to the natural contour OF
the human figure In repOse. couch should
allow OF the feet being put up if necessary.
and should be of such a shape that you can
lie upon it. either full length or half length,
with perfect comfort. To be really service
able. it should not be covered with pale-bue
satin or maize-colored taboret, but with
good tapestry covering in a neutral hue, say
sage-green or dark, rusty red, to wear well.
The tapestry should not be too tne to lie
down upon, OF even, in the privacy OF family
life, to lay ones feet upon. And the whole
couch should: if possible. turn toward the
fire. so that its occupant may have his face
toward the cheerful glow. At the same time a
little wickerwork table-black and golc, if you
will-may hold lamp for reading AS to
chairs, couple of good well stuffed easy chairs.
also covered in the same tapestry, and ar
ranged SO as to look toward the fire, ought to
be sufficient for luxury, while six or eight little