The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-11
Household Hints.

Household Hints.
LEMON WHEY.-One pint of boiling milk.
hall pint of lemon juice, sugar to taste.
Nix and strain.
BUTTER CooKIEs.-One cup sugar, one cup
butter, two eggs one and one-half teaspoon
fuls cream tartar. one teaspoonful OF soda.
Flavor with lemon.
LENoNADE.-The Juice of three lemons, the
peel of one lemon, quarter Of pound OF
lump sugar and qusrs of cold water. Allow
it to stand five hours, and strain.
GINGER SEAP'-Two cups of butter, two
cups of molssses, two teasp0Onfuls OF ginger
two teespeonfuls OF salersius dissolved in one
cup of boiling water; knead soft, roll thin
and bake in quick oven.
Corn BKER.-Tske two quarts of shelled
corn, add i've quarts OF lukewarm wafer one
pint of molssses two tsblespoolfuls essence
OF checkerberry. Let il stand in a cool place
through the day and bottle at night.
ORANGE PIE.-Beatto cream a teacupful
OF powdered sugar and che tablespoonful O.
batter; add the beaten yelks of three eggs,
then the Juice and grated rind oftwo oranges;
beat all together lastly, stir in lightly the
whites beaten TO a froth. Bake with an
undercrust
ANGELS FooD CREAM Dissolve half box
of gelstine in one quart of milk. Beat together
the yelks of three eggs, one cup of sugar, juice
Of one lemon; stir 1t into the gelatine and
milk, and let it just come to boil in
fsrina kettle. When nearly done whip the
whites of the eggs stiff, and stir through the
custsrd. Pour into the molds, aud set near
the ice to cool. Flavor with vanilla.
OATMEAL DRrNK.-Mix one-half pound OF
oatmeal with five gallons OF cold water, boil
il for half an hour and strain it through 8
rather coarse gravy strainer; add brown sugar
to taste while hot. 1t is very much improved
by the addition of one>half ounce of citric
acid or one ounce OF tsrtaric acid. The thin
ly cut rind OF two or three lemons or oranges
may be boiled in ii, or still cheaper flavor
ing is to add, before boiling, bit of CHINA
mon stick or a few cloves. To be served
cold.
CocoANUT PoUYD CAKE-Cocoanut in g
pound cake gives it a pleasant flavor and
makes il keep well. Beat pound OF pow
dered sugar and half pound OF butter to-
gether, and gradually add pint OF sfted
flour mixed with a tablespoonful of baking
powder. q little salt, and q teasp0onful OF
grated lemon peel; beat four eggs and add
them to the mixture with cupful of sweet
milk, and last of all add quarter of q pound
OF grated cocOanut The oven should be OF
moderate temperature.
DRIED AND CANDIED FRUITS We VIII give
the rule for csndying and drying cherries
The same process would be followed with
other fruits. Csndied fruit is prepared until
taken ont, washed in lukswarm water and
dried in the mouth of the oven, not too hard
tie syrup is then returned 10 the fire and
Boiled until it reaches what confscioaers
call the blow" that is known whe3, by
dipping skinner in the boiling syrup aud
blowing through the holes, little sparkling
bubbles are formed over them; the fruit Is
lien put into it and boiled until il again
reaches the blow" The preserving kettle is
taken from the fire; the skinner IS rubbed
sGsinst the side OF il until the sugar beeio s
to grain that is, to grow white; the fruit
is then dipp' q in that part OF the sugar, taken
ont with fork and drained on wire gratiog
over pan; the fruit dries quickly, and is
then reaGy FOX use or preservation by packing
n boxes between layers OF paper.
FRUIT JUICEs.-The iuicesot many kinds OF
| fruits aIe 50 exir mely delicate that they an
| not be preserved by the ordinary methods Of
| heating so SIS to retsin the tlaycT, this being
especially the case with rsspberries aud
strawberries. To meet this difficulty we are
| advised TO take perfectly ripe, dry, clean
! rsspberries and to mash them in al earthel
jar, with wooden Ppstle, so as to obtain a
| Homogeneous mass To this, 3 TO 10 per cent.
Of grBpe OF cane sugar is 10 be added, and the
Whole then allowed 10 stand, being stirred
! occesior ally. An alcoholic fermentation
will before long take place, in the course OF
which the pectine will separate completely,
4 iShNlbS tht perfectly GEAR JUICE WhltD
| will be found TO retain ell the peculiar
sroma OF the raspberry. For preparing
| straw berries, two pounds of berries are to be
/ selected, rs directed. for rsspberries, and
| placed in a laTge-mouthed bottle without
mashirg. so as to fill the bottle one-half 70
twc-'hirds; two and half pounds of finely
! puly erized sugar are to be added, and the
whole shaken up frequently at the ordinary
temperature, without heating. The sugar
will exiract the moisture from the berries,
sud form q clear syrap, possessing ali their
! flavor and cdOr, which may be separated by
sirsiDing. This juice will keep perfectly by
The addition OF oDe-half of its bulk OF alcO-
hol
Farm Notes
lady in New jersey found that from one
ounce of silkworm eggs, which she purchased