The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-19
HOME MATTERS.

If your lace bed-spread and pillow.
covers are soiled, wash them, and, in
stead of bluing them, dip them il
some very weak cold coffee, and they
will receive from it a delicate shad,
of ecru, which is so popular for lace:
| Just now. Curtains and other article!
of the kind may be treated in thu
same way.
A handsome easel can be made at {
small expense. Have a frame Of
common white wood made, see thai
the proportions are good, then cover
it entirely with velvet, plush or satin
or even velveteen of good quality
may be used. An easel five feet high
will serve to hold quite a good-sizeC
picture, and will make it a much
more prominent object than II it were
hung on the wall.
Gold Cake.-Qae cup of sugar; hall
cup of butter; two cups of flour
yelks- Of six eggs; grated rind and
Juice of lemon or orange: half a
ieaspoonful of soda, mixed with the
flour, and sifted twice. Cream the
yelks and the flour, beating hard fol
or orange juice, and bake; frosting, if
liked.
A good dish to lie eaten cold for
supper is made by taking piece OF
round steak, spread some butter on it.
and then cover it with force meat
made of bread crumbs, highly sea-
soned with pepper, salt and sage; roll
the steak, and fasten it together;
bake it, basting it freely with butter
and water. When it is tender, take
from oven and let it get perfectly
cold. Cut it in slices right down
through the force meat and all.
Waste in little things makes away
with many a hard-to-be-accounted-
for-dollar in year. Do not throw
away the starch which is used in
making cold starch each week; let it
stand after using and settle in the
bottom of a clean bowl; when the
water is clear above it, drain it off;
let the starch dry, cover the bowl to
keep the dust away, and this starch is
course you may need to add a little to
it.
Fried Chicken.-Cut the chicken
into six or eight pieces. Season well
with salt and pepper. Dip in beaten
egg and then in fine bread crumbs in
which there is one teaspoonful of
chopped parsley for every cupful of
crumbs. Dip again in the egg and
crumbs. Fry ten minutes in boiling
fat. Cover the center of cold dish
with Tartare sauce. Arrange the
chicken on this and garnish with a
border of picked beets, or it can be
served with cream sauce.
Crullers. One pint of sweet
milk, one pint Of sugar, quarter of a
pound of butter, three or four eggs
well beaten separately, two table
spoonsfuls of cream of tartar, about
two pounds of flour, or just enough to
make a very soft dough, rose water
and grated nutmeg to taste; roll out
thin; make the cakes small and round,
with a hole in the center. Fry in
boiling lard, and after draining them
well roll them in powdered sugar
favored with cinnamon. A little
brandy may be added if liked.
Tutti Frutti, which can be made
at any season of the year. though not
quite so delicious as this. which is
made from the fresh fruits, is a dish
worthy of renown; take one quart of
thick, sweet cream, chop half an ounce
of almonds very fine, after blanching
them in hot water, mix half a pound
of sugar with them, and stir in with
the cream, and set it on ice; when it is
stiff add half pound of preserved
fruit, peaches, or red raspberries. or
pears, or currants, few choice rails
ms and some citron chopped fine; beat
this with the cream, and freeze as you
do ice cream. Serve with cake and
chocolate.-NewY York Post.