Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20
ABOUT THE HOME

full, carefully careless way on the panel.
Punch made with guava jelly is nice for
an invalid. This is a very old receipt, and
juice, two parts of sweet guava jelly and
white sugar, dissolved in boiling water,
three parts of old rum, four parts of water.
Mush made in this way is excellent
Boil quart of water. Stir pint of cold
milk with one pint Of corn meal and one
tablespoonful of salt. Pour this into the
boiling water gradually, and let it all boil
for half an hour. Watch it carefully to
prevent burning.
A good way to extract the juice of beef
for an invalid is to broil the beef on a grid
iron for few minutes, and then squeeze
the juice from it with lemon-squeezer
put a little salt with it. This may be
given as the sick one prefers, cold or hot,
or it may be frozen and given in small
Jumps.
Country housewives who must wait long
for the oyster, are obliged to invent dishes
for tea which may take its place. "Veal
oysters will sometimes do this. Cut the
veal in small squares, dip in butter, and fry
until brown in hot lard. Serve while very
hot, with a pinch of cayenne pepper and
plenty of salt on them.
A delicate entree is made by scraping
ten small table carrots, and putting them
in saceepan with three ounces of butter.
Let them simmer gently; when you Judge
that they have cooked for fifteen minutes,
add some salt, pepper, a very small onion
chopped fine, and a little-say a teaspoon.
ful-of chopped parsley. When the car
rots are tender, drain the butter from
them, and serve hot This is a nice dish
with roast beef.
A very ornamental stand-cover or small
table-cover is made by cutting piece of
felt the exact size and shape of the table,
top. If the table has scalIoped or pointed
top, the cover must have also. At each
point or scallop put piece of plush or
velvet square block is preferable to any
other form. Blind stitch this to the felt,
and then around the edge put fancy silk
stitches, and add tsssel to each point.
Here is receipt for making cologne
water: Two drachms of oil OF lemon, two
drachms Of oil of rosemary, two of oil of
bergamot, one drachm of oil of lavender,
ten drops each of oil of cinnamon and of
cloves, two drops oil of roses, tincture OF
quart of the best alcohol, cork tightly and
shake hard for few minutes. This i'm
proves by age. If not strong enough for
your pleasure, use less alcohol.
The rubber rings used to assist in keep
ing the air from fruit cans sometimes be.
come so dry and brittle as to be almost
useless. They can be restored to normal
condition, usually, by letting them lie in
water in which you have put little am
monia. Mix ii this proportion One part
ammonia and two parts water. Sometimes
they do not need to lie in this more than
five minutes, but frequently half hour is
needed to restore their elasticity.
Robert Collyer says Good homes are
like good apple trees-they propagate after
their kind. What you see in New England
in one era, you see in Minnesota in an
other, and when we make home our chill
dren will love to think of in forty years,
we make what they will then have made
out OF loving memories. II things 60
harder with some of the children than
with rs, and they never realize such a
home, still what we give them will bless
them all :heir days"
Lovely little wraps for the baby. carriage
are made of two pieces of hannel-one, for
instance, of blue. and one of white; pink
the edges of both. If the blue is to serve
for lining, put pretty design in outline
stitch on it. and then catch the blue and
white together with a row of feather
stitching about two inches from the edge.
If you wish to make it still more orna-
mental handsome bow of blue satin rib
bon just above the embroidery is handsome.
How long it will remain SO depends on how
well-behaved the baby is.
Red cabbage mixed with white makes an
excellent pickle. Slice the cabbage very
fine. For three heads of cabbage scsld
two quarts of vinegar of medium strength !;
add two tablespoonfuls of sugar put into
a bag one tablespoonful each of cloves and
cinnamon, and half teaspoonful of black
pepper /; put the little bag of spices in the
vinegar when you seald it, and let it re-
main in the pan when you pour the vinegar
in over the cabbage; press the cabbage
down with plate with weight on it, so
that the cabbage will be under the vinegar.
A very pretty tidy is made by sewing
strips of Valenciennes insertion together
until you have the desired size for tidy
line this with ribbon of different colors,
and it may be of different widths finish
with lace edge. The ribbons need not be
entirely fresh, but must be ironed smooth.
Another way to make handsome tidy at
small expense is to get an oblong or square
of satin cover half of it diagonally with
,,oor1,o,- ,o,-aI kooa@ha~. -,
a pretty edge, and on the corner of the
satin which is not covered by lace, work
spray of flowers.
An excellent way to preserve ripe toma-
toes is first to peel them, then weigh them
and add to them as much sugar as you have
of the peeled tomatoes. To this quantity
allow the juice of three lemons. Cut up
the tomatoes and let them stand all night
with the sugar scattered over them. In
the morning pour off this syrup and boil
it skim it until it is clear. After this put
the tomatoes in the syrup and let them
simmer gently fer twenty-five minutes,
then take them out with strainer of some
kind, put them in a jar, and after the juice
is as thick as you care to have it pour it
over the fruit and can or seal it in jars.
Tapieca Cream-Soak teacupful of tap
ioca over night in milk. The next day
stir into it the yolks of three eggs well
beaten, and cupful of sugar. Place a
quart of milk on the fire let it come to
the boiling point, and then stir in the tap
ioca, and let the whole cook until it has
thickened then take it off the fire and
stir in the whites of the eggs beaten to
roth. Flavor to taste. A small portion |
Of the beaten whites of the eggs can be
saved to decorate the top. Stir into the |
after little sugar, put it into paper
tunnel, press it out over the top of the |
pudding according to fancy, and place it |
n the oven few moments to color.
THE ROAR OF LoNDoN.-In an article |
published in the Century, W. J. Stillman
lays on the Characteristics of London :"
As write, sitting by my study window,
iull five miles from the city proper, hear
The roar of the traffic like the sea ON a |