Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-24

at any time if you have some nice
pieces of cold roast meat. Put them
in saucepan, and pour about pint
of boiling water over them; cover
the saucepan and let the meat and
water simmer on the back of the
stove for an hour or more; then strain
it through a fine sieve, add butter,
pepper and salt; thicken with flour.
If lamb or mutton make the founda
ton of the gravy, flavor it with
tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce
or with the same quantity of parsley,
chopped fine.
How EVERY LADY CAN DETECT ADUL
TERATEp BAKING PowDERs-To detect
the presence of starch in baking
powder, which may cover other and
more serious adulterations, put a
small quantity of the powder in a
little water and boil a few minutes.
If starch is present, it will make
paste, and, if in addition it contains
ammonia, strong odor of ammonia
is perceptible while the paste is still
warm,
OYSTER ONrLETTE.-Ssewa dozen
oysters in their own liquor, if pos
sible, if not use very little water;
roll two or three Jumps of butter the
size of butternuts in flour, and put in
and let it come to boil; salt it well
and add black or cayenne pepper to
suit your taste. Take out the oysters
and chop them, and if necessary to
make it thick add little flour to the
sauce, then put the oysters in and
set the saucepan in which they are
on the back part Of the stove. Beat
your eggs until very light, and add
to them two tablespoonfuls of cream
or rich milk; fry in well-buttered
frying pan. When done remove to a
hot platter or deep plate, and pour
the oyster sauce over it. Serve while
hot.
APPLE JELLY.-Make a syrup of a
pound of sugar, putting in sufficient
water to dissolve it. When boiled
enough, lay in it the peeled and cored
halves of some large sour apples.
Let them simmer till tender, then lay
them carefully in dish SO that they
will remain unbroken and in good
shape. Add another pound of sugar
to the syrup, let it boil, skim it. and
when partly cool pour it over the
apples. When the dish gets cold
each dainty piece of apple will be
surrounded by delicious jelly. Eat
them with cream.
CURE FOR CHApPED HANDS. Melt
one fourth of "a pound of mutton
tallow (which has already been fried
out" and cleansed). add one half ounce
of gum camphor and the same OF
glycerine. Let it boil a moment or
two, stirring it all the time. Whe II
cool it is ready for use. Before going
to bed wash the hands thoroughly
and rub in the ointment. If you have
them, draw ON pair of old kid
gloves with the ends of the fingers
cut off.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Take two cups
of sugar, one cup Of sweet milk, half
cup of butter, two and one. half
cups of flour, two eggs and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder
Dissolve one third cake of chocolate,
NIX Will one -udil cup VI VIC SonS'
then marble through the whole.
COOKIES Two cups of sugar, one
cup of butter, half cup OF sweet
milk, one teaspoonful OF soda, two
teaspoonfuls of extract of lemon; dip
the cookies in sugar before baking. .
The New York Sun man has found
that small pieces of sponge will
drive out rats. Cut coarse sponge
into inch cubes and fry them in
drippings until well Drowned. Place
the pieces in places frequented by
rats. When eaten the sponge swells,
and the rats look for other and more
comfortable quarters, which, failing
to find, they conclude to die.
In baking, get the oven sufficiently
. heated and have the stove contain
enough fuel to conclude the opera
r ton. Added fuel reduces the tenn
, perature and checks the process a
precisely the time when it should mo-
) be checked.
Vinegar will remove the disagree
> able odor OF kerosene from tin ware