Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-04

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of fHiNd-EARIOCS WAYS OF PREPARING CT
CCMBERS
CUCUMBER Ia CREME.-Peel and cut into
slices (lengthwise) some fine cucumbers Boil
Them until sOf.. salt TO taste, and serve with
delicate cream sauce.
INSTEAD of carrying china or other plates in
picnic baskets. USE the little plates of wood used
In stores for butter plates. They take III, less
room, and keep other plates from being nicked
OF broken.
PAPER HANGERS PAsrE.-En.lish paper
hangers Use paste of -four and water which
only differs from ordinary paste in being very
Thoroughly boiled. but after it is made they add
glue IN the proportion of lump about as big as
walnut to each quart. A tablespoonful OF
flour tn q pint of water isstheir rule
BAKED BERRY RoIIs--Roll biscuit dough
thin. IN the form of large square or into small
squares Spread over with berries Roll the
crust. ana put the rolls into drippinr-pan
close together until full; then pat into the pan
water sugar and pieces of butter. Bake them.
Serve with ANY OF the pudding sauces.
LAYING TURF IN SUMMER-Mr. Henderson
says: Il find that turf can be successfully laid
down. if necessary in dry and no. summer
weather, by simply covering it when finished.
before it gets tpO dry. with about q quarter of
an inch of light soil put through n half inch
sieve. The grass begins to grow through the sol
in very few days /
Cr8RANTs AND RsISINs cookedand canned to-
gethcT make q delicious sauce They sbould mo
thoroughly cooked before putting the sugar in.
As You sur them crush the currants with the
spoon TO let the air escape. \ good lea of
sugar should te used: the pound for bound rule
Is good one This makes an excellent meat
sauce and pies made with it are luxurious.
ICED DRANGEADE.-SqueeZe the Juice from
SIX oranges and two lemons into n quart of boil
Ing water I'm which the peel of one orange and
Two lemons has been grated. Swcptpn TO taste
with loaf sugar Pour the liquid rapidly from
one pitcher to another six or eight times Then
strain upon pounded ice in n pitcher and jat if
stand ten minutes before serving in glasses
WHoaTLEBERRY PrpDIxG NAV vary the bill of
fare just now. Take one cup of molasSes half
cup of water. three cups of flour. one teaspoon
1ul OF soda. little salt. and liberal pint Of
berries Boil for three hours. or bake i'm but
tered basin until done. IOu can try this as
yOn do cake. witha broom sp!int II the dough
does not adhere tn ii. it is sufficiently cooked
S0FT GINGERBREAD ii eaten while fresh and
warm. may well take the place of more expen-
slve cake. One egg. one cup of molaSSos. one
third of cup of melted butter one-half Gun OF
sweet milk. one teaSpoonfu of sofia one tea
spoonful of ginger. two and one-half cups of
Hour. and 4 little salt: dissolve the soda i'm a
Very little hot water. Bake in a buttered ~
GINGER CoIDIAi. is made Of four pounds of
red or white cufra;,ts. eight ounces of ginger
root. two ounces of bitter almonds: one-half
ounce of sweet almonds. three lemons sliced
one gallon OF whisky. Mash the currants. cut
the Sin%er-root In small pieces crack and split
the nuts. pour the whisky over these ingre-
dents .and let il stand for ten days: then pour it
on carefully add touE pounds OF loaf sugar and
bottle it.
CUCUMBER ToAsT.-Peel fresh crisp cucumbers
me- p,Sixx ont
m cold water for few minutes. drain and din
each slice into flour: then fry quickly until of q
Hight brown color in butter or beef driDninns
Place the slice of huttered cucumber hot from
the pan between slices of buttered toast and
serve at once The cucIlmbers NAV be sea-
soned with pepper and salt and little mustard
may be added when taken from the pan.
STUFFED ToaATOES.-Select eight or fen larre
round tomatoes. cut slice from the stem end.
pour out the seed aad pulp chop finely two or
three thin slices Of bacon. season with some
nneis chopped onion. salt cayenne and table
spoonful of chopped parsley Add part of the
pulp taken from the tomatoes and two or three
rolled crackers FIJI the tomatoes pressing the
Dressing well into them. Sift cracker crumbs
over the top OF each one and bake one hour in q
moderate oven
How To PAINT \ PtLMLEAF FAv-A pretty
way to fix a pam-leaf fan is to paint it. Mix
some ultra-marine or PT1lss!an blue with a little
siivef-Mate paint. and make it quite thin with
boiled iinseed OIL Paint the fan on both sides
nande and all, with it. If Won choose to deco
rate IT. paint a popDy or some buds and stems
on IL: Tie blue Ribbon around the handle and
han@ IT in convenient place. If YOU prefer to
make it pink use crimson or madden lake and
white in the same way.
THE IDEAL Ice CREAN-The ideal and almost
unaftainable ice cream is made BY following
this reeine: Two quarts of cream mot milky one
pound OF pulverized sugar. two eggs. Beat the
eggs: then beat the sugar with them: then the
cream Let this Just come to a boil; then re-
move from the fire. flavor with vanilla strain il
Through very fine sieve. or. if YOU have none
aeiean. new piece ofcheese-clOth will answer in
place OF one. When cool, put in the freezer and
freeze. stirring until it is too hard to turn any
longer--N. y. Post.
To BOTrLE GOosEpERRIEs For Prrs-eacct
mutt that is full grown but not too ripe and
wash and clean carefully Then let them dry in
c0i:inder. and put them into wide-mOuthed
glass bottles: cork them tightly and place in n
pan oi cold water or kettle over the fire. and
LET them heat gradually Where The water has
hotl"t for ten minutes take ont the bottles and
cork tightly and cover the corks with n miy.nra
OF failow and rasin. melted together Din the
corkS directly i3tO the heated wax Keen i'm q
cool dry place.
i'E"wN BREAD. which nav also be served "a
. pudding. is made by taking one cup of mo-
iaSS''S one teasDnoaful of soda dissolved in half
cup Of boiling wafer: stir this IT, the 1noIass;,s
nntii 1t Is thoroughly mixed with it: then add
Three PARTS Of Graham -four 20 one of corn meal
" sufficient quantity to make Il batter: to th;s
add g tablespoonful of melted lard Steam This
four hours Ii You wish To- eat it while hot in
pace % bread dry it in the oven for fifteen
minutes: II for pudding. sVye it fresh from the
steamer with soUr sauce
ORANGE or LEMON WATERLOO Take four
ORANGES or lemons. or q mixture OF both AMI
gra'" OF the peel oftwO. and turn three pi,,ts q;
boiiin@ wafer over them. Squeeze tina iuicps
out thoroughly into the water while hot S@.entar
mtich mere than for Crangaade because the
sugar freezes ont of all kinds Of ices Set u,cn
The icH 10 cool. and. when ready TO froeze II
Deaf M TIE whites o! three eggs TO stiff froth
anu add To the mixture after il is put into the
lrceZrr. The daShrr will beat Il into the water
and it will freeze Ike SHOW
AN APPETTZING salad is easily made of cu-
cumb,'rs and tomatoes. Peel and slice the en-
cumbers. and let them stand i'm cold sailed
water White YOU prepare plain salad dressing
Line th'' salad bowl with lettuce if possible
ana slice the tomatoes and put LAYER IN the
oo"'; season with salt. sugar. ana pepper: then
put a taIer OF cucumbcrS in eaSona1 IL, tha