The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-11-20
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
To cure ingrowing nails one author
ity says i: Put a small piece Of taIlow in
spoon, heat it till it becomes very hot;
and pour on the granulations. Pain and
tenderness are relieved at ouce, aud in
few days the granulations are all
gone, the deceased parts dry, and
grow destitute Of ali feeling, and the
edge of the nail is SO exposed as to ad-
NIT of being pared away without any
Inconvenience.
10 make meat cheese. Boil an ox's
liver, heart, and tongue; remove all
the hard and sinewy parts, and chop
the remainder fine: add to this half u
pound OF boiled pork, also chopped
fine; season it we'll !; then tie in a cloth
or put 1t into pan, and press it hard.
After standing q few hours it will come
out i'll solid cake and is very nice to
slice from, for eating at breakfast or
supper.
IT is time to forget all about old-fash-
ioned cookery; to seize the newest and
ENJOY the present is the watchword.
The quantity and quality of ones food
is meeting with much thought and
many words from the wiseaores Of the
present, and with their maxims and
methods spread before us, one il
almost afraid to attempt anything that
does not savor of scientific rules, But
! the bright and ready housewife need
not doubt her skill, Where there is q
will there is way,
EXPERIENCE is good teacher, and
perseverance will bring SUCCESS. The
"Dinner Table" introduced sauces last
week, but was interrupted, and the
recipes were left out. It was said some
years since that we were nation of
single sauce; it moy have been so, but
we are wiser now. Well made sauces
arc the perfection of cooking, deoora.
tive art that improves plain dishes, and
makes the cheaper outs of meat inviting
and palatable. The clarified white
stock must always be ready as a basis
for any sauce.
WITH boiled poultry servo celery
sauce, Tho celery is simmered until
tender. Then make II sauce by putting
D tablespoonful of butter into sauce
pan, aud when it bnbbles up STIR III
slowly tablespoonful Of flour. When
cooked, season, and add half pint Of
stock and half pint OF boiling cream,
and the celery cut in small pieces. Let
| 1t boil up one minute. Serve hot. The
sauce Can be made without the cream
and celery with pint Of boiling stock
and the addition of two or three beaten
yolks of eggs, teaspoonful of lemon
Juice. pepper and salt
BAKED APPLE PUDDING.-Six apples
we'll slowed, quarter of pound of but
ter, half of it stirred into the apples
while hot; add sugar to taste; when
cold add six eggs we'll beaten to the
apples. Pound and sift six crackers,
butter your dish and put in layer of
orncker and layer of tho prepared
apple, and thus until you have filled
your dish let tho cracker be the up
per layer AMI put the remainder of your
butter Ill small bits upon 1T. Bake
half IN hour.
SAUCE TARTARE.- Mix tho following
ingredients with pint of good mayon-
naise, and keep the sauce cool until
wanted for use : One teaspoonful of
chopped shallot or white onion, one
tablespoonful each of finely chopped
capors, parsley, and piokled gherkins
III the spring and summer add one table
spoonful OF chopped green tarragon in
tho winter substitute she sprig of tar
ragon which IL always placed in tho
bottles containing capers, and Which,
| OF course, must be finely chopped.
| For common wrap for the baby
carriage little comforter made of the
pretty blue uui cream -coiored lawn TON
his cloth IL both servlceable and taste
ful. Put one thickness of wadding be-
tween the outside and the lining, and
catch it in place with bright embroidery
silk or crewel or even Saxony yarn
will do-on the light-colored stripe.
lThis may be done with single cross
stitch, or in tho form of small stars.
A PIN cushion which is very hand
some and delicate is OF blue satin with
q bunoh of sW cot peas painted on it ::
around tho edge of the cushion is q
pleating of heavy blue satin ribbon.
1t is plcnted i'll double box pleats very
close together, then around the cushion
white lace is laid with the plain edge
tucked down between the pleating and
the cushion. At the corners It is SIM
ply folded nicely the effect is lovely.
NEW and striking design for a
square cover for table is to make the
centre OF plain satin, then put on
q deep border of the crazy patchwork,
and finish with rich fringe. The
patchwork should not have many plain
pieces in it; those of embossed or
figured velvet and brocadc are much
more effective, though tho PLAIN pieces
may be ernamented with embroidery,
which adds greatly to tho beauty OF
the whole.
Quick vINEGAR.--Fill Jug with
cider, and turn into each gallon of older
n pint of molasses and cupful of
lively yeast. Have tho Jug full OF the
liquid; let it stand uncorked back
OF tho cook.stove where IL will keen
warm. 1t will commence fermentino
in twenty-four hours, and will not
take over week to make good, sharp
vinegar. 1t must he drawn Off into
another jug, leaving the dregs, and