Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-05
THE HOUSEHOLD,

THE HOUSEHOLD.
How TO SERVE POTATOES 1t is the
usual practice to serve potatoes in porce-
lain dish with close lifting cover. In ten
minutes the best potatoes, however care
fully cooked, are thus utterly destroyed.
A culinary authority recommends that
they should be placed in wooden dish,
or served in porcelain dish, with towels
above and below to absorb the moisture.
PINEAPPLE PUDDINC.-Beat four spoon
fuls of -four with pint of cream boil till
thick. stirring all the time, when cool,
beat the yolks of six eggs with two ounces
of butter and two ounces of sugar /; have
ready the whites of four eggs beaten to a
stiff froth and stir them in lightly, and last
add two tablespoonfuls of fresh or canned
piueapples, cut into small squares, bake in
pudding dish serve not, with any sauce
to suit the taste.
PoRTIEREs.- for china closets are
very ornamental. Anovel style, and one that
is compsr atively inexpensive, can be made
OF worn bedspread. Dip it into water
colored with coffee, border the spread with
strip of Turkish red, then cut out of Gre
tonne clota blossoms of gay colors with
their foliage; place these for an inner bor-
der; buttonhole these applqued pieces
with embroidery silk-work, working the
! slender stems. H ang this curtain on a
pole, using brass rings.
RULES OF HEALTH. Here are the rules
laid down by the Baron de Lesseps for the
physical culture of his ten thriving chill
dren Little meat less clothing IN
limited exercise food to be gi"en in the
hand whenever it is asked for, but only
twice day at table. a child who plays
while eating merely eats to appease nun.
ger, and does not run into gluttony. A
child who is only allowed to eat at fixed
hours and at table meals is sure to gorge
itself and take more than it requires"
COFFEE BAvARIAS CREAM One cupful
of strong coffee, one pint of cream, half a
package of gelatine, one cupful of sugar,
one-third of cupful of cold water. Soak
the gela.ine two hours in cold water. Pour
on this the coffee, boiling hot, and when
the gelatine is dissolved, add the sugar
Strain into a tin basin, which put in pan
of ice water. Beat with a whisk until it
begins to thicken then add the cream
which has been whipped to froth. When
thoroughly mixed, turn into mold and set
away to harden. Serve with sugar and
cream New York Tribune.
CocOANUT TARTs.-Cocoanut tarty are
a pleasing addition to the plain dinner for
a family where there are children. Line
small tins with nice light crust and ill
with this mixture Dissolve quarter of a
pound of sugar in a little water, add as
much grated cocOanut as you can stir in
and have well mixed with the sugar. Let
this simmer slowly for few minutes, taen
when it cools add the yolks of two eggs.
Fill the tins and bake for ten minutes in a
quick oven. Cover the top with a mer-
ingue made of the whites of the eggs and
two tablespoonful of powdered sugar.
Brown in the oven. Ii you do not care to
take quite so much trouble, put the whites
and yolks both In with the cocoanut and
sugar.
Decorations A very pretty decoration
can be made by scooping out the inside of
a sweet potato, leaving wall of moderate
thickness suspend it by cords passing
through holes bored in the sides, and fill
with water. In a short time sprays will
sprout forth and completely cover with
dainty green tendrils this rather homely
vegetable basket. Grass growing in pine
cones that have been sprinkled with soil
give a cheerful look to a room in winter,
PArlor ivy is very desirable climber for
indoors place in a small pot few sprays
of this plant, and set the pot in wooden
or metallic bracket, fastened by the side of
a window or near a pedestal; the ivy WILL
before midwinter, present a luxurious
growth American Queen.
SOMETHING NEw.-The most fashion.
able pincushions at the present time are
either plain or embroidered satin, bordered
with cord. Velvet is also employed, EN-.
broidered in silks and gold, and edged with
ribbon ruched and lace sometimes these
ribbons are qui I'd and zen bordered with
a ruche. a pretty one is made of gold
colored satin, with three rows of VaIen.
ciennes lace insertion let in, and a gather
ing of the same lace beyond. Another in
cream satin has an oriental design of men
and horses outlined in gold silk. Some
square-shaped box pincushions have puff
of satin very full around the sides, then a
putting covering the top, and on this a
square of embroidered muslin, edged with
lace, arranged cornerwise. Squares Of
Guipure art are also employed, with
ruche of ribbon round them, one OF lace
and another of rlbbjn again. The fat
strawberry baskets, covered with satin and
stuffed in the center, with pockets around
for needles and thread, are very useful.