Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

CUCUMBERs peeled and boiled until soft
are served with chickens roasted. Season
! the cucumbers just as you do summer
| squash and add very little sweet cream.
! Serve in a vegetable dish or put around
| the chicken on the platter as a garnish.
| CHERRY STAIN FOR PINE.-Rain water,
! three quarts; annattO, four ounces. Boil
IN copper kettle until the annatto is dis
solved; then put in piece of potash the
SIZE OF walnut; keep it ON the fire about
nalf an hour longer and it is ready to
bottle for use.
PEACH CAKE--Bake three sheets OF
sponge cake as for jelly cake; cut nice
ripe peaches in thin slices; prepare cream
By whipping, sweetening and adding flavor
of vanilla, if desired; put layers of peaches
between the sheets of cake; pour cream
over each layer and over the top. To be
eaten soon after it is prepared.
For A HAIR CURLER take two ounces
of borax, one drachm of gum arabic and
add to them one quart of hot mot boiling
water. Stir, and as soon as the ingredi-
ents are dissolved add two tablespoonful
of spirits Of camphor. Before going to
bed wet the hair with this fluid and roll
II IN pieces of paper in the usual manner.
A DELICIOUS PUDDING is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is little dry, rub it fine
IN your hands or crush it on a kneading
board; put it into pudding dish in alter
nate layers with the pineapple, sweeten
abundantly, moisten with cold water and
bake in moderate oven for an hour and
three-quarters.
To DESTROY RED ANTs-Take large,
coarse sponge, saturate it with warm
water and press it dry, then sprinkle it
over with fine pulveriZed sugar and place
it where the ants are troublesome. They
will soon collect upon the sponge and get
into the cells. Then dip the sponge into
scalding water, which will kill them.
Wash out the sponge and repeat the pro-
cess, By this means you will soon be en-
tirely rid of them.
SPICED ONIoNS.-One quart of good
apple vinegar, two cups of sugar, one tea
spoonful each of cloves, allspice and pep
per. Slice some nice onions and put them
In gallon jar with just little salt sprin-
kled over each layer of onions. Scald
your vinegar with the spices and turn
over the onions while hot. Let it stand
twenty-four hours, drain off, scald and
turn over them again. They will be ready
for the table in three or four days and are
nice with all kinds of meat.
A MOST EXCELLENT PUDDING is made
by stewing one pound of prunes until
they are so tender that the stones may be
removed without difficulty. Take one
quart of sweet milk and subtract tea
cupful; into this stir enough flour to make
it like thick paste, then mix it with the
rest of the milk; beat four eggs very light
and add and lastly stir IN the prunes,
over which you have first sifted little
flour. Boil or steam for two hours. Serve
hot, with some highly favored sauce; va
nilla or wine sauce is preferred.
TOMATO SALAD WITH WATER CREss.-
Take equal parts of peeled sliced toma-
toes and water cTess, and dress each in
separate bowl with salt, white pepper, a
dash of cayenne, oil and vinegar. Let
the dressing reach thoroughly all of the
vegetables, and after each bowl has stood
for five minutes mix them well together
and let the combination stand for few
moments before serving. The tomatoes
being rather fiat and the cress sharp, each
supplies what the other needs. If pains
are taken the result is delicious.
SAvoRY RICE.-Ingredients Half a
pound of rice, one shalOt, three ounces of
butter, pinch of sugar, tablespoonful
of chutney sauce, half pint of good stock
broth, a little grated nutmeg and one
ounce of lean ham. How to use them:
Well wash and pick the rice, put it in
plenty of boiling water and let boil fast
for thirteen minutes; then drain in sieve.
Into a stewpan put the butter and the
shalot chopped very fine; place on slow
fire and let fry five minutes; then add the
rice, the nutmeg, chutney, sugar, stock
broth and the ham chopped very fine; let
simmer gently until the gravy is absorbed;
turn the rice on hot dish. Serve imme-
diately.