The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-11-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS, ETC.

a Leaf Album.-A leaf album is among
the newest fancies To make one only re-
quires the exercise of little care and pa
thence. First get a slab of plate glass and
spread upon it daub of printers ink; then
get small roller such as printers use, and
roll it over the ink till the glass is equally
covered; then lay the leaf-clean aud freshly
gathered-on the linked glass, and carefully
draw the roller over it. Next lift the Leaf
by the stalk-using considerable tender
ness because of the fragility OF the
subiect-and place it between folded sheet
of paper, press and rub gently all over it, be-
ing careful not to let it alter Its position.
Then take the leaf out, and you should have
beautifully clean impression of both the
front and back. The same effect might be
got, to q certain extent, with lampblack oil
color or anything of that kind, but when it
is done with printing ink it is not only far
more clear and distinct but permanent. bit
of common plate glass, or bit of MARBLE or
even china palette will suffice to put the
upon-anything, in fact, so long as 1t pre-
SCENTS a smooth surface and is non-metallic
and Don-absOrbent.
Mutton Barley Soup.-Tske three pints OF
the liquor left from boiling leg OF mutton,
or take afterward the bone and unused bits
and boil them in sufficient water to make
three pints when done. Pat away to cool.
| The next day carefully remove all fat from
the top; add to the stock half cup of pearl
barley and boil gently for an hour. IL OBJ
Ld1ndDlo, Doll Wild II TWO or IDTee stems OF
| celery, cut into small pieces. Just before
serving put it into one pint of sweet cream.
| If cream Is not obtainable add one pint of
| sweet milk, and rub together one tablespoon.
full of butter and one tablespoonful of flour
| until smooth, and stir carefully into the
boiling soup, stirring until it thickens. a
tablespoonful of finely pulverized dried eel
cry leaves may be used instead of the fresh
celery, but must not be added until Just be-
| fore serving, or tablespoonful of fresh Gel
cry leaves finely cut. Season with salt and a
dash OF red pepper. Celery salt may be used
| also.
2Smoked Beef and E2g4-Boil six..eggs hard;
| twelve m inutes will be long enough TO cook
| them if the water is boiling when they
| put in, and there is a sufficient quantity of
! it. Chop them fine and sprinkle them with
| pepper. Soak three-quarters of pound of
shaved smoked beef ten minutes in cold
| water; take it out and pull it into shreds or
cut it up fine and pour boiling water upon
it. Let it stand ten minutes. During that
| time make gravy by putting tablespoon
! full Of butter and half a tablespoonful OF
flour upon frying pan and letting them
cook together till they are smoothly blend
| ed, after which add some water from the
beef, then put in the eggs aud beef. Let
them get we'll heated through, and serve
| hot. liz more gravy is needed use the re.
mainder of the water in which the beef was
soaked, enriching it with butter.
Piccalilli-To make piccalilli, take one
bushel of green tomatoes, half a peck of
| green peppers, twelve onions and chop fine.
Add one teacup OF grated horseradish, one
teacup of ground mustard seed half an ounce
of ground cinnamon, cabbage and celery
added to suit Sprinkle the chopped articles
with salt let stand over night Then drain;
add vinegar enough to moisture and soak
until tender drain again; add the spices,
pack in jars and cover with boiling vinegar
To pickle cabbage Slice fine, pack in Jars
pour over boiling, spiced vinegar; allow one
tablespoonful OF brown sugar to one head Of
cabbage. When cold, cover closely.
Novel Pincushion.-A novelty in the
shape of pincushion is made in the form
of a work-bag. 1t is nearly square. 1t is
faced with pink silk, the covering being OF
OLIVE plush. On the upper side is spray of
flowers in arasene embroidery-just rose
and buds or some similar simple design.
The bag Is shlrred and pink bow put on
over the shirring. This may hang beside the
toilet table or lie upon the dressing case. 1t
is pretty ornament and it may be used
an advantage over many ornamental cush-
ions.
Banana Cake.-0ne cup of butter, two
cups of sugar one cup of water or of sweet
milk, three eggs, four cups of -four and three
small teaspOonfuis of baking powder. Mix
lightly and bake in layers. Make icing
OF the whites OF two eggs and one cup and q
half of powdered sugar. Spread this on the
/ layers, anu LQeu cover ana eOIlr6lY
with bananas, sliced thin. This cake may
be Favored with vanilla. The top should
be simply frosted.
Fruit Loaf.-Fruit loaf made of bread
dough is very nice. Alter the dough has
risen the first time, take a piece about the
size you would need for loaf of bread; roll
| this out on the kDeading-b board until it is
any kind of fruit that you choose. English
Currants, chopped raisins, stewed figs, or
Jam, any OF them may be used sprinkle q
little powdered sugur ouer the fruit and
! put some little Jumps of butter here and
there on ii, or spread the dough with butter
before putting the fruit on it. Roll it up
very tightly into loaf let il rise, and bake
1t In not oven; cut il in thick slices when
done. This may take the form of G. plain
pudding; in this case it must be served hot
with sauce. The sauce should be rich and
highly seasoned, and the pudding must be
cut in thin slices, and the sauce should be
very hot, that it will penetrate and soften
the crust.
Wsiiles-Wahles are an old-time supper
dish. To a quart of -four stir quart of
sweet milk and half a cup of melted butter,
with a teaspoon even full OF salt and one OF
sugar. ADD half a cup of yeast, and when
the wsilles are very light two eggs. Beat
we'll and let the mixture stand twenty
minutes, when il is ready TO bake. French
pancakes are made in the same way, but are
griddle cakes. Sprinkle powdered sugar
over each cake you bake il, squeeze
lemon juice over it, and roll up and serve al
once. Hot scotch scenes will occasionally
be acceptable as simple meal. Sift half q
spoonful of soda into a quart OF -four and
mix in rich buttermilk enough to make a
dough as stiff as for soda biscuit. Roll out
half an inch thick and bake on a hot gri die
} in two large cakes the size of dinner plates
Serve with dishes of Dundee marnalade.
! Easy Way 10 Cook Herring-Put them in
a tin plate, turn another over in it to keep
in the heat and set in the oven until they
are very hot. A few drops of lemon juice
or vinegar an improvement Just before
taking up. Pepper the herrings in the dish
and serve very hot.
Apple Sauce.-Brown apple sauce. to serve
on the platter with pork chops, is made by
taking little soup stock, or If you have
some reast beef gravy it is still nicer. Into
this put the apples, which are peeled and
cored and sliced; let them cook until tender
in this; season with salt and a little red pep
per. When the apples done beat them
, until light and soft.
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