Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

A GOOD POUNDING is the secret OF many
a lauder steak.
A TURKEY 10 be delicious must be
constantly basted while roasting.
GRAPE JELLY is now declared 70 be the
proper thing to be eaten with game.
Ice CREAM is in disfavor and very rare
ly is it served at the fashionable dinner
parties of the season.
AT one of the dinners il Washington
last week the salad was OF shrimp and
chopped celery over which was poured
the white Of an egg.
KEEPING CELERY.-Celery may be kept
for week or longer by rolling il il brown
paper and then pinning it up In towel,
keeping il in as dark and cool a place as
possible. Before using it let 1t remain in
a pan of cool water for an hour and it
will be quite crisp and cold.
CHOCOLATE.-Brilla savarin says about
chocolate that it should be placed in an
eartneuware jar with very small guam
tity of water, where il will keep warm
over night. BY this method the chocolate
dissOlves ard becomes smooth. He uses
half an ounce of chocolate to pint Of
milk and boils slowly for - minutes.
POTATO NUDLES-Grate a plateful OF
cold potatoes, mix them with three or four
eggs, as many spOOntuls Of milk. a little
salt and -four enough dTedged in TO form
a dough, Just stiff enough 10 roll out,
rather thin. Cut cut little round cakes.
Put them in boiling water. to boil i've
minutes; then drain and dry them on "a
napkin. Fry them delicate brown color.
PoTAToEs BEIGNErs.-Mash a large
platetul of mealy potatoes with : ounces
Of butter and two well beaten eggs. Rub
them till no Jumps Bemain, spread the
mass out smooth, not quite an inch thick;
then cut out with cutters half moons,
round, oval and thrSe-cOrnered shapes.
Coat them with egg and bread crumbs,
and CRATE cheese over. Fry them a deli
cate yellow, or put them in the oven 70
bake nice pale color, without drying.
Serve them hot, either alone or rs a gar
nish to different dishes.
POTATOES WITH SARDINEs.-Slic par
boiled potatoes halt an inch thick. Melt
piece of butter in ssewpan and put in
a layer of half the potatoes. A couple Of
chopped onions and some parsley must be
steamed, with piece of butter in a small
stewpan. Chop sardines or anchOyieS,
and stir them into the latter. Stew for u
few minutes, then spread them over the
potatoes in the stewpan. Cover with the
other half Of the potatoes and stew them
ten minutes, or the whole may be done in
the oven, with the dish covered.
CHICKEN SOUP FOR INYALIDs.-Take
all the bones of chicken, crack them and
stew them down for many hours with the
dark meat Of the carcass, using the breast
as a brOil or stew, as the invalid prefers.
| Flavor the broth delicately with bit OF
| thinly cut lemon peel and some sweet
herbs tied in a piece OF muslin. When
cold this soup will be delicate Jelly, and
it is sometimes preferred by inyalids 10
this form. When soup is wanted the jelly
has only to be melted down. or cours call
fat must be eliminated from the soup.
| HERRINGED PoTAToEs.-BOilp potatoes
/ in their skins, not too soft, peel and slico
/ them; keep them warm while yOd cut III
/ an onion IN steWpan, with piece oil
/ butter or some very thin fat bacon. When
! the onion begins to tUrn yellow dredge il
! with flour: add some water, salt. pepper
/ two or three tablesDOOntuls OF vinegar
/ and bay leaf; leave this to simmer
] Meanwhile, wash two behring's, take the
bones out, cut the fish into small dice
add them to the same to simmer few
minutes; then put in the potatoes. Still
all together gently so as not to break tEC
slices. Add piece Of butter and some
milk to soften the stew, and serve 1t quite
hot.
IOTAr0 TURNONERS.-Mds with
piece OF butter, some dry, meGiy potatoes
while they are warm; mix them with tw,
or three beaten eggs, according to tn,
quantity Of potatoes. Dredge Il paste
hoard, spread on it the potatoes, a gooC
halfinch thick. When cool cut out square
or round cakes, five inches across. Pu
on each a large tablespoonful of any re
mains Of meat or poultry minced small
Turn over half Of the cake to cover 1t
coat them over With egg and breadcrumb
and bake q delicate brown in 2 moderate
oven. The mince,i meet e.. these should
always be cooked or at least partly 50
Ham or pork, roasted or boiled, is yer!
good, seasoned spariugsT with powdered
sage ard very little SGives or onion
cold rashecs Of bacon LEFT from TIE tabl
or remains of cold mutton, or even fish
But whatever the meat il should have it
appropriate seasoning, Many small rem
nants may thus be made to go goot
way. which might otherwise ha though
too little to send to a table aad therefor
be wasted.