Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1885-12-31
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

White sealing wax Is for bridal In
vitations, chocolate brown for invita-
tions to a dinner.
Stewed celery goes well with tur-
key. Cut in pieces, cook in very
little saltod water until tender, then
thicken this water with drawn but.
ter aud serve.
Carmel Cakes-Threc cups of
sugar, II cups butter, cup milk, Al
cups -four, eggs, small teaspoonful
soda, 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar.
Bake in layers.
Allspice IS the one favorlng that
must not be left out of the pumpkin
pies, whatever else is used. A dash
of ginger is useful when you do not
have many eggs.
Brown Bread-Two cups Of Indian
moal one half cup of cold water, well
stirred; add one quart OF boiling
water and lot it cool, after which add
one cup of molasses and a small,
soaked yeast cake; st as thick with
flour as possible, and let it raise over
night; then knead lightly, let raise,
and bake slowly.
No more satisfactory play til ng has
been invented for young children than
picture blocks. The plain, old fash
Toned cubes are better for buildn
houses, fences and railway trains than
the dissected ediIices the little one can
not put together unaided Every
time he pies one book upon another
without help he learns a lesson in
self-reliance and perseverance that
counts for one step in the discipline of
life.
Birds Nest Pudding-Prepare
three apples as follows: Pare, core
and cut each apple in two through
the center crosswise; place each half
in a small, butterod mold; fill the
cef&er with mixture of boiled rice,
well spiced and sugared, and sur
round the apple with custard. Put
the small tins in a large one contain
ing hot water, and boil slowly half an
hour. Set the whole in the oven to
brown slightly. When done turn
out on dishes, let cool slightly, and
surround each with whipped cream.
Placed in each center three colored
surgared almonds, and serve THE
Cook.
Jam Puddiug-One pint of flour,
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powder, milk to make q batter, peach
or raspberry jam for sauce, two eggs,
one teaspoonful of butter, one cup OF
sugar and one-half cup OF polling
milk. Mix the flour, baking powder,
little salt and the milk into a thin
batter. Butter some cups and set
them into steamer; put large
spoonful OF the batter into each cup.
and then spoonful of jam with
another spoonful of batter, and let
them steam for half an hour. Make
a sauce OF two eggs, teaspoonlul of
butter and one cup Of water and one
cup Of sugar; beat well together; pour
over thcm ono cup of boiling milk.
Chocolate Tarts-Grate four ounces
of the best chocolate, and add to it a
pinch of powdered cinnamon, the
grated rind of half u lemon. a pinch
of salt and enough sifted loaf sugar
to Sweoten to taste. Then beat
well the yolks of six eggs together
with two spoOntuls of milk, and stir
this gradually into the chocolate. Put
the whole INTO II stew pan, adding
teaspoOnful more OF the grated lemon
rind. Stir tho mixture for few min
utes over the fire; then take it oil, al
low it TO cool, and pour it into tart
dish lined with puff paste; cover the
top with tho whiskcd whites of the
eggs and bake in moderate oven.
When done, slit the top over with
powdered sugar and glaze it with
The Caterer.
Salt is always used in bread max.
ing, not only on account of its flavor,
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of -four, but because the dough will
rise better, and to Il certain extent
prevent it from running; it also
whitens the bread and acts rs u de.
odorant of musty flavor. An excess
of salt retards fermentation and di-
minishes the size of the loaf. Ii is,
therefore, highly important that the
salt used should be of the very best
quality. A poor quality of salt not
only Injuries the bread. but, rs salt has
an affinity for the kidneys, the infc-
rior salt will unquestionably injure
them also. Most of the American
salt is rot thoroughly freed from for
eign substances, and its peculiar fishy
RATor impaired to bread renders it
unpalatable.
Beautiful and artistic bed spread
and pillow shams are made of linen
cambria and crochet lace. Take fine
Lonsdale cambr.c and cut into strips
two and e half yards long and six
inches wide, hem the sides, laying the
hem as narrow rs can be done. Stamp
or draw design of flowers or
leaves the entire length of the strip
and embroider 1t with blue or red
embro:dering cot. on in outline stitch.
There should be five strips of the
cambria separate from each other by
lace insertion six inches wide, made
of unbloached linen thread, the whole
bordercd with an enging to match.
The shams are made in the same
manner, only differing in the length
and number of strips. The whole,
when complete, is lined with silesia
the color of the embroidery cotton
employed.