The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13
Household Hints and Recipes.

To eXterminate bedbugs dissolve alum
in water and apply to the bedstead with
a feather. Be careful not to touch the
paint or varnish.
In making pickles never use vessels of
brass, copper or tin, as the action Of the
acid on such metals often results in poi
soning the pickle. Either a porcelain OF
granite iron kettle is the best for such
purposes.
Over two prepared pigs feet, split in
two, brush little butter and broil them.
When done, squeeze little lemon juice
over them, add salt and a little cayenne.
They may be served plain or with any of
the piquante sauces.
To make cocoanut pudding, boil one
pint of milk with one teaspoonful OF
butter in it. Pour it over very small,
grated cocoanut. When cold add three
eggs, beaten, with half cup of sugar
and a pinch of salt. Have deep dish
lined with nice pastry, pour the mixture
into it and bake until it is set.
How 20 preserve ham: Cut the ham in
slices as usual for frying, then fry it a
little and pack it in stone jar, and cover
with melted lard to keep the air from it.
When you wish it for the table take out
the necessary amount and cook as usual.
In this way ham can be kept sweet
through the warmest weather.
To make grape catsup, boil your
grapes and put through the colander,
and then through sieve, to get out all
the seeds.and grape skins. To four qnarts
Of the juice take onehalf pint of vine
gar, little more if you think it not tart
enough, about an ounce each of cloves,
cinnamon and allspice, and sugar to
taste.
Furniture oil for polishing and stain
ing mahogany: Take of linseed oil, one
gallon; alkanet root. three ounces rose
pink, one ounce. Boil them together
ten minutes, and strain so that the oil be
quite clear. The furniture should be
we'll rubbed with it every day, until the
polish is brought up, which will be more
durable than almost any other.
Young housekcepers who are worried
when they wish to wash a feather bed
tick will find that the best plan is Of
they have no old tick to empty the feath
ers into) to sew together two old sheets,
leaving half of one end open and ripping
the half of the tick to match it. Sew
both holes together, thus emptying out
the tick without spreading the feathers.
Housekeepers should endeavor to keep
their cook stoves clean, an easy matter
by using care. Salt sprinkled over any
thing that is burning on the stove will
prevent any disagreeable odor. Instead
of using knife to scrape the dirt off, a
small sheet of sandpaper is more con,
venient and better. Stove legs painted
red are very pretty, and are more easily
kept clean.
A material for fastening knives or
forks into their handles when they have
become loosened by use, is much
needed article. The best cement for this
purpose consists of one pound of colo.
phony (purchasable at the druggists 81
and eight ounces of sulphur, which are
to be melted together, and either kept
in bars or reduced to powder. One part
of the powder is to be mixed with half
part of iron-tilings, fine sand, or brick
dust; and the cavity of the handle is
then to be filled with this mixture. The
stem of the knife or fork is then to be
heated, and inserted into the cavity
and, when cold, it will be found fixed in
| its place with great tenacity.