Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-12
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Salt pork may be broiled or fried in the
same manner as bacon, and by many is
considered more wholesome. Cut the pork
in slices parboil it in boiling water; broil
or fry and serve with slices of lemon.
A very simple and nourishing dish is
made of two pounds of lean round steak,
finely minced and smmered for three
hours in one quart of water, sailed to
taste. Serve with boiled rice 1t liked,
curry-powder may be added to the gravy.
Do not throw away the tops of mousque
taire gloves, but use them for decorative
purposes, painting them with any fanciful
design. They Will be Servccablc for COW
ering sachets, boxes and other articles.
A bit of porous paper is better for pol
ishing eyeglasses and spectaclcs than any
thing else. The sort of paper upon which
newspapers are printed is the best Moist
en- the glasses and rub dry with the paper.
A cement, said to be excellent for ala
baster and marble, is made as follows /:
One part infusoria earth, six parts fine
lead, six parts slaked lime, and twelve
parts Portland cement, mixed to thick
paste with silicate of soda.
Asparagus cooked as follows will be
found far more agreeable than when
boiled whole: Wash and scrape the aspara-
gus and cut it in pieces until you come
to the hard part, which is to be set aside
for tlavorlng your soup Boil until tender
in sailed boiling water and serve with
white sauce or with little butter and
pepper Careful housekeepers preserve
the water in which the asparagus has
been cooked for boiling the tough ends,
and use this and the pulp, which has been
passed through II sieve, for the next days
vegetable soup, as it imparts delicious
flavor to it. The asparagus must be cooked
in well-tinned or granite saucepan.
N economical dish ic n, 10 nc 20 .ov-c
Wash IA calf's liver remove the skin and
cut off the white fat from the under side.
Lard the upper side with fat salt pork.
Brown in a baking pail two tablespoonfuls
of flour in hot butter or dripping place
the liver in the pan and let it brown on
both sides. Add one carrot cut in halves,
one onion in which six cloves have been
stuck, one bay-leaf, and the rind of
lemon. Pour three cups of water or broth
in the pan and bake for half an hour, bast-
ing often. Then add one teaspoontul of
vinegar and one of lemon juice and salt
and pepper haste two or three times
Strain the gravy over the liver garnisu
with round slices Of lemon and serve.
Rust and Stains.
A correspondent of the Detroit House
hOld chats pleasantly, as follows, about
some recipes for removing rust and
stains:
BILE mood when | found my grandmother's
nice steel knives covered with rust No
moisture was needed, so put that away
and tried sweet oil on the blades, wrap
ping them in cloth saturated with it for
two days then rubbed off the rust with
powdered unslaked lime, oiled again, put
the knives away in a dry place and eX-
pect to have them in fair condition soon.
ut was big black stain that the ink
Charlie didn't mean to spill made on the
old mahogany desk. He felt badly enough
about 1t, and wanted to know If all the
cents in his bank wouldn't buy another.
Delay was advised until this way of tax
ing out ink had been tried Draw a feath
er from a chickens wing dip it in a
spoonful of water containing six drops of
nitre and touch the ink stain repeatedly
until it disappears then rub the spot
with cloth wet in cold water to avoid
white stain Charlie is not bankrupt.
preparatory to kouse-cleaning, brush
up the gilt frames. Il have found nothing
better than vinegar and water in the pro
portion of gill of vinegar to a pint of
cold water. Dampen the brush and apply
lightly TO a small piece of gliding at once
i'll finishing, squeeze the brush nearly dry
and go over the frame until no moisture
remains.
"Have any of the ladies tried vaseline on
paint scratched by matches 1t obliter-
ates the marks and sspolls the surface for
scratch my back,
Bread Making.
With the best of flour and yeast the
other essentials in bread manufacture are
thorough kneading, the proper tempera-
ture, and that the bread be baked before
the acidity of the dough proclaims that
the alcoholic fermentation has changed to
the acetic. If sufficient flour is used in
mixing, the clean breadboard will need
only busting of flour when the dough is
poured upon it for kneading, Press the
dough with the palm until it is SO elastic
II Will readily resume its form when
struck with the fist at least half an hour
should be given to this manipulation.
temperature of about 20 is favorable to
a rapid distension of the dough with car
bonic acid gas formed by the action of the
yeast upon the sugar that the starch has
been converted into. In winter this ac-
ton is accelerated by warming the flour
and covering the bread pan with thick
cloth. When the dough has rather more
than doubled in bulk it is ready to be "cut
down. or prepared for the baking pans. If
made at night this will be the condition in
the morning. Use the least possible flour
when forming into lOaves, which should
half fill the pan,-two for each. Look
after the fire that the stove may be the
right heat when the pans are full it
should brown flour sprinkled on the bot
tom in five minutes. Bake from fifty
minutes to an hour. Let the loaves rest
upon one side when removed from the tin,
not touching each other, and cover with
ny-screening. The crust of IA very hard
baked loaf is softened by wrapping it in a
dampened towel as soon as taken from
the oven. Regard for health and the
bread-knife will delay cutting the loaf
until Il day old.
When couple are engaged there is sell
dom any sensible reason why all the world
should not know it, and therefore the
new fashion of announcing engagements
Just before prominent ball and having
the ladies and gentlemen congratulated
by their friends, is to be commended. TO
be sure, If the engagement is afterward
broken, the thought of these public con
CALCULATIONS would be embarrassing but
if the fashion tends to prevent promises
of marriage being lightly given it will
serve good purposes. The girl who might
say yes when asked to marry, with the
mental reservation that if anything bet
ter comes along she will contrive not to
keep her word, will think twice about it if
she has to go through with such form.