Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

stitching unite me scraps OF crazy
patchwork bags, and gold fringe OF
tassel trim them, but they must be
closed with ribbons for a draw string.
Rice wafles for breakfast are made
of one quart of -four, half a pint cup
full of boiled rice, three eggs, anda
little lump of butter. Make into a bat
ter with milk and bake in waffle irons.
Salt is, Of course, to be put in accord
ing to your tastes ~.
A mantel lambrequin is made at
tractive by putting the ribbons In
l~engthwise and using two %colors; for
example: il the lambrequin is of drab
macrame use scarlet and blue ribboni
at the end of the ribbon put a tiny
ball, after turning back the edges &c
make a point.
To prepare deviled crabs pick the
meat into fine bits, add one-third as
much bread crumbs, some h~ard-boiled
eggs, and lemon juice to flavor; season
with salt and pepper, butter and
cream, and put into a shallow earthen
dish and brown in the oven. TIE
quantity of eggs is i%Ddetinitei the dish
requires about the same number that a
salad does.
New game toys this eaSon are kro-
kinole, played on a table, ~roncevaux,
with figures to set up and knock overi
Mother Hubbard and all her family
who are knocked down with a BALL
fascinator, a game of parlor marbles,
and girl and boy gymnast ball players,
that toss and kick a ball when a string
is pulled, the child player tossing 1t
back with a bat or the hand.
Boiled kidneys are nice for break
fast. Be sure that they are fresh; cut
them open evenly so that they will
be uniformly cooked; remove the skin
and broil, placing the inside down
ward; turn them once or twice: sea-
son with pepper and salt, and a lump
of butter on each piece. Serve on but
tered toast, squeezing a little lemon
juice over each piece of meat. Serve
very hot.
Pretty curtains for bedrooms are
made Of plain white muslin with a
large spray of flowers embroidered on
the upper %part-that is, have the stems
start from about where the curtain is
| looped back; the edge and bottom Of
the curtain should he trimmed with
lace. If for a room furnished in blue,
embroider blue flowers, and loop
back with blue ribbons. 1t is a pretty
fancy also to tie a ribbon in the center
of the curtain pole, and have long ends
and loops hang over the curtain.
Banana cream is served with deli
cate cake, and it may be put into
glasses or into saucers. After pealing
the bananas, mash them with an iron
or wooden spoon; allow equal quanti-
ties of bananas and sweet cream; to
one quart of the mixture allow n G
quarter Of a pound of sugar. Beat
them all together until the cream is
light. 1t is sometimes thought an inn
proyement to add a few drops of
vanilla or the juice from canned pine
apple, but ii is delicious with the
banana flavor alone.
Good gravy may be made o. half a
pound of lean beef, half a pint Of cold
water, one small onion, half a tea
spoonful of salt, a little pepper, n
tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce,
or of tomato catsur, ard s. half tea
spoonful Of arrowroot. After the
gravy has simmered sufficiently, and
extracted all the juice from the beef,
strain it off carefully into the gravy
boat, rot allowing any Of the beef or
onion to remain in it. This is a nice
gravy to make when you have no roast
meat or stock, and is a great addition
to all hashes.
Good pea soup must have flavor
given to it by the meat used in max
ing the stock allow half n pound of
beef to half a gallon of water, put
about half as much bacon as of beef,
put parsley, celery leaves, and stalk,
with salt and pepper, into the water
with a pint of peas; let this all boil
until the peas are so soft that they can
be easily put through a colander after
this put them into a kettle and strain
the stock and add, let this simmer
gently for nearly an hour, add a lump
of butter the size of half an egg just
before removing from the fire.
A delicate and delicious pie is called
an orange custard. One cup of cold
water thickened with one heaping ia.
blespoonful of flour, first rubbed
smooth with a little of the water, one
cup of sugar, four well beaten eggs
(the whites of two are TO be reserved
for the frosting,) the juice and grated
rind of one large orange. Make q rich
crust and line a deep plate with it, fill
it with the mixture and bake. To the
beaten whites of the two eggs add two
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar,
spread this 07oT the top of the pie
when it is done, and let it brown slight.
ly but evenly.