Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10
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soxE HOUSEHOLD KcoNoNIEs-A HOT SALAD
HOW TO CLEAN WHITE FCHs-THE CARE OF
BULBS AND CRYsANTHENUMs-How TO RE-
MOVE GREASE SPOTS FROM STOVE.
WHITE FUR may be cleaned by sprinkling it
with hot corn meal and then rubbing the meal
In thoroughly with a brush.
GREASE SPOTS may be removed from q cold
ashes.
No EGG-CookIEs-One cup of butter, one Of
milk, two OF sugar, half o teaspoonful OF biear-
Donate of soda. half a teaspoonful Of cinnamon
or nutmeg, with flour enough to roll.
STUFFED CABBAGE.-Cut out the heart OF
nne large cabbage, fill the vacancy with cooked
chicken or veal, minced very fine, highly sea-
ooned, and rolled into balls with yek of egg.
Tie the cabbage firmly together, and boil in
covered kettle two hours.
HAsrY CUP PUDDING.-Beat four spoonfuls
Of -four with pint of milk and four eggs to a
good batter, nutmeg and sugar TO taste; butter
teacups, fill them three parts full and send
them TO the oven. Will bake In quarter Of an
hour.
CARE OF BULBs-After your tulips and hya-
cinths cease blooming do not hasten to dig them
up. Wait until the leaves begin TO wither.
The bulbs have then ripened, and can be
safely dried of and laid away for autumn plant
1ng.-Osu Country Home.
BEEF OMELETTE--Pou- half q pint OF rich
mixed with cup OF boiling water, over q cup
of bread rubbed to small crumbs. Season highly
and let IL stand In q warm oven for fifteen min
utes. Make an omelette of six well beaten eggs;
add the soaked crumbs and fry as usual.
PRESENCE OF COTTON IN LINEN FABRICS may
b detected by dipping the suspected fabric in
olive oil and then drying it between two pieces
Of unsized paper. Should cotton threads be
present the fabric will appear striped, the cot
ton showing light lines when 1t is placed on q
dark substance or dark on holding 1t up to the
light
A Hor SALAD.-Lettuce may be more easily
digested and makes q delicate salad when
boiled for fifteen minutes. Make a dressing
dash of cayenne, two tablespOOnsful of vinegar
and small cup of cream which may be slightly
sour: steam 1t over boiling water, stirring con-
0tantly; when hot pour 1t over the salad.
LITTLE EcoNoNIEs.-Two or three spoonfuls
OF cooked oatmeal left from breakfast are bet
ter to thicken soup than fresh meal. Be care
ful that it Is thin enough and not the least like
porridge."A rough-skinned potato is gener-
ally dOury but there are exceptions to this rule.
Small potatoes are seldom economical, even
at q low price, the waste in peeling being so
great.
CHEESE PorArcEs-Select large potatoes of
even size. bake, and when done cut a piece
from each end and remove the inside and rub
through q fine sieve or mash thoroughly; put
on the fire with half an ounce of butter and one
add boiling milk, pepper and salt as for mashed
potatoes, Fill the potato shells, and put in hot
oven and brown.
THE SHoU LDER PIECE Of beef can be made
into tender and delicate dish by letting it cook
In its own juices in the oven without particle
Of water. A stone jar, with tight fitting cover
Tor lid of plain dough1 will keep in all the
navor and juices. and the tough hbers and girls
tie are softened by the mild heat. 1t must be
put In three or four hours before dinner time
The heat that comes through the stone is very
different from that of hot iron, and 1t Is the slow
action OF the steady heat that makes a rich dish
out Of . cheap joint.
CABBAGE SALAD.-Two quarts Of finely chop
ped or sliced cabbage, two tablespoonfuls OF
salt, two of white sugar, one of black pepper
and one of ground mustard; rub the yelks of
four hard-bOiled eggs until smooth, add half a
cup Of butter slightly warmed; mix thoroughly
with the cabbage, and add a teacup of good
cider vinegar. Serve with the whites Of the
crisp, new cabbage sliced fine and eaten with
good vinegar Is easily digested, and often high
~ reiished by those suffering from q "weak
stomach"
CARE OF CHRYsANTHENUMS.-Ch
NUNS should now be watered literally, and
once or twice q week with weak manurewater
Al the branches are very brittle, they are
much benefited by being tied up to stakes. The
tips should not be pinched in any more at this
oeoeon. II the plants are In the open border,
and IL Is desired to bloom some of them in the
house in pots, they should now be lifted and
potted, shaded, and shOwered overhead for q
lew days, and then exposed to full light again;
plunged In the ground, watered freely, and left
most when they should be housed.-Amerscan
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