Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-11-13
IUousehold 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 pi ante sauces.
To make cocoanut pudding, boil one
pint of milk with one teaspoonful of
butter in it. Pour it over a very small,
grated cocoanut. When cold add three
eggs, beaten, with half cup of sugar
and pinch of salt. Have deep dish
lined with nice pastry, pour the mixture
into it and bake until it is set.
How TO 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 us usual.
In this way ham can be kept sweet
through the warmest weather.
To make grape catsup, boil youl
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 one-half 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 housekeepers who are worried
when they wish to wash feather bed
tick will find that the best plan is Qi
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 keeI
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, {
small sheet of sandpaper is more con
venient and better. Stove legs painted
red are very pretty, and are more easil.
kept clean.
A material for fastening knives o
forks into their handles when they hav,
become loosened by use, is a mucl
needed article. The best cement for thi
purpose consists of one pound of colo
phony (purchasable at the druggist
and eight ounces of sulphur, which ar
to be melted together, and either KEEP
in bars or reduced to powder. One par
of the powder is to be mixed with hal
a part of iron filings, fine sand, Or brick
dust; and the cavity of the handle j
then to be filled with this mixture. TIL
stem of the knife or fork is then to b
heated, and inserted into the cavity
and, when cold, it will be found fixed il
its place with great tenacity.