Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-16

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Tuesday Hard Graham rolls corn |
bread, or rye, wheat and Indian bread |
Stewed squash, or ruta-baga turnlps. |
canned peas, canned corn, or succotash. |
Baked tomatoes. Stewed or canned toma-
-oes. Compromise-Farina or PUDDING, OF
lemon custard pudding.
Wednesday-Hard Graham rolls mush
rolls, or steamed corn bread; nuts; baked
or mashed potatoes barley or rice; canned
corn: baked tomatoes; stewed or canned
fruit apple or peach cobbler, or other fruit
pie. Compromise-Beef or mutton pie. or
broiled beefsteak apple batter pudding,
or sweet apple pudding no fruit PIE OF
cobbler.
Thursday-H Hard Graham rolls; corn
bread, or ieavened Graham bread Sweet
potatoes. cabbage, string beans, or spinach;
Boiled or mashed potatoes sliced or canned
tomatoes, or fresh oranges. COMPROMISE
Manioca pudding, rice pie, or steamed IN
dian pudding-no oranges.
Friday-Bananas. Hard Graham rolls;
hot water rolls, or leavened Graham bread.
Mashed or baked potatoes. Stewed turnlps
or parsnips, stewed or baked tomatoes
Hominv. samp or canned corn. Compro-
mise-Baked fish, Or beefs tongue with
tomato sauce. Oranges-no bananas.
Saturday Hard Graham rolls; corn
bread, or rye. wheat and Indian bread.
Boiled or mashed potatoes. Lima beans
or succotash. Stewed onions or canned
peas: sliced tomatoes or oranges. Com
pro1nise-Tomato (or bean and tomato)
soup-no onions or peas. Pumpkin, squash
or potato pie-no oranges.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
White enameled furniture is coming in
fashion for bedroom sets. This is set oil
by having the toilet china and the ribbon
rosettes for the chairs and muslin curtains
of some deep hue. Yellow or peacock blue
or japanese pink are the new fancles.
The Arabs grind their coffee as fine as
flour, and boil it in a copper saucepan
without lid. They would not, on any
account, boil it i'll q covered vessel, as that
would prevent the deleteriouS qualities
from escaping and make the coffee bitter
a lovely lambrequin for "a blue-room y
is of white broadcloth with tiny fans OF
satin or brocades in blue applied; canary
colored silk or gilt cord, or narrow braid
NAV be used to outline and embeilIsh The
edge may be pinked, or be simply cut III
points.
Oatmeal cakes may be successfully kept
from crUmbling if you add little wheat
-four to oatmeal muSh: knead it, and then
roll it quite thin, and bake for half an
hour in a hot oven. These must be kept
where they will be dry, as they absorb
moisture surprisingly and are rendered I'M
fit for use by it.
The subioined simple preparation is said
to be desirable for cleaning and polishing
old furniture. Over 4 moderate fire put
perfectly clean vessel. Into this drop two
ounces of while or yellow wax. When
melted, add four ounces of pure turpentine.
then stir until cool, when it is ready for
use. The mixture brings out the original
color of the wood, adding luster equal
to that Of varniSh.
To stew green peas, take pint of young
peas and two young lettuces, cut the latter
up small, and put them with the peas into
a saucepan with a small. cupful of water
and q little salt, let them stew very gently
until quite tender, then add lump Of
white sugar the yells Of two eggs well
beaten and two tablespoonfulS of cream.
Stir all together for a short time but do not
allow the mixture to boil.
Peas and buttered eggs are prepared as
follows Stew pint OF young peas with
tablespoonful OF butter, q little salt, pepper
and chopped parsley until quite tender;
beat the yelks and whites of two eggs in a
basin, pour over the peas when they are
ready, and serve as quickly as possible on
This dish must be sent to the table very
quickly, or else the eggs will harden.
This Is q crimson stain which is fire.
quently applied to woods for musical
instruments. etc: Take ground Brazil
wood. one pound water, three quarts, and
cochineal, half an ounce Boil the Brazil
wood with the water for half an hour,
strain the decoction and add the cOchineal.
Then boil the mixture very gently for half
an hour. when it will be ready for use.
After the stain is applied to the wood al
low it to dry well before using the var
nish.
This IS the season of the year for wash
been highly recommended by an eXpe-
rienced housekeeper: For half a dozen
double blankets take one pound Of boraX,
dissolved in gallon of boiling water,
with a pound of pure white bar soap,
shaved up finely. Stir until all is melted.
Then put the blankets into tub-as many
as will 90 in-turn water upon them just
warm to the hand, and mix with it the so
luton of borax and soap. If three double
blankets are 10 be washed, take half the
mixture at one time. Never rub soap
upon any kind of wooden, or rub the
blankets, bat souse them Up and down
in the suds, and squeeze them in
the hands, and pull them from
one hand into the other, until all the dirt
and soil are removed. If there are spots
of grease upon the blankets, little boraE
and soap can be gently rubbed upon them
until they are extracted, butmuch rubbing
will full up the texture. When white and
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two waters if one does not leave them very
white. Wiring through a wringer, hang on
the line and pull straight and smooth.
Blankets should always be washed on a
sunny day, when they can dry quickly,
and be folded up before the dew commences
to fall They do not need to be ironed, but
can be passed through a mangle, if one is
at hand. They can be laid between two
mattresses and pressed, or put on shelves
in the linen closet, and heavy books placed
upon them.-lN.Y. Post.