Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-11
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SOME CHOICE sALADs-How TO MAKE USEFUL
HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES - SPECTACLE CASE
SCISSORS sHEATH-A VARIETY OF GOOD RE
CIPES.
A SET OF DISH RAGS can be made Of coarse
white knitting cotton, either crocheted or kni,
on wooden needles, not too close.
TIDES made of white crash, embroidered
with some simple design in red worsted-as that
Is the color that washes best-are very useful
Ravel the ends two or three inches and tie.
AN INNOVATION in puddings is to add ap
Piles or peaches TO the mixture called "cottage
pudding" The fruit should be sliced, SO tina,
it will become soft in the shorttime required &c
bake the pudding.
SCISSORS SHEATH.-Cut two pieces pasteboard
same shape and size, line the inside with fine
flannel or merino and cover the outside with
colOred silk and add bow of ribbon with a loop
to hang the sheath.
CHOCOLATE ICING.-Put into a saucepan hall
pound of powdered loaf sugar, two ounces OF
grated chocolate and about a gill of water: stir
on the fire until the mixture becomes a
thick, smooth cream. Lay the icing evenly on
the cake or pastry with brush or broad knife
and put 1T into the oven for a minute or two to
set the icing.
TOMATO SALAD.-Select ripe tomatoes, plunge
them in boiling water for a moment to loosen
the skin, peel them and put them on ice. Chop
q small onion very fine, and, when you are
ready to make the dressing slice the tomatoes,
s aaa Gih0Ppeat onion; and dress with tea.
Iablespoonfuls of Oil and a teaspoon of vinegar.
salad.
MAYoNNAIsE.-Masht the yelk of a hard-boiled
egg on piece of boiled potato of the same size
until 1t Is smooth; add the yelk of a raw egg
and teaspoon of dry mustard. Mix we'll, and
then slowly add the oil, stirring one way with a
fork. When enough is made this dressing will
odd
vinegar to your taste, with red and white pep
per: 1t is well to have the Oil and dish quite
sters.
PEAS FRENCH FAsHIoN.-Melt one-quarter
OF pound of butter in q saucepan then add
Ia pints OF young peas, pepper and salt to
taste, a couple of small onions whole, a small
bunch of parsley and half head of lettuce
ued up together, and pinch of sugar. Toss
on slow fire till the peas are cooked, then re-
move the parsley. lettuce and onions, and serve
the peas.
PRETTY CASE to hold cabinet photographs,
and which is intended to lie on the table, is
made of plush folded like q book; it is lined
and has body given to it by having one thick
ness 81 wa ad between the lining and the
ana forms sort of pocket, which holds the
pictures in place. it may be ornamented with
embroidery, and pretty design is a pOmegran-
ate and leaves; or it may have the initials OF
the owner in silver letters upon it.
SPECTACLE CASE.-This is O convenience for
those who are often annoyed by not being able
to keep their glasses where they can clay hands
on them" Take two pieces of pasteboard six
inches long, two inches at one end and three at
the other, cover both sides with silk and sew the
two together, leaving an opening at the top.
waist of the dress by handsome pin. This
case Is large enough to contain two pairs OF
Observation-Disclosures Press.
RAISED CORN BREAD.-Take equal parts OF
sifted corn and rye meal, about one quart OF
each, and round tablespoonful of soda, cof
fee cup OF mOlasses, and a cup of good lively
yeast, and pint of sifted pumpkin (or notl
mix 1t thoroughly and very soft with warm
water, and let it rise till very light and crackly
on top, then put it in deep, iron pan, smooth
the top with wet knife, and set it in the oven
at once, which should be hot enough to brown
1T over quick without scorching; keep UP the
heat for an hour, then with q moderately slow
nre bake one hour more, and longer if the oven
SONY only moderately warm, but must not be over:
POTATOES should always be cooked with their
jackets on. says the Cterer. The skin has been
purposely made of a cOrky nature to retain the
juices and valuable principles of the vegetable
and should carefully be guarded from any in.
jury by cutting or scraping. A chemical analy-
BIS SHOWS That the water used to boil pound of
peeled potatoes contained afterward seventeen
grains of carbonate of potash. This is foolish
to boiled ones. A baked potato digests in two
hours, while peeled boiled potato takes three
ana a-half hours.
ROLLED BEEFSTEAK.-Beat o beefsteak fat.
Fry sliced onion in a little butter Remove
the onion and fry the steak quickly in the but
ter. Spread on q dish. Mix the onion with
bread crumbs, minced herbs and q few mush-
rooms, and lay this forcemeat on the steak.
Koli the meat up tightly upon the dressing.
Fasten with soft packthread and skewers. and
put into saucepan with a cup of water Set
where it will heat slowly, keeping covered
closely and simmer two hours, turning now
transfer a ho
gravy, add little hot water if needed; thicken
with Drowned flour; stir in some minced mush-
rooms, little catsup and a piece of butter Re
move threads and pour gravy over.
NEW WAY TO SERVE Eggs ON TOAST
Heat cupful of milk to scalding, mix in
large teaspoonful of butter, teaspoonful of
-four wet with cold water and rubbed smooth.
and STIR until 1t is as thick as custard. Add
chopped parsley, pepper and salt to taste An
ihls should be done in a tin vessel set in boil
ing water, and over the fire. Have ready the
toast mot forgetting to pare the crust from each
close rows upon hot dish. Pour tablespoon
full OF hot water on each piece. Beat six eggs
very light and stir fast into the drawn butter
until they are rich yellow sauce, almost
stiff enough to stand alone, Heap upon the
toast and send hot to table.
OYSTER SALAD.-One good bunch of celery.
so large oysters or rs small ones, three table
spoonfuls OF vinegar, one OF oil, half teaspoon
1ul OF salt, one-eighth of teaspoonful of pepper
one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Let the oys..
tiers come to boil in their own LIQUOR skim
well and drain. Season them with OIL salt
pepper and lemon juice. When cold put in the
ice chest for at least two hours Scrape and
wash the whitest and tenderest part OF the
celery, and with a sharp knife cut in very thin
slices. When ready to serve, mix the yelk of q
raw egg with one hard-boiled yelk OF egg which
has been beaten to paste with a teaspOonful
half of this with the oysters. Arrange them
with the celery in the dish, pour the remainder
Of the dressing over and garnish with white
celery leaves.
ONION AND LETTUCE SALAD.-Twu heads of
lettuce and small Spanish onion must be
taken, as well as six tablespoonful of olive oil.
three of vinegar, half a teaspoOnful Of salt. and
one-eighth Of a teaspOOnful OF pepper. After
mixing the salt and pepper with the OIL add the
and put aside the green leaves of lettuce. and
after washing the heart leaves in cold water
drop them into a pan of ice water, to make
them crisp. Peel the onion Ut is we'll to peel 1T
under waterl and with q sharp knife cut it into
shavings. Shake the lettuce In a colander until
it is free of water. Put the lettuce and onion
into Salad bowl in alternate layers, sprinkling
q little OF the dressing upon each layer Serve
the salad as soon as possible after it is made or
10 put 1t In another way, do not make it SO early
eaten. The green leaves Of lettuce, which were
put away at the outset, may be boiled and
hashed like spinach, and served as q cooked
vegetable.
Contingent Rhymes.
SPECIMENS OF THE QUAINT DOGGERELs USED
BY CHILDREN IN THEIR PLAY.
Mr. H. Darlington Bolton, OF Trinity College,
contributes to the Boston Journal of Education
the following specimens of "counting-out"
rhymes collected by him from children and by