The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A good cold dish for supper is made by
choosing about seven pounds of the shin part
of flank OF beef, two ounces of sugar, six
ounces of SALT one ounce of saltpeter. These
are to be be rubbed into the meat, and then
water enough should be poured over it to
cover it. Let it remain in this pickle for a
week; then rinse it well, remove the bone
and all the gristle and coarse skin, spread 1T
out on the table and scatter parsley rubbed
fine, handful of ii, q large spoonful of sage
also rubbed very fine, little alspice and
pepper and salt over 1t, then roll 1t up as
lightly as possible, put cloth around it and
either sew or tie it firmly together: the meat
should then be boiled until it is beginning to
be tender, point which can be sscertained
by piercing it with fork through the cloth;
then put 1t in a jar with the liquor poured
over it IN which II is boiled. Put il into the
oven; at the end of two hours turn out the
liquor (which may be added to soup stock
and let the meat dry for an hour. Do not
atteur' TO cut it until it is cold.
Caul u. yer makes pretty side dish IL
boiled WI e and then put stem down in
round vel lille dish; but it is necessary
that q vigl mt and keen eye should loo the
caulihower over before cooking it. for there
is danger of tiny insects being left on the
stalk; 1t should be carefully washed also.
Heads that are not perfect can be cut toto
u.
should be put into an esrthen pudding dish,
in layers, with hard boiled eggs chopped
and seasoned with a dressing made of half a
pint of milk, with two tablespoonfuls of
-four rubbed smooth in little of the milk
two teaspoonfuls of salt, one of white pep
per and about two ounces of butter; put
| grated bread or cracker over the top with
| little bits OF butter here aud there, aud ii
| there is a probability that il will not brown
nicely wet it over the top with milk. An
hours time should be given to this dish in
| hot oven.
Beets, If small, can be sliced and dressed
with gravy, Just as young beets in the spring
| are served. with little milk and butter,
pepper and salt, aud -four enough to thicken.
Beets can be arranged prettily as gsrnish
| for picked tongue by cutting them into
thin slices, and cutting the edge with the
cooky cutter.
A homemade sauce which rivals some
"boughten" ones, is made OF wineglass Of
port wine, one of walnut and one of tomato
catsup, an onion and one dessertspoonful of
curry powder; let this mixture boil for two
| or three minutes; when cold put it into
bottle and keep it well corked.
A light pudding is made OF one pint Of
| flour, two teaspoenfuls of baking powder
| and little salt, with milk enough to make
q thin batter. Butter some cups and set
| them into the steamer, and put q large
spoonful of batter into each cup and then a
spoonful Of Jam; cover the jam with another
| SPOONFUL of batter, and let the pudding
steam for from twenty minutes to half an
| hour. Make a sauce of two eggs. table
spoonful OF butter and one cup Of sugar;
| beat them together and pour over them one
cup of boiling milk. This pudding is deli.
cious with fresh fruit, berries or peaches.
A very good way to make csper sauce, to
| serve with roast mutton: About q quarter
of an hour before the meat is done melt two
tablespoonful Of butter N q saucepan, stir
into it one tablespoonful of hour, then add
half pint of the mutton broth, half pint
of milk, season with pepper and salt; cook
until the -four IS thoroughly done, then just
before serving add two and q half taple.
| spoonfuls of capers. When melting the
butter do it slowly, for if it gets brown or
scorched the flavor of the sauce will be
spoiled.
Directions for making 'tipsy" cake:
Take sponge that is not less than three
DAYS old. If the bottom of it is not entirely
smooth make it so, to enable il to stand
firmly in the dish. Make a small hole in
the center, and pour into 1T and over the
cake enough sweet wine to soak the cake
nicely. When the cake is soft blanch two
ounces of almonds and cut each into four
strips stick these all over the surface of the
cake. then pour around it rich custsrd
one pint of milk will be about enough, aud
from five to eight eggs. II You wish to cover
the top OF the cake with preringue use
eight yelks for the custard aud the whites OF
two eggs, and reserve the rest of the whites
for the top adding about four tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar, aud havoring to suit
your taste.
A recipe for crullers: Two coffeecups OF
sugar, one of sweet milk, three eggs. q heap.
ing tablespoonful of butter, three teaspoon
fuls OF baking powder, mixed with six cups
of -four, half nutmeg and a teaspoonful
of cinnamon. Beat the eggs, butter aud su-
gar together, add milk, spices and -four; put
another cup OF flour on the kneading board,
pour the dough out upon 1t, aud knead un-
til you can roll Ii out to quarter OF an inch
in thickness, cut this into squares, making
three or four missions in each square; drop
into hot lard and fry as you do doughnuts.
In o sick-room, when the baby is 'just
asleep" as GRANDPA is taking nap, If man
ma has headache-indeed, almost always
the noise and dust raised by feeding a coal
fire is very Objectionable. An excellent way
to obviate it is to have the coal repaired in
the cellar or kitchen by being put, shovel
full at time, into the old papsr bags IN
which groceries come, or wrapped in piece
of newspaper. These bags Or bundles eau
be lifted and placed upon the fire without
the slightest noise or dust.
1t is worth recollecting that bar soap
should be cut into square pieces and put
into dry place, as it keeps better after
shrinking.
By rubbing with damp flannel dippei
In the best whiting, the brown discol CRATIC
may be taken off cups in which eustards
have been baked.
Every tidy housewife desires to have some
kind OF scrsper just on tside the door to aid
in removing the mud from the boots of In
Corners One Is made by fastening an old
hoe TO the doorstep By nails or screws. II