The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Spangles and gold thread feather
stitching unite the scraps of crazy
patchwork bags, and gold fringe o.
tassel trim them; but they must be
closed with ribbons for draw string.
Rice waf.les for breakfast are made
of one quart of -four, half q pint cup.
full of boiled rice, three eggs, and .
little lump of butter. Make into bat.
ter with milk and bake in waffle irons.
Salt is, of course, to be put in accord.
ing to your taste.
A mantel lambrequih 10 made At
tractive by putting tho ribbons in
lengthwise and using two colors; for
example: if the 1ambrequin is of drab
macrame use scarlet and blue ribbon;
at the end of the ribbon put tiny
ball, after turning back the edges tc
make point.
To prepare dcviled crabs pick the
meat into fine bits, add one-third a.
much bread crumbs. some hard-boiled
eggs, and lemon juice TO favor; season
with salt and pepper, butter and
cream, and put into . shallow earthen
dish and brown in the oven. TIE
quantity of eggs is indefinite; the dish
requires about the same number that
salad does.
New game toys this season arc kro-
kinole, played on table, roncevaux,
with figures to set up and knock over;
Mother Hubbard and all her family,
who are knocked down with a ball;
fascinator, a game of parlor marbles,
and girl and boy gymnast ball players,
that toss and kick ball when string
Is pulled, the child player tossing Il
back with bat or the hand.
Boiled kidneys are nice for break.
fast. Be sure that they are fresh; cut
them open evenly so that they will
be uniformly cooked; remove the skin
and broil, placing the inside down.
ward; turn them once or twice. Sea-
son with pepper and salt, and lump
of butter on each piece. Serve on but
tered toast, squeezing a little lemon
juice over each piece of meat. Serve
very hot.
Pretty curtains for bedrooms are
made of plain white muslin with q
large spray of flowers embroidered on
the upper part-that is, have the stems
start from about where the curtain il
Topped back; the edge and bottom of
the curtain should he trimmed with
lace. If for room furnished in blue,
embroider blue flowers, and loop
back with blue ribbons. It is pretty
fancy also to tie ribbon in the center
Of the curtain pole, and have long ends
and loops hang over the curtain.
Banana cream IS served with deli
cate cake, and it may be put into
glasses or into saucers. After pealing
the bananas, mash them with an iron
or wooden spoon; allow equal quanti-
ties of bananas and sweet cream; to
one quart of the mixture allow one
quarter of pound of sugar. Beat
them all together until the cream is
light. 1t is sometimes thought an i'm
provement to add few drops of
vanilla or the juice from canned pine
apple, but it is delicious with the
banana flavor alone.
Good gravy may be made of half q
pound of lean beef, half pint of cold
water, one small onion, half q tea
spoonful of salt. a little pepper, ono
tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce.
or of tomato catsup, and half tea
spoonful of arrowroot. After the
gravy has simmered sufficiently, and
extracted all the juice from the beef,
strain it off carefully into the gravy
boat, not allowing any Of the beef or
onion to remain in it. This is q nice
gravy to make when you have no roast
meat or stock, and is great addition
to all hashes.
Good pea soup must have flavor
given to it by the meat used in max
ing the stock allow half a pound of
beef to half a gallon of water, put
about half as much bacon as of beef,
put parsley, celery leaves, and stalk,
with salt and pepper, into the water
with pint of peas; let this all boil
until the peas are so soft that they can
be easily put through colander after
this put them into a kettle and strain
the stock and add, let this simmer
gently for nearly an hour, add lump
of butter the size of half an egg just
before removing from the fire.
A delicate and delicious pie is called
an orange custard. One cup of cold
water thickened with one heaping ia
blespoonful of flour, first rubbed
smooth with little of the water, one
cup of sugar, four well beaten eggs
(the whites of two are to be reserved
for the frosting.) the juice and grated
rind of one large orange. Make rich
crust and line a deep plate with it, ill
it with the mixture and bake. To the
beaten whites of the two eggs add two
tablespoonful of powdered sugar,
spread this over the top of the pie
when it is done, and let it brown slight
ly but evenly.