National Republican., 1885-03-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Stains in coored materials caused by acids
may be removed by the application OF spirits
OF hurtshorn.
Horse radlsh sauce for boiled carp is made of
one cup of rich cream, half ~ cup OF vinegar
salt and sugar TO taste, and enough grated
horse radish TO make Il thick sauce. IL Is also
very good without cream, using water to dilute
the vinegar.
Hickory nut maccaroOns are very easy to
make. Two cupfuls of hickory nut meats,
beat them fine in mortar, and add two cups
three eggs Mix well together and bake ON
well CREASED paper. Put only little of the
mixture in each place.
A nice cake for dessert is made of three
tablespooniuls of flour, three tabespoonfuls of
sugar, the yolks OF four eggs and Two table
spoonfuls of milk mix smoothly and add tho
whites of the four eggs beaten to Il sIiii troth
and the juice of half small lemon. Bake in
buttered pan In hot oven
Very rich little puddIngs are made Of two
ounces of lne bread crumbs, three Tablespoons
tuls of any sort OF jam, one ounce OF sweet al
monds blanched and beaten smooth in q
mortar, and two well-beaten eggs. Boat all
thoroughly together, aud add one ounce OF
butter soitened 10 the consistency of cream,
Fill buttered cups half full with the mixture
aud bake twenty minutes in slow oven,
These breakfast cakes are very good: Put
piece of butter the size OF an egg into quart
of milk aud let the milk become warm enough
to melt the butter Stir in flour sufficient to
make q still batter, and add two teaspOOnfuls
OF salt Dissolve One.third on n cake of com
pressed yeast In Il little warm water and mix
II with the batter. Cover tightly, let 1t stand
IN warm place over night and FRY ON grid
die.
Plain tea cakes aro made of two cups OF
EittGd flour, one tablespoonful of melted butter,
ono egg, wcll mixed with II cup of milk, one
teaspUoniul of soda aud ono tcaspOOnlul of
cream OF tartar, dissolved in hot water I'm.
| stead of tho soda and cream of tartar one aud
Il half tCaspoOniuS OF baking powder, siited
| with the flour, may be uscdJ Mix well and
| bake In muilin'rIngs for twenty minutes IN
| very hot oven.
| A delicate cocoanut layer cake is made by
the following recipe One-half cup OF butter,
| two cups OF sugar, one cup OF milk, three ana
onc-half cups ot Hour three teaspOontuls Of
| baking powder, and the whites of eight eggs ;
! bake in Jelly cake pans For the illing-one
| grated COCOAuut, three quarters of Il pound of
| sugar, aud the whites of three eggs. Beat tho
| whites Of the eggs 10 stlli frOlh then boat
| in the sugar. put this between tho cakes
| sprinkle thick layer Of COGOanut over each,
cover the top and sides with the cocoanuE and
icing.
4 correspondent writes: ~ saw q novel way
OF meudllg wOOlen dress in which round
hole had been torn aud where only a. patch
| could remedy matters. Ihc raycu portlOns
around the tear were carefully smoUthed, and
q piece OF the material nOlsIenel with very
thin mucllage, was placed under the hole,
heavy weight was put upon IL until II was dry,
when II was only possible TO discover the
monded place by careful observation" surely
worth while trying, for patches arc prcmedt
tatCd poverty II wOuld, however, probably
only answer Tor mending the skirt of'a dress.
A good tomato soup may be madeN by this
recipe Chop hne half n turnip, one carrot
two small onions one stalk OF celery aud three
sprlgs Of parsley; mix with one can OF iona
toes and one quart of water, seasoning win
one teaspOOnfIll each Of salt and sugar alld Z
little pepper. Boil gently for one hour. AZ
the wuter boils away add more, 80 that rR'
quantity may not be diminished. MlN tM
heaping tnblcspoonfulb OF flour thoroughly
with one Of butter, aud thin the mixture WIZ
some OF tho soup. Then mix the thickenirl
with the soup and boil ior i've minuIep
strain the soup and serve.