The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-25
Household Hints and Recipes.

Household Hints and Recipes.
TO EXTRACT GREASE SPoTs FROM
SILK.-Lay the grease spot upon thick
sheet of blotting or brown paper, place
another piece CT the same paper over
the spot, and press moderately warm
flatiron over it for minute or So till
the stain disappears. Rub the stained
part with bit of soft silk or flannel.
CAKE-Have everything ready before
you begin to mix the materials. Sift
the flour, beat the eggs thoroughly
-yolks and whites separately but
ter and sugar to cream, be accurate as
to weights and measures, and never let
the batter remain out of the oven after
it is mixed without constant beating
are things always to be remembered.
MoLAssEs CAKE WITHOUT EGGs.-
One cup of molasses, one-fourth of a
cup of butter, one-half cup sour milk,
two scant cups of -four, one teaspoon
ginger siftcd, one and half teaspoons
Of soda. Measure the molasses first,
then stir in The ginger, then the butter
melted Dissolve the soda in the milk
and add that, putting in the flour last.
Bake in shallow pan about thirty min
utCs.
How TO Dry HERE'S. Herbs, when
hung up to dry in loose bundles, will
soon lose their odor. They should be
thinly spread out on newspapers, in u
warm place, but shaded from the sun /;
and, when well dried, pressed together,
and put into paper bags. 1t is a good
plan to strip off the leaves, and rub
them fine through sieve. and put them
into wide mouthed bottles, and label
them. Gather them just before they
commence to flower.
CANNING GREEN CoRN.-Cut the corn
from the cob-care must be taken not
to slice shavings from the cob-and
pack it hard in glass fruit cans, often
using a stick like small potato masher.
When the cans are well filled screw on
the covers and put them sideways into
the boiler of hot water, into which has
been laid a few sticks for them to rest
upon. Then boil them steadily for three
hours. When they are taken out the
covers are given another turn, if posi-
bic, and they are then set away to cool.
COFFEE STAINS. For coffee stains try
putting thick glycerine on the wrong
side and washing it out with lukewarm
water. For raspberry stains weak
ammonia and water is the best. Stains
of fruit on good table linen can be re-
moved without injury by using the fol
lowing with care: Pour boiling water on
chloride of lime in the proportion of one
gallon to quarter of pound, bottle it,
cork it well, and in using be careful not
to stir it. Lay the stain in this for a
moment, then apply white vinegar and
boil the table linen. Blood stains from
fur can be removed by rubbing well with
dry plaster of paris.
DIFFERENT WAYS OF MAKING VINE
GAR.-Perhaps the best vinegar is made
from cider. 1t takes some time to make
unless in warm weather, the barrel rolled
out in the sun, the vent opened, and
some wire mosquito netting is nailed
over the opening to keep out insects. A
small quantity may be quickly made by
filling glass fruit cans nearly full, add
ing little water and brown sugar, and
putting them where it is quite light. If
corn, mustard seed. horse raddish or
any such thing has been put in the cider
when it is new, to arrest fermentation
it will be much longer in turning to vim
egar, and | think it is never SO good.
Vinegar can be made bv MIXING one
gallon of molasses with five or six gall
Ions of water-pure, soft water is best
fla little moasses is spread on piece of
brown paper as large as the hand, and
put in after it is mixed, it seems to an
swer the purpose of "mother," or the
vinegar plant, as it is often called. -
RuraL Ne,0 Yorker.