Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-12
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4 sEAsoNABLE CHAPTER ON PICKLES AMI
PRESERVES VARIOUS OTHER HOUSEHOLD
HINTs-A FREEzING MIxTURE-soAE APE
THING RECIPES


| PRESERVES vApIous OTHER HOUSEHOLD
| HINTs-A FREEzING MIxTURE-SoAk Aff&
| THING RECIPES.
CLEAN GILT FRAMES, or discolored giioIns
on the basket chairs, with q little weak am-
| monia.
| OUNCE SNow.-One-third pound ounce
marmalade to whites of two eggs and quarter
pound Of sugar. Pile in q pyramid In 3 oisn
| ana bake pale yellow.
| CORN FRIrrERs.-Grate twelve ears OF corn
scrartn the ears with silver knife SO that al
the milk may be removed. Mix the pulp with
tnIee eggs and one teacupful OF hour. Fry Ia
| not drippings.
! Picked RADIsH PoDs-Gather the young
| seed pods Of the radish, put them in salt ana
spiced vinegar.
FRIED SQUASH FOR BREAKFAsT.-Cut the
| squash In thin slices and sprinkle with salt.
Let them stand few minutes, then beat an
| egg and dip the slices in 1t. Fry in butter ana
to taste.
NAsrURTIUMs PICKLED.-Select the seeds
which are ripe as soon as the flowers have
fallen OH; gather them on q dry day; let them
lie spread out in the sun for a few days, then
put them In q jar and cover with weIl-Splceo
boiling vinegar. Nasturtiums thus picked are
an excellent substitute for capers.
"STEEL-EDGED' DUsTPAN is q Yankee no
ton. The edge is firmer than the ordinary tip,
and therefore lies closer to the floor, SO that the
dirt does not go under 1t as under bent and
crooked edge of the dustpan in sweeping.
SteeEedged hairpins are dangerous inventions,
but a steei.shod dustpan is q SUBSTANTIAL and
good novelty.
TOMATO PICKLEs-One peck Of green tOma-
toes, six peppers, four onions, sprinkle one cup
OF salt through them and allow them to stand
one night. In the morning pour off the water.
them, and one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful
OF cloves, one tablespoonful each of allspice,
cinnamon and horseradish, until quite soft.
Pack in stone Jars.
To RENDER RANCID LARD PERFECTLY
SwEEr.-Chloride of soda will render rancid
lard perfectly sweet. Put three ounces of
chloride Of soda into pailful of hot water, and
then put in the lard and boil the two together
for an hour or two. When nearly cold the lard
Is taken OFT and afterward boiled up. The color
Is restored to an alabaster white, and the lard
Will be as sweet as q rose in June.
A NEW WAY TO MAKE AN APPLE PUDDING
is to make batter of -four, sweet milk, and
one egg, with baking powder, in proper proper
tton. Pare and core six tart apples, stew them
IN very little water until they are quite soft;
then peat the apples into the batter This is to be
baked In buttered earthen pie plate; 1t should
be a deep plate. This is to be eaten with cream
and sugar, or if cream is an impossibility, use
butter instead.
OBSTINATE FRUIT Sandstone fruit stains
white clothing refuse to yield to the usual treat
ment of pouring boiling water through them.
THESE may be removed by dipping the goods in
water to which has been added chloride of lime
In the proportion OF one tablespoonful of the
chloride to- each quart of water. If the stains
are very deep, let the article remain in the
water fifteen or twenty minutes, then hang in
the sun without wringing.
ONE OF THE Mosr APPETIZlNG WAYS to
warm over cold fowls, particularly ducks or
fowls with brownish meat, is to cut them into
pieces and let them simmer in gravy. Take a
part of head of red cabbage, cut it in the thin
nest and smallest pieces you can without chop
ping it, wash it and drain it, and fry it in fat
(this may be part butter and part dripping, or
s ara WITH ms salt and
with vinegar, and lay the pieces of fowl upon it.
To Stop NosE-BLEED-The Scientific Anseri-
can gives the following novel plan: The best
remedy for bleeding at the nose, as given by
DIR. Gleason in one OF his lectures, is in the Wig
orOus motion OF the jaws as If in the act of
chewing. In the case of child wad of paper
should be placed in it's mouth, and the child
motion Of the jaws that stops the flow of blood
This remedy Is SO very simple that many will
feel inclined to laugh at it, but it has never
been known to fail in single instance, even in
very severe cases.
Picked VEGETABLE MARRow.-Choose
small young marrOws, wash them, cut q section
out lengthwlse, remove the seeds and inner
pulp, and place the marrows in strong salt and
on a sieve. and wipe with cloth; fill the inside
with whole pepper, mustard seed and bruised
ginger: replace the sections which were cut out,
thread. Put them into a Jar. Boil vinegar
pepper, mace and bruised ginger till you have
strong, good favored pickle; pour over the
the vinegar should be reboiled and again poured
over the marrow.
MIXED PICKLEs.-Take all kinds of vegeta-
bles-such as caulifowers, radish-pods, French
beans, capsicums, gherkins-put all into an
earthen pan, cover them with salt, and let
them remain twenty-four hours. then drain
them and dry them on q cloth, put them in q
jar with some thick slices of cucumber; pour
the following mixture over them: To one gallon
OF vinegar put ounces bruised ginger, 2
ounces whole black pepper, ounces whole all
and y pound bay-salt boil these ingredients
together for half an hour; before pouring it
over the vegetables mix dessertspoonfu1 of
turmeric and one of mustard in basin with
cold vinegar, then mix with the hot vinegar
and pour over the vegetables.
A WALL POCKET FOR FERNS OR ORCHID
GROWING is made Of two palm leaf fans, in
their native color. Do not paint or glue on rib.
the stick together. with fine copper wire or zinc
wire, passed In and out This will nearly join
the but will Leave space from the handle
them as far as it will 60, or about half way
down. The tin will hold little moss, or wood
Whatever you Would put the SrcSid i in. t6 be-
fans are hung in a tolerably shady place the
ferns should live for q long time, quite as long
as the fans hold out. The best way of water
ing an arrangement OF this kind is to take
1t out OF the room once or twice q week.
hang 1t In convenient place, and then
water 1t with g. fine rose on the spout Of the
watering pot 1t will soon cease dripping, and
may then be put back in its place. The con-
trast between the yellow framework of the fans
and the fresh green growth above and dropping
over it is very good indeed.
UNIQUE PRESERvES.-Gather young cucum-
bers a little longer than your middle finger, and
lay in strong brine one week. Wash them and
soak them one day and night in fair water,
kettle with vine leaves, lay in the cucumbers
with little alum scattered among them; fiji
up with clear water, cover with vine leaves
then with a close lid, and green as for pickles
Do not let them boil. When well greened drop
in ice water. When perfectly cool wipe, and
with a small knife slit down one side; dig out
the seeds. stuff with q mixture of chopped
fine thread. Weigh them and make q
strip, allowing pound Of sugar for every one
of cucumbers, with pint Of water. Heat to q
lively boil, skim and drop in the fruit Simmer
half an hour, take out spread upon q dish in
the sun while you boil down the strip, with q
few slices of ginger root added. When thick
put in the cucumbers again, simmer five min
cold. An odd and also q singular delicious
sweetmeat.
A FREEZING MIXTURE.-FOr the benefit of
housekeepers who are not within reach OF
as much ice as they desire for making desserts,
directions are given for mixture which is easy
to use, and II, when the two powders have been
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