The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-08-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A pretty summer quilt may be made
by white lace curtain lined with deli
cate blue or old gold sateen.
A beautiful quilt for present to a
baby may be made of nuns yelling
lined with white sateen, with rosebuds
embroidered on the turned over cor
ners.
Furniture coverings are changing
this year. Plush, which has held the
public for several years, is giving way
to silk tapestries and brocades.
Buffalo horns, besides adorning walls
and surlnounting doors and cabinets,
compose back and sides of settees, hall
seats and single large chairs.
Bows on chairs and macrame valan-
ces have had their day, and the parlors
of the people are beginning to show
more simplicity. 1t is amazing, though,
how desire for simplicity results in
making some homes one knows of bare
and unhomelike.
Cold, underdone mutton or veal will
pass for very good outlets, if the slices
are cut off neatly, not too large, and
dipped in eggs and bread-crulnbs be-
fore being heated through in frying
pan, with hot melted butter, and lightly
Drowned.
A coffee tinted curtain with the lace
pattern outlined with a running of
coarse silk or split filoselle may be
made very Oriental in effect if worked
in variety of colors. This is a good
way, too, of using up the odds and
ends of wool and silk and cotton which
accumulate in the work basket.
For graham waters, take two thirds
graham and one-third white fine flour.
Rub in saltspoonful of salt, one
third of small cupful of butter, and
a tablespoonful of brown sugar. Mix
with fresh spring water enough to
make stiff doug gh, which should be
rolled out thin and baked quickly.
Lemon Jelly-One quart water, four
heaping tablespoons cornstarch, one
cup sugar, three or four lemons. Dis
solve the starch and sugar in the lemon,
pour in the water. Boil several min
utes, stirring constantly. This may be
nodded, and the white of an egg beat
en- with two tablespoons of sugar spread
over the top.
Leg of mutton should be hung in a
cool, dry place several days before
cooking. Then from the upper part
cut fillet for braising, three outlets.
which should be broiled and eaten with
tomato sauce, leaving the muckle end
to be stewed with rice. This makes
three excellent dinners for family of
four or five persons.
Raisin Pie-Grate the yellow from
one lemon, discard all the white rind and
seeds; chop remainder of lemon, and
one cup stoned raisins. Add to these a
little salt, piece of butter size of walnut,
one-half cup molasses, one cup brown
sugar, two cups water. Boil all to-
gether five minutes, then thicken with
five tablespoonfuls -four. Bake between
two crusts. This makes two medium
sized pies.
If you have cold fish. divide it in
pieces, add few oysters or not; cover
the bottom of buttered baking dish
with buttered crackers, put in your
fish, add your oysters, if you have
them, and their liquor, otherwise q
little gravy or a few spoonfuls of stock
and a spoonful of catsup, cover with a
layer of cracker crumbs, beneath which
have been placed few bits of butter
and seasoning.
A Friteau of Chicken Cut into
pieces two tender young chickens and
put them into marinade of oil, lemon
juice. chopped parsley and onion,
pepper and salt. Let them stand for
two hours, then take them out and
wipe them dry, dip them in milk, flour
them we'll and fry them in hot fat until
nicely Drowned. Then drain them
well, dish on a napkin, garnish with
fried parsley and serve with tomato
Cheap Cream Puffs-One-haif cup
butter, one cup cold water boiled
together, add one c1p flour, simmer
short time. When partly cool add
three eggs, one at a time without beat
ing. Drop on a pan dessert spoonful.
bake thoroughly in very, very hot
oven. When cool fill them with cream
made of two cups of milk, one cup
sugar. two eggs, two small tablespoons
flour, flavor to taste.
Birds Nest Pudding-Pare and
quarter tart apples, set them around
in dish, put in little water. and
stew them. For crust, take One-half
cup buttermilk, one-half cup cream,
one-half teaspoon soda, salt, flour to
make as stiff as soft cake, and spread
over the top of the apples. Bake, then
turn bottom side upwards in deep
dish, put on butter, sugar, and plenty
of cream (milk will answer, but is not
so rich), and set into oven to warm.