Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-04
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

NICE GINGER waters are made Of one
cup Of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup
of mOlasses, half a cup OF cold coffee left
from breakfast. two even teaspOnfuls Of
soda, one tablespoonful Of ginger, and
flour enough to make a stiff dough; knead
1t hard and roll very thin, and bake in a
quick oven.
A GOOD currant-cake is made Of one
cup Of butter, two cups OF sugar, halt a
cup of sweet milk, four eggs, three cups
of flour, halt a pound Of currants care
fully washed; after they have drained,
sift -four over and through them; uee half
a grated nutmeg for ilavoring. This is
nice baked in small tins or in gem pans.
GELATINE frosting is recommended by a
cook, who says she has never failed to be
successful in making it. Soak one tea
spoonful Of gelatine in a tablespoonful of
cold water till it is soft; it Will take about
half an hour to accomplish this; then dis
solve it in two t3blespoOnfuls OF hot
water; stir in while still warm one cup of
pulverized sugar; keep on stirring until
the frostng is perfectly smooth. This is
a quantity sufficient for the top OF large
cake.
WHEN you are cooking fish do not leave
it lying in the pot in which it was fried
after it is done; it VIII absorb the fat, and
the delicate flavor will be destroyed. Be
sure that it is done, and then remove it at
once to a platter. People who say that
they cannot eat fish on account of its oily,
indigestible qualities do not know that
in most cases it is not the fish that is
to be blamed for this, but the careless
cook who allows it to spoil after it is
cooked.
VERY pretty shades for dining rooms,
sitting-rooms, or bedrooms are made of
Ify1af N friy1
which seems Indispensable now on every
curtain consists, first, OF fringe on the
bottom about two inches or more wide; it
is made by raveling the linen itself; just
above the fringe stitch fold in which to
put the curtain-stick, and then above this
work pretty designs in outlines. A sim
pie and yet effective way is to work
straight lines across the end OF the shade,
then bar them off and in the corners
work little fan-shaped figures. The bars
may be longer than is needed TO make the
squares, and sorelieye any stiffness in the
design.
TARLATAN is much better to embroider
on than paper, even than the thinnest
kind; tarlatan can be drawn out thread
at a time, and 80 there is less danger of
disturbing the embroidery. The design
may be transferred TO the tarlatan BY
means Of impression paper. Have the de-
sign neatly and carefully drawn on trac-
ing paper, then put the impression paper
between this and the tarlatan. then go
over every line and dot with sharp PEN
Gil. In this way you save the expense of
stamping, and the cost Of the paper is
trifling. II you are able to make original
designs, you can use them to good advan-
stage. This method is especially applI-
cable to embroidery on plush, velvet, or
satin.
THE exercise Of little ingenuity will
often help one 10 accomplish wonders
See what can be done in one way; cards
for birthdays and other holidays can be
arranged as handsomely as many very
costly ones, by selecting two which are
of exactly the same size and whose de-
signs 60 we'll together. Fringe some silk
or ribbon to any depth you choose, and
paste neatly to the edge OF one OF the
cards. When it is dry, so you see that it
is all evenly pasted down, paste the other
card to it. Ii YOU wish 10 add a small
cord and two tassels, they are easilymade
from few skeins OF embroidery silk. To
secure the fringed ribbon to the card, use
paste made OF Jumps Of gum arabic dis
solved IN Just as little water as It IS posi-
bic to use. IL should be four or I'VE times
thicker than ordinary mucllage.