The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Items which VIII Prove or Interest TO
the Omea FOIks-

tens which viii Prove OF Interest TO
the WOmea Folks.
Roasted almonds are growing in favor
1t dinner parties as a substitute for
olives.
Clean tea OF coffee cups with securing
brick. 1t makes them look as good as
new.
Apples keep best in a temperature as
near to the freezing point IS possible I
without actually freezing.
Strong brine may be used TO adyan-
tage in washing bedsteads. Hot alum
water is also recommended for this pur-
pose.
If dat-irons are rough and smoky, lay
a little fine salt on a fat surface and rub
them well. It viii smooth them and
prevent sticking.
If you happen to have wood ashes the
kitchen garden is a good place to apply
it as a top-dressing. If leached for
making soft soap it is still valuable.
For sleeve protectors, cut off the foot
of worn-out stockings, turn down hem,
run in a rubber cord top and bottom,
and you have nice pair of sleeve pro
tectOrs.
When YOU have spilled anything on
the stove, OF milk has boiled over and
suffocating smoke escapes, sprinkle the
SPOT with a quantity of salt this will
stop it.
Southern pudding: Three eggs bea-
ten separately. two cups of white sugar,
one cup of sweet cream, one cup of but.
ter, two or three tabIespoonfuls of -four.
Flavor with lemon and bake in crust.
| Will make three puddings.
| Mixture of rain water, cologne aud
| glycerine should be kept by those who
are troubled with roughness Of the skin.
! Apply to the face and hands after wash
ing. Bean water is also good for rough
skin. Put handful IN bag and dip
it in warm water and wash in it.
Mock tmince pie Nine small butter
crackers, two cups of cider OF one cuI
of vinegar and one Of water; half &
pint of molasses, one cup of sugar {
piece of butter the size of a walnut, one
cup of chopped raisins and spice t
taste. Mix all the ingredients together
and set them on the fire until they be
come hot. When quite cold fill thu
pastry-lined pans, cover with tol
crust and bake.
Crisped pork: Soak slices of sal
pork in sour milk and water twelv
hours, or over night. In the mOrnin
wash in clear water. fry until half cook
ed, pour off all the fat, place por
again in frying pan, with three choppe
onions, little pepper and pinch G
sage. fry until well cooked, then tax
from the fry ing-pan, add to what fat
in the pan, one teacup cold water, !
which you have stirred one-half table
spoon Of flour, let boil and serve in
bowl with the salt pork and baked p,
taCoes.
Stuffed eggs: Work four ounces
boiled Ur pOtted ham to a smooth paste
add a pinch of cayenne and a teaspoon
full of anchovy paste. Hard-boi 81
eggs, when cold remove the shells CT
a thin slice off the large end of each
take out the yolks and put them in
mortar with third of their bulk Of t.
ble butter; little salt and nutmeg
add the ham and very little hot soup {
water; heat it gently; press the pas
into the empty whites arrange neat
on a dish, small end upward garnis
literally to hide the lower end, al
serve.
Ground rice pudding: Boil lar
tablespoonful of ground rice in a pint
new milk after first mixing it into
smooth paste with little cold water
milk add for flavoring half teaspoo
full Of cinnamon and little thinlY-par
lemon rind. When cold add quart
Of pound o. sugar creamed up wi
the same quantity of butter, and t.
wer-beaten eggs. Bake with a cTy
around in pie plates.
: Vegetable soup: Put piece of po
that is not too fat and any bones i
from roast beef in a soup kettle with
much water as will be needed for sol
ard set the kettle on the fire. AS so
as the water boils, add potatoes, CARR
celery, an onion and small Savoy cs
bage, all cut in small pieces, and salt
taste. Simmer for two hours and
half; remove the bones and pork a
serve.
BuckIen's Arnfcs SRIye.
THE BEST SALvE in the world for CT