Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-08-19
, DUST, in which the white
are packed that come to our


groce stores, is recommended for
drainage in flower potaas retaining
more uniform moisture. and lessening
the weight of the pots.
MOORISH fretwork makes an effective !
finish for shelves over door frames.
These frames are excellent receptacles
for the odd pieces of pottery or por-
celain that would be 'ilost 10 sight " in |
the recesses of some china closet.
A WAY for treating solid kitchen
walls: Dissolve a lump of extract of
logwood the size Of q grain OF corn in
hot water and put in -four or five
quarts of lime that is ready to use.
One application will beas good as two
without the logwood.
TRY this Austrian method Of cooking
calf's liver: Remove the skin from the
liver and cut it in pieces as thick as
your finger and lay them in milk for
several hours. Then take them out of
the milk and sprinkle them with flour;
dip them in beaten egg and cover them
with -four with which you have mixed
little salt. Fry them in hot drippings
and serve garnished with minced par
sley.
THESE cakes are good with afternoon
tea: Mix forfifteen minutes four eggs
with half a pound of sugar., half
grated nutmeg and as much powdered
cloves as will lie on the tip of q dinner
knife. Then add half .apound of dry
and sifted flour, and mix thoroughly;
have creased or waxed tin drop
tablespoonful of the dough at intervals
upon it, and bake a pale brown in a
moderate oven.
Ii THE lettuce is not, delicate enough
for salad, cut it in pieces and boil it
soft in water slightly salted; when
cooked, drain every drop of water from
the leaves. Put some flour in pan
with some butter on the fire, and let
it cook until it is yellow; turn the
lettuce in it and let 1t boil once or twice.
Pour some stock over the lettuce; let
it boil once again, and, Just before
serving, pour in a little cream. little
nutmeg is sometimes liked.
LITTLE work-bags of blue and white
or pink and white ticking are made in
the shape of an envelope eight inches
long by six wide. The colored stripes
have a line of golden silk in stem stitch.
The white stripes have colored silk
briar, herring bone and others Of the
various fancy stitches through the CEN
tire. The lining is Of silk, and bow of
| ribbon forms the fastening. Bags in
this shape Of larger size:nx&T be mar
in the same sway or sf embfcids
cred, as well as Of canvas, worked with
silk.
AN excellent curry may be made of
the lean part of the flank in cubes an
inch large. Mince half an onion and
fry it in one ounce Of butter, Of, oil, if
preferred, stirring constantly When
brown, add the pieces of beef and cook
for twenty minutes to prevent burning.
Then pour on half a pint of gravy or
stock, or even hot water, with salt to
taste and two teaspooasful of curry
! powder. Simmer for one hour and
serve in ring of rice. Some persons
add the juice of an orange and very
little apple sauce, say teaspoonful
with the curry. Any cold meat may be
made into a curry by the foregoing
recipe, except that is only necessary to
simmer the cooked meat for five OF
six minutes.
| Cur the pumpkins in half, put
in a dripping pan, skin side UP (aftel
seeds are removed, in slow oven
bake until all that is edible can be
easily scraped from the rind with a
spoon; if it is as brown as nicely
baked bread all the better. mash finely
and to one quart add one-o,larter pound
of butter while hot; when cool sweetep
to taste; one pint of milk or cream IA
cream be used three eggs are sufficient
il milk four eggs will be better) beat
them separately, stir in yolks, two
tablespoonful of ginger, one of nut
meg, add the whites Of the eggs. stirring
but little after they are added to Tho
mixture; bake in a quick oven. Thi,
for old-fashioned pumpkin pie.
CoLoRED hose that stain the fee
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clear water, let them stand until cool
rub them out by hand, and put int,