The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-10-06
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Hints and Recipes.

A little petroleum added to the water
with which waxed or polished floors are
washed improve their looks.
Peaches, cut in thin slices and dropped
into boiled custard before it is served,
make palatable addition.
These Graham puffs are nice for break
fast. Sift together pint and half
of Graham flour, one teaspoonful of salt
and three teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der. Mix with this one pint of milk
and two well-beaten eggs until q smooth
batter is obtained. Fill cold, we'll
creased gem pans half full with the bat
ter, and bake in hot oven for ten min
utes
Sometimes the lamp wick obstinately
refuses to be turned up in an orderly
manner. 1t will seem firmly wedged at
one side while the other runs up in
point, causing wearincss and veXation of
spirit. To overcome this depravity take
new wick, draw out a single thread
near the selvedge and the wick will be
found quite tractable when introduced
into the burner The cogs will take it
up properly and it will appear in good
form and give an even flame when
lighted.
Mrs. II. writes that she has found bran
water excellent for cleaning mating
For an ordinary sized room infuse two
handfuls of bran, put in bag in half a
gallon of boiling water, pressing the bag
80 that all the goodness of the bran will
be in the water. Dilute this water and
wash the mating with wooden or crash
cloth, drying with another cloth imme-
diately. BY repeating this process every
fortnight for a room that is much used
the mating retains its good appearance
and is kept perfectly clean.
Mrs S. F., of Norfolk, Va, sends this
recipe for lemon jelly cake: One cup of
sugar, mixed with butter the size of an
! egg, one cup of milk, one egg well
beaten and flour enough to make rather
stiff, sifted with a heaping teaspoonful
of baking powder aud bake in three Jelly
cake tins. For the Jelly take the Juice
and grated rind of one lemon, one small
cup of sugar, three teaspoonfuls of corn
starch, mixed smoothly with a little
water and one cup of hot water Let all
boil together until thick and spread on
the cakes. This quantity makes two
layers.
A correspondent sends this recipe for
cooking beefsteak: Have the steak cut
very thick, with two ounces of fat to
each pound of lean and set it on dish
that may be sent to table. If liked well
done, set it before a clear hot fire for an
hour and quarter before dinner. Turn
the steak once and turn the dish once, so
that each side of the steak may be turned
to the fire. Before sending it to table
put piece of butter the size of hickory
nut in the middle of it; sprinkle it with
a little pepper and afew drops of any de-
sired sauce. Pour over it pint of but
ton mushrooms that have been cooked
in their own sauce, and serve hot.
This layer cake will be found delicious
Cream four tabespoonfuls of butter with
two cups of sugar; add three full cups of
flour sifted with two heaping teaspoon
! fuls of baking powder, one cup OF milk,
the yolks of four eggs, we'll beaten, and
the four whites whipped to a stiff froth.
Bake in two Jelly cake pans. Mince cup
and half of figs very fine and a third
of cup each of pistachio nuts, wal
nuts, and blanched almonds, adding the
frothed whites of two eggs, little sugar
and enough rose water to moisten all.
MIA llOIOuShly hhu ploSO 40 d ldyOl DC-
tween the two cakes Cover the cake
with thick icing made with white OF
egg, lemon juice and confectioners' or
xxx. sugar.
1t is well to remember that too much
blueing renders clothes yellow after a
time. Inexperienced or careless servants
think the more blueing in the water the
better for the wash; and it is a difficult
matter to convince them that the clothes
will look far better if only small guam
tity be used. AS blueing varies so much
in intensity, experience only can teach
the required quantity. Usually half a
tablespoonful to u tub of water is suffi-
cient. 1t should always be diluted before
it is put in the tub; as, if not thoroughly
mixed before the clothes are put in, un-
slightly streaks will be-the result. If the
clothes are soaked over night one table
spoonful of pure water ammonia in each
tub of water will materially lessen the
labor of washing York. CONNER
ciaL.