Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-03-10
HOUSEHOLD.

HOUSEHOLD.
LIGHT CREAM PAsTE.-One cup
sweet cream-part new milk will do
one and one-half cup sifted white flour,
two-thirds teaspoonful soda, finely pull.
verized, one and one-half teaspoonful
cream of tartar. Keep the cream in
the ice-chest, if you have one. and the
flour in the coolest place possible, till
the moment they are wanted. When
ready mix the Graham and white flour
together, and take out little to use in
rolling the paste. Then stir in the
soda, well pulverized with the knife,
and also the cream of tartar; sift two
or three times; blend thoroughly the
powder and the flour. This done, wet
with the cold cream; stirring lightly
and quickly together, and iCittout knead-
ing; YOU may mix with a spoon, if
you like. though the fingers are
better; have the dough rather
stiff. AS soon as the paste will
hold together roll it out. If baking
powder IS used, take two heaping tea
spoonfulS to the above quantity of flour,
or you may mix with sour cream and
leave out the cream of tartar; If you do
this, stir in the pulyerized soda, and
sift several times before mixing.
To WASH LACE WITHOUT NAPKINs.
Fold it smoothly-four-fold or more
lay it on marble washstand or table,
with the hand or soft sponge rub in
clear, tep.d water, pressing it smoothly
to the marble; then rub on ivory, or
any other good white soap. With the
wet hand smoothly rub it INTO lather.
Take round stick of convenient length
Ia piece OF an unpainted broom-handle
is the bestl, hold the end of the lace on
it and roll 1t over the lace. which 1t
will take up as it rolls. II the lace be
very fine and delicate, cover it on the
roller with piece of soft thin muslin
or linen, and roll it on the marble back
and forth till the lather is pressed out
of it. DIP IN clear water, unroll on
The marble and repeat the soaping and
rolling until the lather pressed out IS
clean, Then rinse under the faucet,
unroll and spread smoothly on a moss
towel and dry in the sunshine. 1t will
reed no ironing, if very yellow or stained
lay 1t in the sun on the towel before
rinsing. Afterwards roll on the stick
10 rinse it and spread it again to dry.
ROLLED apple dumplings are novelty
and are delicious: Peel and chop fine
some tart apples: make rich crust as
for biscuit. roll it half an inch thick,
spread it thickly with the apple,
sprinkle fine powdered sugar and pow
GeIed cinnamon over 1t, then cut
II III strips two inches wide; roll 1t
up just as you do jelly roll, put a
little lump of butter on each roll
after it is put in the tin or dripping pan /.
little juice will drain from the apples
if they are good ones; keep this to put
into the sauce; flavor this with brandy
o. wine if you like 1t, otherwise make
plain sour pudding sauce.
y DELICATE dish for dessert Is made
OF thick sweet cream with one ounce OF
gelatine dissolved and mixed with it.
Stir in any fruit you choose, bnt do not
put the juice in. Save that for the
pudding sauce or to favor Jelly with.
Sweeten to your taste, add 4 glass Of
sweet wine. Pour into q mould, and
let It become cold and hard before SER
wing. When this is served at the table
pass powdered sugar in a glass sitter so
that each one may dust little over 1t.
BATS are said to have such a dislike
to potash, that if it is powdered and scat
tered around their haunts they will
leave them. A piece Of rag well soaked
in strong solution Of cayenne IS a
capital thing to put into rat or mice
holes, as they will not attempt to eat it.
A plug of wood covered with a piece of
flannel so prepared may be used to I'LL
up the holes. Cockroaches and ants
have a similar dislike to cayenne, and
little strewed about the cellar will
keep il clear of them.
Boston PLUM PUDDING.-One loaf
of bakers bread, cut in thin slices and
buttered; butter the pan well; put q
layer of bread and of raisins, a little
cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar; then-a
layer of buttered bread, and continue
until the pan is full; put milk enough
around it to soak it over night; cover it
with plate to keep it down; before
putting it in the oven, beat from three
TO seven eggs, according to size OF pud-
ding; milk enough to have it moist, but
not to have it run In the oven.
WELSH cookies are made of two cups
# sugar, one cup of butter, and two
thirds of cup of sweet milk with one
teaspocnfCl OF bi-carbonate of soda dis
solved IN it. Beat two eggs quite light
and add them, mix two teaspoonfuls Of
cream of tartar with quart of flour,
mix this in, then add more flour, If
needed, to form a smooth dough which
can be easily rolled. Flayor with Gin
namon, cut in fancy shapes, and bake
in a quick oven.
GINGER candy, which may be given
to children with colds, is made by boil
ing one pound of clarified sugar with a
very little water until it is brittle; when
cool stir in one teaspoonful OF powdered
ginger. Or beat the white of an egg
very light and add this to the sugar
with twenty drops of Jamaica ginger.
Pour upon buttered plates and mark be-
fore 1t is too stiff in the form of blocks;
when cold You have to chip them apart
with cold, sharp knife.
DUCHESSE POTATOES. - Usually
served with fish on the same plate. They
are little cakes of mashed potatoes.
Take four steamed potatoes and mash
them with an ounce of butter, the yolk
of egg and salt. Spread on pie-plate,
brush over with the yolk of an egg
mixed with spoonful of milk, cut in
pieces of any shape, take up the pieces
with . knlfe-point, place them on a
creased baking-pan and bake a nice
color on top.
II is extremely difficult to induce a
servant always to hang up broom
when it Is not in use, but the house
keeper will be repaid for the extra care
of looking after this herself by the
added length of time that the broom
will wear. Standing on the handle
serves almost as well, the object in both
cases being to prevent the straws from