The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-10-20
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Recines and Hints.

Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first and then on the
right side, after which spots may be re.
moved by the use of OK gall or ammonia
and water.
Spots in vanished furniture are often
removed by rubbing them with essence
of peppermint or spirits of camphor, and
afterward using furniture polish or COLI
linseed oil.
Recipe for rice griddle cakes: To one
and half cups Of hot boiled rice add
three eggs and -four and milk enough to
make batter, adding a little salt. Fry
a delicate brown.
Cedar chests are best to keep fannels,
for cloth moths are never found in them.
Red cedar chips are good to keep in
drawers, wardrobeS, closets, trunks, etc.
TO keep out moths.
Milk often turns sour by an acid devol-
oped in the liquid. To prevent il, add
to the milk a small portion of bicarbonate
of soda. This is not at al injurious to the
health, but rather aids digestion. Iany
of the dairies on the Continent adopt this
method.
The cleanest and most polished floors
have no water used on them at all They
are simply rubbed off every morning
with a large flannel cloth, which is
STEPPED in kerosene oil once in two or
three weeks. Shake clean of dust, and
with a rubbing brush or stubby broom
60 rapidly up and down the planlis (not
acrOssl In few rubbings the floor as
sumes polished appearance that is not
easily defaced by dirt or footprints.
Soup of green corn pulp is excellent
Put in a saucepan half pint of finely
cut cabbage, one gill of celery also cut
fine, two potatoes, one small onion and
two small carrots, all sliced. with two
quarts of water, and simmer for an hour
Then add one pint of peeled tomatoes
cut in slices, and boil half an hour longer.
At the end of this time add half pint
of green corn pulp and let all boil up at
once; season to taste and serve. If de-
sired, the soup may be strained.
Fried apples, though a very old-fash-
ioned dish, taste well for breakfast. Lay
some small bits of salt pork on the grid
die, and remove when the griddle Is very
hot, and lay pieces of fair, tart apples,
as large as can be cut, skin uppermost.
on the griddle. They must be laid
singly, ike buckwheat cakes. Cook
moderately fast, turn when brown, and
sprinkle with salt. When softened thor
oughly arrange on dish. They will be
found very palatable. The apples should
not be mellow.
A delicate salad is made Of tomatoes,
not too large, peeled and covered with a
mayonnbise sauce. A member of the
British parliament, renowned for his su.
perb dinners, declared that no daintier
dish could be prepared and seemed quite
astOnished when l told him that in our
richly endowed country it was So fire.
quently served as to be ranked among the
every day dishes. lie had supposed il
to be dish only for especial occasions,
as it was so richly esteemed in London.
In making this salad, however. let the
sauce be thick.
Sorrel may be prepared in this wav as
a vegetable. The large leaves are freed
from the stalks and are Thoroughly washed
in several waters. When ready set them
on the fire in the saucepan filed with cold
water; as soon as they reach boiling
point turn them into cOlander and pour
cold water over them. Drain well and
press the leaves hard with a spoon. Melt
some butter and mix with it little -four,
adding milk or cream, seasoning with
salt and nutmeg and then add the sorrcl
and simmer until done. The sauce must
not be watery. Cover the dish in which
the soTel is served with strips of bread
fried in butter.
An omelette of green corn is relished
for breakfast or luncheon. Take we'll
filed ears of sweet corn and with linen
cloth remove all the silk between the
rows of kernels. Cut the kernels down
the centre, being careful not TO loosen
them from the cob, and then take ont
the pulp by pressing downward with a
knife. To three tablespoon of the
green corn pulp add the we'll beaten
yolks of three eggs and little salt.
Beat the whites Of the eggs to a ST,
frOth and mix with the corn and the
yolks and pour into hot frying pan viii
a little butter; cover Immediately ana
set it where it will cook but not burn.
When set, fold over the omelette and
serve on hot dish Immediately.