Connecticut western news., 1886-01-27
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Household RecineS and Hints,

Household Recipes and Hints.
 The flavor and crispness of celery are increased by soaking the stems in ice water for short time before the stalks are placed on the table.
 A cheap paint for floor can be made with five pounds of French ochre and a quarter of pound of glue, dissolved in two quarts of boiling hot water; then apply enough boiled linseed oil to make the paint flow easily from the brush Any man can paint kitchen floor, and save the women work by so doing.
 Prof. Wagner publishes analyses in support of his conclusion that steamed potatoes are far more nutritious than boiled ones. In the process of boiling, the vegetables give up considerable DOT tions of nutritious salts, while they also take up more water than when steamed, and become proportionately weaker
 Time to roast. The time required for roasting turkey ten pounds weight, stuffed, is three hours; over ten pounds, four hours; under ten pounds, not less in a half hour or less, goose takes one and threefourths hours, or more, accord ing to size, young duck nearly an hour.
 To make apple jelly. cut the apples in small pieces without pairing and stew till soft, using more water than for apple sauce. Strain through hair sieve, then through jelly bag twice. To pint of juice put three-fourths of a pound of sugar-one pound to pint makes it too sweet-and boil until the right thickness is obtained. The addition of lemons makes it much nicer.
 The following is the composition of a securing ball which is useful for many purposes: Dissolve some good white soap in alcohol, and mix with it the yolks of four or five eggs; add gradually little spirits of turpcntinc and sufficient fullcr's earth to make the mixture into balls. To remove a stain on clothing wet the spot with soft water, rub it with a ball of the above composition, then rub the cloth and wash out
 Pipc-clay, otherwise called Delaware clay, and water mixed together into a paste, and spread over dingy boards will make them quite white if left to dry and stand for little time. Another way is to take five parts of Potter's clay to one part each to pearlash and soft soap, mix as a paste with boiling water, lay it on the boards quite hot, leave it to dry over night, and then SCOUT it off with soap and sand in the morning.
 A young goose not more than four months old is nice cooked in this way |: After dressing and singeing it carefully sprinkle pepper and salt and a little sage in the inside; put lump of butter in also to moisten it; then put it into pan and then into the oven: haste it ire qucntly with water in which you have put some butter and pepper and salt and little bacon fat. Serve with a nice brown gravy and with gooscbcrry jam or apple Cover the platter with thin slices of buttc, cd toast moistencd with the drippings in the pan; then lay the goose upon it.
 Roasted cheese is excellent for the cheese course in a dinner, and is also a good dish for either luncheon or supper. It is made of half dozen slices of bread, quarter of pound of cheese, two tablcspoonfuls of butter, the yolks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of dry mustard, i one-ffth of a teaspoonful of cayenne, and half tcaspoonful of salt. Break the cheese into bits. Put it into the mortar with the other ingredients (save the brcad), and pound all to smooth paste. Toast the bread, and after spreading it with the mixture, lay it in a pan and put into hot oven for four minutes. Serve at once.