Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-12
H~OUSEKEEPERS' HELP.

A GOOD IDEA.-Cold sliced potatoes fry
and taste better by sprinklinga tablespoon
full of flour over them while frying.
To CURE A FELON.-To cure q felon
take COMMON soft soap and stir III alrslack-
ed lime until it is of the consistency OF
GLACIERS putty; insert the finger therein,
and the cure is certain.
COoKIEs.-Sonr cream cookies are made
of one cup of sour cream, II cup of sugar,
two eggs, II teaspoOntul mot heapIng) OF
soda, u little salt, and flour enough to make
a soft dough; flavor with cinnamon.
PUFF PUDDING.-Beat six eggs, add six
~spoonfuls of milk Ind six of flour, butter
some cup pour III the batter and bake the
puddings quickly; then turn them out, and
eat them with butter, sugar and nutmeg.
Potato OMELETTE.-Grate three mealy
boiled potatoes, beat three eggs, and mix
these with three tablespoontuls of milk.
Add salt, white pepper, and any herb to
flavor. Mince three ounces OF ham or ba-
con in small dice, fry these i'll the pan; add
a piece of butter, put in the mixed pota-
toes and eggs, stir all until; set; then
leave it to brown. Fold over and serve.
BREAKFAST MUFFINs.-DisSolve half Il
cake of Royal or compressed yeast in a pint
of warm water, then add one pint of milk
the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff
lroth and enough sitted flour to form a Stiff
batter. Let the mixture rise over night,
and bake in muffin rings set on the grlddlc,
which has been well buttered. No salt is
used. If they are not all eaten they may
be toasted next day.
DEvILED CRABS OR FIsH.-Takc cooked
crabs, Holsters or fish, and flick it very fine;
make Il mayonaisc salad dressing with
plenty of mustard and vinegar and cayenne
pepper, and mix with fish; also a pinch of
thyme, and very fine chapped onion, and
season with Worcestershire sauce; fill your
shells or crab shells with the fish; then put
cracker or bread crumbs on top, with small
pieces of butter, and bake it i'll Il hot oven;
if the fish is at all dry, pour on some milk
before baking.
To CLEAN WINDowS.-To clean win
dows, wash with luke-warm water, rub
with any clean, dry cloth to take off the
first dampness, then finish with a piece Of
chamOis. A large one can be purchased for
fifty cents, aud it will last a lifetime and
save. so much hard work. When soiled,
wash in soau suds, rinse well and dry, then
rub it in the hands to make it soft. For
silver it is unequaled. Also wiring st in
tepid water, and use it to rub of the i'm
ger marks on the piano, then rub with a
dry one.
LEMON SAUCE.-The juice of a large
lemon, one tablespoonful of cOrn-ilOur, al
ounce of butter, a wineglass full of sherry,
and u gill of water. Mix the corn-four
smoothly with water; add the sugar, LEM
on Juice and butter. Beat the yOlkS of
three eggs and mix them gradually with
the rest. Let il come to just within boil
ing point. If it bOils it will curdle, and
the sauce be spOilt. Pour it over the pud-
ding Just before serving. If the plum
pudding is considered the king of buildings
certainly this pudding has 4 claim to the
title of queen.
CREAM OF CORN SOUP.-One can of
honey drip corn, one and one-half pints
boiling water, one pint hot milk, three
t~ableSpoonfuls butter, n heaping table
spoonful flour, pepper, salt, and the yOlks
of two eggs. Put the corn into the boiling
water. When the corn is thoroughly
heated rub through a sieve to reduce to
q pulp. Season and let.simmer while you
melt the butter in 4 saucepan, stir the
-four into it and then thicken the soup
with it. Heat the milk, pour on the beat
Ell yOlks of the eggs, cook one minute,
pour into the tureen through n sieve, sea-
son with salt and pepper, and stir the soup
into it.
A Book OF RECIPES.-A correspondent
writes: What is the best way of keeping
recipes so that one does not have to hunt
through masses of newspaper clippings?'
4 blank book bound in stiff boards of
muslin, and divided into sections, is the
best and most convenient form. An index
is written thus: Soup" sauce" fish"
meat" vegetables, " game, " desert"
cakes bread" vegetables" sun
dries" These main divisions may be
subdivided as desired. Allot a certain
number of pages to each main division,
giving the proper heading in the body of
the book. As each recipe is tried, copy
it neatly into the book, under its proper
heading. The printed recipe could be
pasted in the book, but ii does not look so
well as fair writing. Index eacl, reciepe
under its proper heading in the general
index, and there will be no trouble in
finding it. Under ''sundries," write any
practical suggestions with regard to house
hold matters. Such q book is of the
greatest assistance to a housekeeper, for il
IN snnoincf form bar ocfDa1 axnar