Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-29
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DAINTY HOUSEHOLD apoRNMKNrs - SOME
CHOICE RECTPEs-DEyILED CRABs-sTRAw-
BERRY sHoRrcAKE-How To COOK sPkING
CHICKENs-sxokEc CURE FOR WOUNDS.
A New BELL PULL Tor a bed room is Of plait-
ed straw, lined with saddle girthing or satin
ribbon. This is extremely dainty and fresh
looking.
Boil VERY SMALL New PorAroEs until ten
der; If they are put on in salted water they will
be less likely TO break. Drain them and put
into hot dish, sprinkle with pepper, salt and
a tablespoonful OF very finely minced parsley,
ana add two ounces ofbutter cut in bits set In
hot oven long enough TO melt the butter and
serve.
DEvILED CRABS-Take cooked crabs and
pick the meat up fine: make a mayonaise salad
dressing, with plenty of mustard and vinegar
little nnely chopped onion; season with Wor-
cesterslire sauce, mix with your meat, Ill your
crao shells with ii, cover with cracker or bread
crum os, put bits OF butter over the top and bake
In not oven. Ii the meat seems dry before
baking, put little milk in.
SALAD.-Cut with sharp knife one cucumber
ana haif dozen Tomatoes into the thinnest OF
slices. Cover with q dressing made OF one table
spoonful Of Oil. two OF vinegar and little salt
ana pepper. The cucumber, pared and sliced,
should lie In salted ice water for an hour before
ainner; Inc tomatoes can be pared by dipping
Tor an instant into boiling water when the skin
slicing.
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-Three eggs, one
cupful OF sugar, two of fiour, one tablespoonful
OIL butter, one scant teaspoon ofcream OF tartar,
one small halt teaspoon of soda Beat butter
ana sugar together. Add the eggs, well beaten.
MIN SODA ana cream of tartar with the flour and
RUG TINS through sieve over the mixture.
Bake in four deep tin plates. Mix three piuts
OF strawberries with q half pint OF sugar Spread
layer OF strawberries on one hot cake, lay Sec
ono cake over this and cover the top with the
white OF one egg beaten with q tablespoonful of
choose.
Pop-OvERA-Therea are times, as every young
housekeeper can testify, when, as the tea hour
draws near, 1t occurs to her that there IL not
bread enough in the jar for supper and break
last also. She is dressed for the afternoon and
does not feel like changing again, Or run a risk
ing board, and putting her hands into the bis
cult dough. Ii she will retain this receipt for
'pop-overs," she can easily follow 1t, and have
something nice for tea, with little trouble: One
cupIul OF sweet milk, one egg, bit OF melted
butter, hour enough TO make a still batter, aud
little salt. Have the oven hot, and the gem
pans warm, and the teacakes light and tender.
CHARLOTTE Russian easy way 10 make
Charlotte russo il 10 take about one-fifth of a
package of gelatine and half q cuplul OF cold
milk; place this in a tarina boiler If you have
one, IL not set basin containing ii into pan
or pail OF boiling water; stir until the geatine is
dissolved, pour into a dish, and place where it
Will cool rapidly; then take pint OF perfectly
sweet cream, beat ~ with an egg-beater until II
is light and thick; flavor the cIeam with lemon
or vanilla and sweeten to your taste; when the
kelatine is cold, at least COOL stir it into the
assn 1hs
mold; TO vary the appearance OF the dish you
can split the lady fingers and cover the cream
with them.
SPRING SOUP is especially suitable for this
season. Cut three new carrots, one very small
turnip, Q small onion or half dozen shallots
into small dice or long thin STRIPS shell hand
ful OF green peas, and break hall a dozen flow
rets from head OF caulihower: parboil these
vegetables for five minutes, drain and add
them to quart Of stock. Simmer gently for
half an hour, add a few Of the inner leaves OF
lettuce cut In bits; boil five minutes longer. A
carcass OF roasted chicken, is excellent for this
soup. In fact the larder OF q careful housekeeper
can generally furnish bones and trimmings
enough Ior such q soup, as 1t depends Tor its ex-
cellence more upon the flavor of the vegetables
than the heavy body of the stock.
JOINT AND SKIN Two SPRING CHICKENS; dip
each piece in water, sprinkle with pepper and
salt and roll in -four. Cut quarter of a pound
all the fat is extracted, take them out and lay
in the pieces OF chicken. Turn frequently and
watch carefully to prevent burning. They will
be done In about fifteen minutes. Put in the
center OF hot platter a caulifower that has
been boiled until tender in salted water, and
arrange the chicken neatly around it; pour out
the Fat from the frying-pan IL there is more than
q large spoonful; stir In as much -four and add
slowly cupful Of boiling cream or milk. If the
latter Is used add q generous lump OF butter.
Boil up once and pour over the chicken aud
caulidower.
WORTH TRYIN0.--The smoke from burning
WOODEN rags is said to have cured, among others,
two cases Of extremely dangerous wounds one
in womsn's finger after penetrating IL. The
machine had TO be taken 10 pieces before the
needle could be extracted, and one Of the needle
l.r,xA
double against the bone. Another case was
from the bite OF an angry cat, which tore the
flesh from wrist to elbow. The danger of lock-
jaw and the pain, which in both these cases
was extreme. were entirely removed by hold
Ing the injured finger and arm over the smoke
OF wOolens burned over the Goals. The voucher
for this cure says: LET wooden rags be held
sacred and always at hand" Perhaps 1t might
become Is favOrite remedy for dog-bite as
diately, but the pain Is said TO disappear at
once, and not to return.-Philddelphia Ledger.