The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

very ACID as well as sweet
A remedy for hiccough for young and old is
graduated sugar moistened with pure vinegar
For an infant give from few grains 20 tea
spoonful.
To stone raisins easily, pour boiling water
over them, letting them stand moment to
soften, then pour it off. The stones may then
be easily pinched out at the stem end by giving
an extra twist to the fruit
Here is bit of cooking school wisdom: In
opening an oven door, always hold the head back
till the first blast of heat has escaped, for it is al
most enough to put ones eyes out, and may be
likely to injure them seriously.
The best remedy for bleeding at the nose, as
given by Dr. Gleason at one of his lectures, is in
the vigorous motion Of the jaws as if in the act
of chewing. In case OF child wad of paper
should be inserted and the child directed to
chew it hard. 1t is the motion of the jaws that
stops the flow of blood.
The various drops" peppermint, raspberry,
hoarhound and lemon, are made by using pure
loaf sugar, with just little water to dissolve;
boiling till it hardens in water, then adding
peppermint essence, raspberry juice syrup;
hoarhound extract, or lemon juice, boiling a
little longer and dropping on plates to cool.
Always use confectioners' sugar in making
candy or icing. 1t may become hard and lumpy
by keeping. but pestle and mortar, or rolling
pin and pastry board will reduce it to its pristine
| state of fine powder. It is impossible to make
candy without this sugar, so do not waste time
and patience upon powdered or graduated
sugar.
A tablespoonful of fine bran in bread and
milk, night and morning, is said TO be good
method of combating constipation in children,
and it is very useful in conveying to the child
silica and phosphates. The bran may be allowed
to soak in the milk, and then, when warmed up
to little below boiling point it should be poured
on the bread.
Button-bags are made of two small ribbon
bags, sometimes called Siamese-twin bags, be-
cause Of their equality in size and close attach
ment. The bags are joined at the side, and may
than ribbon and velvet alone furnishes, and one
long ribbon is run through the castings of both,
SO they can be drawn up together.
Professor Crudelli claims that lemon juice is
as good cure for malaria as quinine. One
lemon, peel and all, should be cut up, put in
three tumbers of water, boiled down to one
glassful, strained, and put to cool. When cool
the liquid is to be drunk all at once, and the
practice TO be repeated daily or every other day
according to circumstances Of location or consti-
tuition.
To make chicken salad: Take boiled chicken
and chop moderately fine; bunch of celery
chopped into pieces the size of twenty fve-cent
piece For dressing, take the yoks of two hard
boiled eggs; sprinkle lightly with salt; two tea.
spoonfuls of mustard (inixed) as You turn this
over pour in q winegassful of salad oil, after
ward half wineglass of vinegar. Pour this
over the celery and chicken.
A good recipe for cookies is one large cup of
sugar, one scant cup of butter, two beaten eggs.
four tablespoonful Of milk. one half teaspoonful
of salt. nutmeg and cinnamon each half tea
spoonful; nearly three cups of prepared -four,
enough to enable you to roll it into soft dough.
Rub butter and sugar together, beat in the
whipped eggs, the spices, salt, milk, and stir in
the flour. Roll into thin sheet and cut into
shapes with a cake-cutter. Bake in quick
oven.
Recipe for dressing for cold slaw: Put three
tablespoonful of vinegar in sauce pan with a
little salt and pepper; beat two eggs very light
and mix with tablespoonful of sifted -four, a
teaspoonful of butter. ateaspoonful of sugar and
half a teaspoonful of ground mustard Set the
vinegar on the stove, and when it boils stir in
the mixture, adding half cup of milk. Cook
for two minutes, stirring constantly, Pour the
sauce over the shred cabbage and let it become
cold before serving.
To scallop tomatoes, strain most of the LIQUOR
from a can Of tomatoes, butter bake dish,
spread a layer of tomatoes in the bottom, season
with bits of butter, salt, pepper, sugar, and a
few shreds OF onion. Cover this layer with fine
bread crumbs, put over it another of tomatoes
and seasoning, and so on, until the dish is full.
The top should be stratum of seasoned crumbs.
Set in the oven, covered, and bake, removing the
lid ten minutes before taking it out that it may
be Drowned deicately.
Tobacco pouches made of triangular pieces
of chamois leather with some design appropriate
to their use in outline on each The pieces are
Joined together, and the seams are covered with
half-inch ribbon, which is fastened at the edges
with fancy stitches. The mouth of the bag is
bound with broad satin ribbon of the same shade
as that on the seams, with casing for the draw
ing strings. If is clever in drawing, de-
signs may be made with the pen and colored
inks. The bottom of the pouch is finished with
gilt sequins and stars
Toilet bottles, instead of being covered with
painted or embroidered satin ribbons, as for
inerly, are gilded or bronzed with the gold paint
that is sold for decorative purposes. bow of
inch wide satin ribbon is tied about the neck,
and the cut-glass stopper is very properly left
undecorated. Some bottles have band of very
coarse stiff cotton lace sewed tightly around the
lower half after a coat of gliding is applied The
whole bottle, lace and all, Is then gilded and the
result is very pretty, the bottle looking as if set
in little metal stand. 1t would probably be
even better if the lace were painted red bronze
and the uncovered part of the bottle gilded.
Cream dates are made in this way: Put the
white of an egg into q bowl, and add an equal
quantity of cold water. Mix with this enough
confectioners' sugar until it is stiff enough to
mold Remove the seeds from the dates with
sharp knife. and fill the opening with the cream,
which is formed in the shape of the seed, only
larger, of course, that it fills the cavity; then
set away for the cream to cry The cream may
be favored to taste. For nut candy make the
cream as directed for cream dates only before
mixing all the sugar add finely chopped almonds.
walnuts and hickory nuts; then mix in the rest
of the sugar until it is thick enough; then form
into balls or bars.
Try chicken croquettes, made thus: Take a
good sized chicken and one pound of lean veal
Cook meat and chicken together. Save the
liquor; hash up the chicken and meat finely to-
gether; season with milk. pepper, salt parsley
and half a tablespoonful of grated onion. Take
loaf Of bread, stale. rub the bread into
crumbs until you have equal quantities of
crumbs and meat Place over the fire as much
of the liquor as will moisten well the crumbs,
into which stir the milk and butter the size of
an egg. When it boils stir in the crumbs until
they stick to the spoon. Add meat and, when
cold, two well-beaten eggs Form into rolls
with your hands, roll them in crumbs, and fry
in hot lard like doughnuts
Orange marmalade made after the following
directions is delicious: To one pound of crushed
sugar allow one pound of oranges, with the