Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-01-21

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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water makes a refreshing drink for sick
persons.
Brooms dipped for a minute or two
in boiling suds once q week will hast
much longer than they otherwise
would.
A neat, clean, fresh aired, sweet and
well managed house, exercises q moral
q well as a physical influence over its
inmates.
One can have the hands in soap suds
without injury to the skin, if the hands
are dipped in vinegar or lemon juice
Immediately after.
Mix contains all that is required by
the body, and the best proportions OF
mineral matters, is less irritating than
other foods and better digested.
When food is to be fried have tho pan
verg hot before the fat is put in and
have the fat hot before beginningto fry,
then the minimum amount of fat will be
absorbed.
Mold can be prevented from forming
on fruit jellies BY pouring a little para
Hin over the top, and that, when cool,
will harden to n solid cake, which can
be easily removed when desired.
Salt s~prinkled on any substs nee burn
ing on the stove will stop the smoke AMI
smell. SAT- thrown upon Goals blazing
from the fat of broiled chops or ham
will cause the blaze TO subside.
Finger marks may be removed from
vanished furniture by the use of a
little sweet oil upon a soft rag. Patient
rubbing with chloroform viii remove
paint from black silk or any other ma
terial.
Put all pieces OF bread that are left
each day in a pan and dry them in a
moderate oven. They may be beaten
fine in Il mortar and put away in jars
for breading or pudding. They are
useful for sitting over CREASED cake
pans to prevent the cake from adher-
ing.
Sour Milk Pudding-One pint sour
milk, one-haIf pint of molasses, n tea
spoonful Of soda, n teaspoonful of
cinnamon, n cup of CHOPPED ~raisins,
a little salt and flour enough TO make a
thin batter. Boil in a tin mold two
hours.
Baked Sweet Potatoes-Selcct those
OF uniform size, wash, wipe and lay in a
baking pan. Set in a good oven and
bake until the largest gives" when
pinched. Turn several times while
baking, that the lower sides may not
burn. Wrap in Il napkin and serve on
a hot dish.
If you wish to prevent the unpleasant
odor that arises from boiling cabbage
tie up a piece of stale bread in Il muslin
cloth and boil with the cabbage. A
piece of stale bread on the end Of a
knife with which you are cutting onions
will prevent the juice from affecting the
eyes ~unpleasantly,
Cheap Sponge Cake--Ono egg beaten
lightly, two-thirds cup of sugar, e
half cup of milk, one-balf teaspoonful of
cream of tartar, one and one-half cups
Of flour, nutmeg and a little salt. This
is a very nice recipe for tea cake, or
will make three layers of Washington
pie.
Baked Indian Pudding-Boil a quart
of milk, stir in three gllls of Indian
meal and beat until smooth. add, while
still boiling, q half pint Of molasses, and
let all cool. Butter a deep earthen
dish, sprinkle over it a quarter of a
pound of chopped suet and a table,
spoonful of salt, mix in the pudding a
tablespoonful of ground ginger, bake
three hours.
POtatoe Puf-Very few people except
those of German birth or ancestry know
the merit of potatoe puff. Peel one
quart of large potatoes. Crate them
and drain all the water from them. Mix
the drained potatoe well with six grated
onions, one and a half tablespoonfuls OF
-four, six eggs and salt to taste. When
thoroughly mixed fry in cakes of any
desired size a nice brown in hot drip
ping.
Ginger Snaps-One cup sugar, one
cup molassas, one cup butter, one table
spoon ginger, one teaspoon soda dis
solved in a little water, and as much
-four as can be stirred in. Pinch OF
pieces as large as a good-sized marble.
roll in the hands, fiatten slightly and
place in the tin leaving room for them
to spread. Bake in a moderate oven
and watch closely, as they burn easily.
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snap.
Jellied Chicken-Boil a chicken until
the meat slips easily from the bones,
reducing the water TO about one pint in
the boiling. Pick Off the meat in good
sized pieces, taking out all the fat and
bones. Skim the fat from the liquor,
add a little butter, pepper and salt to
taste, and add one-half an ounce Of gel
atine. When this dissolves pour it hot
over the chicken. The liquor should be
seasoned highly, as the chicken absorbs
much of the flavor.
Rabbit Stew-All rabbits, after they
are skinned, cleaned and CT in
pieces, should lie in salt and water for
an hour before cooking. Chop up a
half pound Of ham, put II in a frying
pan with two sliced onions or a Glove OF
mashed garlic and a bay leaf, some salt
and pepper and let the rabbit cook
twenty minutes over a quick fire; then
add some milk and hot water and sim
mer until tender; thicken with -four,
smoothed into gravy.