Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-24

| oLATE PCDDING-HoME REMEDIES FOR CON.
| MON MALADIEs-MArTERs OF INTEREST IN
! THE HOUSEHOLD.
To BRIGHTEN CARPET-The best way 70
/ brighten carpet is to put q hall tumbler of
spirits of turpentine in a basin OF water and dip
I or twice.
! TOMATO ToAsr.-Pare, slice and cook green
tomatoes until quite tender add sweet cream:
season with pepper, salt and butter; have the
bread, deiicateiy toasted, placed in dish, and
over.
TOMATOES AND EGGS-Try this dish for
breakfast or luncheon: Peel tomatoes and cook
them In butter, seasoning well. Have equal
nunoer OF pieces of bread larger than the toma-
-, ana put the Tried tomatoes on them: then
piace a hard boiled egg ON each tomato and
serve very not.
BAKED CUCUMBERs-Pare the cucum bers,
onop them fine with small onion, put them on
Win very little water, and stew for ten min
uteS; prepare rich dressing for poultry, of
bread crumbs with herbs and yelk of egg: pour
Oh All the water from the cucumbers; add the
SSaessins ana one tablespoonful OF butter, and
bake In q deep dish.
SMOKED BEEF WITH SAUCE.-Cut the beef as
thin as possible and pour boiling water over 1t;
let IL stand for a few minutes and then drain
Oh the water. Put the beet in frying-pan, on
.he BACK OF the range, and let it dry a ittle
linen adu piece o. butter and dre.ige q little
Hour over IT, and stir until the -four ia well
mixed and smooth; add little cream and
serve hot.
TOMATO SALAD.-Peel ripe tomatoes with a
sharp knife. slice crosswise, lay in q salad bowl
and season on the table with salt, n little sugar,
pepper, oil and vinegar. Keep the tomatoes on
Ice until actually served. They cannot be too
cold. Never loosen the skins by pouring boil
ing water on them, and refrain as scrupulOusly
from serv ing them with the skins
WAFFLES FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH.-Pass
one pint of warm soft boiled rice through a
sieve and add to it a small teaspoOnlul of salt
one tablespoonful of flour silted with two tea.
spoonfuls OF baking powder. Beat the whites of
infee eggs 10 "a stif roth. Beat the yekS OF the
three eggs as light as possible and mix with
three Siiis of milk; stir the mixture into the rice
anu hour ana add AN ounce oi melted butter.
ADD the frothed whites; mix all thoroughly to-
gether and pour into the watfle-irOn. baking u
delicate brown. The Waffie-irOn should he
heated, well creased and filled two-thirus tuli
with the mixture.
THIS CHOCOLATE PUDDING is a favorite with
children and is equally we'll liked bv those of
larger growth: Half u cake of chocolate broken
in one quart of milk and put on the range until
1t reaches boiling point; remove the mixture
from the fire, strain, and then return To the
range; add lour tablespOOniuls oi cornstarch
mixed with the yeiks of three eggs and one cup
and "a half of sugar; stir constantly until thick
remove from the fire and flavor with vanilla:
pour the mixture in a baking dish: beat the
whites Oi three eggs to a stiff IrOth ami add a
little sugar, cover the top OF the pudding with
the merlneue and set i'll the oven until a light
GREEN PEA SoUP.-Two quarts of liquor in
which corned beef mutton has been boiled:
Two quarts OF green peas; bunch of sweet herbs,
Including snaiioL or young onion; one even
tablespoonful of prepared flour rubbed up with
one Oh butter; pepper To taste: dish OF fried
bread: boil, skim ami strain the LIQUOR and re-
turn TO the fire with the pea pods. cook them
twenty minutes, strain them out and put III
peas and onion. Cook until the peas are soft
ana Droken; rub ali through cOlanuer back
into the pot; stir In the Toured butter; season,
OOil Two minutes and pour upon the Iried bread
In the tureen. The advantage vi using flour i'll
this recipe Is to prevent separation OF the pea
pulp aud the liquor.
HEALTH SUGGESTIONS.-Half a teaspOOnful
of common salt dissolved in a little cold water
and drank will instantly relieve "heartburn'
or dyspepsia. Dr. Vigorous recommends a
glass VI bot lemonade, every hour naif hour,
Jas an easy, agreeable and efficient treatment
ior ditrrnaa. Never wash the feet in warm
water except just before retiring. Cold water
with little ammonia or salt dropped in is
nuch pie;tSanter and more healthIul. Coarse
Drown paper soaked IN vinegar and placed OH
the iOreiieid Is good Tor sick headache. Ii
tue eyeiIus are gently bathed iii cool water the
pain III the head Is generally anayed.
PEACH PLEA peach pie made in a deep
dish is a rich and delightful dish to be eaten
| warm at this season. 1t is best made OF Craw-
ford peaches. Cover a deep pie p!ate with a
pastry not too rich, and set in moderate oven
and let dry 50 that it will not he >Oggy. Let it
cool when dried anu Till with cut-up peaches
Take half u dozen soft peaches, peel lake out
the pits, and place in a thin muslin cloth.
Wash out the juice and pulp with a wooden
spoon. Pour on this half cupful OF boiling
water. Sweeten and thicken with q teaspoon
iul oi cornstarch Sweeten the peaches in the pie
with plenty OF powdered sugar. Pour over the
thlckened juice aud cover with rich thin
crust, having several SiasheS in the center to
let out the steam. With the inger press a ut
ter around the edge OF the pie, making a little
hole occasionally SO that The juice will not run
over Bake In quick oven. When done sifl
powdered sugar over the crust and serve with
pitcher of CREAM.