Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Coffee Custard- One pint strong
coffee. one pint milk. boiled together.
SIX eggs beaten with a cup and half oi
sugar. bake in moderately hot oven,
but do not boil.
Mutton kidncys-Thcsc make a good
breakfast dish. if sliced thin and brOilcd
quickly on wire gridiron; they are cN-
ira nice if sliced, run on spit. AMI then
broiled on II wire gridiron. which should
b, buttercd
Covers for small tea trays are scallop-
eel around the edges and then button
holed with scarlet, brown or blue, with
little figures in the center. or corners
are worked in the same color that is
chosen for the border
Cheese Omelct-Bcat mp three eggs
and add 10 them tablespoonful of
milk and tablespoonful of grated
cheese; add little more cheese before
folding; turn it ont on q hot dish. CRATE
a little cheese over il before serving.
IHe cook.
To Keep Cheese Fresh When pur-
chased i'm small quantities keep what j,
not cut for the table rolled in "a damp
cloth i'm a wooden or tim box: YOU must
protect the box inside with a coating of
hardware paper that the damp cloth
may not rust IT.
sponge faded plush garments with
chloroform. II Restores the col
or II also takes a good deal of
chloroform unless the bottle j.,
very quickly reStopped and you apply
it quickly. For thi, reason cheaper
article than the chloroform used for in
halatiOn can bc used. and j. said 10 bee
~ effective.
Flannel Cakes One tracupful boiled
rice. flour Ia make Il pancake battcr.two
eggs. one quart Of milk. three teaspoon
ful> baking powder; mix in the same
manner ~ rice waillc,. and fry ON Il
,oap,tone griddlc. which requires no
grea,ing and makes very light and
Wholesome CafcrT
Bccf,tcak Toast Chop cold becf,teak
very fine add small piece of butter. a
little pepper and salt and little gravy
if al hand If not, add for one pint OF
chopped meat. one tcacup Of water:
heat meat until hot. then place spoon
ful or two upon pieces OF toast which
have been soaked and well buttered. 49,
The cook.
said to be a good furniture polish:
One ounce of white wax. one ounce of
yellow wax. one-half ounce of white
soap and one pint of boiling water.
Melt altogether in a saucepan over the
fire and pour into bottle Apply il by
rubbing little on Il small space with
cloth Of amy kind: rub with second
cloth and polish with third.
White Pound Cake-Onc cup fine
white sugar and half cup of butter;
beat both TO Il cream. add the whites of
two eggs, then beat ten minutes; one
teaspoon cream tartar, half teaspoon
soda, half a cup sweet milk. one and a
half cups Hour, one teaspoon lemon cN-
tract; beat all together fifteen minutes.
Bake one hour in Il moderate oven.
Baked Hash Take amy kind of cold
meat and chop it not very fine. TO one
pint OF the chopped meat add onc-half
a. much cold mashed potatoes. two
tableSpoonfuls of bread crumbs, the
same quantity of butter. Moi-ten all
with a half cup of water: season with
salt and pepper and bake half an hour
Do not use too deep dish to bake it in.
Dried grasses may b. made beautiful
by dipping them in analinc dyes Of yari-
Gus colOrs. The frost touched golden
rod may have it, pristine color restored,
and the rush grass may have great
beauty 10y being dipped in blue, green.
crimson and many other colored >olu-
tons of these brilliant dyes. The hobs
of the Sumac will have its hues deepen
ed and set by being immersed in a bath
of copperaS water
A pretty wall-splasher j. made of
white canvass. embroidered i'm silk
crewel in two shades are fringcd and
fastened 10 the wall by four bows of
light and dark ribbon 10 match the
work silk, placed one at each corner
Toilet mats are made TO match. \ very
pretty set is of deep gray crash. worked
in seawced design. which borders the
table cover and ends of ornamental
towels, but appears in the center of
toilet mats. and covers nearly the whole
of the spla,her
Hominy cakes Boil two teacupful>
of small hominy until il is soft enough
TO mash with a spoon: add an equal
quantity of corn meal. with one table
spoonful of butter (mcltcd i'm and a
teaSpoonfuls of salt. Beat three eggs
light, add them, with milk enough to
make n batter Just thin enough To pour:
beat all together until it j, very light,
and bake either in small grldde cakes
or as watlies. When eggs can not be
procured use more milk instead, and
half teacupful of yeast. setting the
batter 10 rise three or four hours before
il is TO be baked. - Cotcrer.
\ very effective ornamentation for Il
small sofa i made 10y taking Il strip of
satin plush. or of velvet. about five
inches wide. and nearly the length of
the sofa itself; on this embroider a vine
in some distinct and quite open work
! pattern. When this is done put a mar
row strip of similar material. but of a
different color. around it as a plain
border. Line it with stiff cloth, and
apply it To- the sofa with unseen and i'm
, movable pins. 1t should not be placed
in the center of the seat, but be drawn
forward so that it is just above the puff
or band of plush which finishes the
sofa cushion
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