St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

When potatoes are to 60 in stews
or chowders they should be first sliced,
soaked and scalded.
"A mixture of honey, lemon juice
and eau de cologne is favored toilet
accessory for whitening the hands
when discolored by wind, work or sun.
Mix the ingredients well, q wineglass-
full of each, and keep closely corked
in a jar. The mixture may be applied
night or day.
Mixed Sandwiches. Chop scraps OF
cold ham, tongue and fowl, mix with
one part of meat half cup of melted
butter, one tablespoonful of salad oil,
one of mustard, the powdered yelks OF
two hard-boiled eggs and q little pep
per. Spread between slices of thin
buttered bread.
Fish Chowder. Take any large
fish and cut it in thin slices, lay some
slices of fat bacon at the bottom of the
pot, and then layer of fish, onions,
cracker dust, red and black pepper,
salt and butter; then more layers until
all the fish shall have been used. Gov
er the whole with water, and cook I'M
til we'll done.
For sizing to make paper stick to
walls add eight ounces of dissolved glue
to a pailful of hot water. Put the siz-
ing on with whitewash brush, taking
care that it goes over every part of the
wall and that top and bottom are
especially we'll sized. When this pre-
paration has partly dried hang the pa
per with paste in the usual way.
Confectionery Cake-Take one of
three parts of dough, flavor with lemon;
divide into three parts, bake two OF
these parts in separate layers and to
the remaining third add half cup mo-
lasses, one cup of chopped raisins, one
teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful
lemon, one teaspoonful ground cloves,
one cup flour; bake in layer. Put
these layers together with frosting, the
fruit cake in the center. Frost the
top.
-Decanters ought never to be
washed with shot, as it scratches the
glass. Salt and vinegar or potato par
ings are very effectual in thoroughly
cleaning decanters. 1t should be put
in with warm water and we'll shaken,
and in either case the decanter must be
carefully rinsed. 1t should then be
stood up to drain till dry. 1t is great
to polish glasses, decant-
ers, ETC., with soft leather kept for
the purpose before putting them on the
table.
The best broom is of light green
color, which indicates that the material |
is of the best flexibility and toughness.
The cheap broom-corn is of sickly |
yellow or lemon color. Manufacture
ers who use only the green splints as
sert that the manufacturers of the yell
ow splints give them green bath,
and that the coloring matter has paris
green in it, so that when the housewife
axes splint to try her cake she may
De putting a deadly poison in it. The
nen who make this dye, however, say
haI III Is d harmless vegetable COM
Housekeeping.
Baked Eggs.-These are also call
ID shirred eggs. Melt in the dish half
teaspoonful of butter for each egg,
nd break the eggs carefully into the
fish so as to keep the yelks whole.
Place in very moderately heated
ven until the whites are set Serve
n the same dish. A great variety of
avors can be given to baked eggs.
'wo drops of onion juice and a pinch
f chopped parsley will change the
avor of an egg. A teaspoonful of
hoped ham and grated cheese may
e sprinkled over the eggs before the
ish is set in the oven.