The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-20
HELPS IN HOUSEKEEPING.

IT 70 . mistake, ahirms culinary author
ny, to cook corn as much ~ most persons
90. Long boiling does not make it tender,
but hardens It like an egg overlooked.
SCIENTIFIC authority claims that It is q
mistake to clean brass with acid, as it soon
becomes dull after such treatment Sweet
oil and putty powder followed by soap and
water is recommended as one OF the best
mediums for Frightening brass or copper.
KIDNEYS ON ToAsr.-Scald the kidneys,
divide them partially, lay them on plate
with lump of butter, pepper, salt and q
squeeze of lemon JUICE; place them before
the fire. basting them frequently with the
butter; when done, serve each kidney on
half slice Of toast. -.
FRESH boiled salmon, cold, IL an inviting
dish for hot summers dinner. Take care
In boiling to keep tho fish whole. Put it on
the ice when done, to cool It will take an
hour or two to be not only cold but firm.
Servo with it Mayonnaise dressing with q
good deal Of lemon juice in it.
One Of the prottiest climbers is the cy-
press vine. Its dark green, feathcry foliage
ind bright star-shaped flowers arc most
beautiful and graceful. 1t is easily cult
waited, and blooms Q, long time. It requires
q rich soil, and supports to Irvine around,
but well rcpays the care bestowed upon it.
CHEEsE FRITTERs.-Grate three ounces of
cheese into a basin, mix with it about one
and o-half ounces of fine bread crumbs,
pepper, salt and three well-beaten eggs
drop the mixture from tablespoon in
small cakes into some boiling butter, and
fry a light brown on both sides; serve very
hot.
For extracting the juice Of meat to make
Q broth or soup, soft water, unsalted and
cold at first, is tho best, for it much more
readily penctrates tho tissue; but for boil
Ing where the juices should be retained
hard water or soft water sailed is prefer.
ehle, and the meat should be put in while
the water is boiling, so as to seal up the
pores at once.
ONE housewife suggests that, after scald.
ing, peeling and cutting into pieces tomar
toes for canning, they should be thrown on
Q sieve coarse enough to let seeds pass
through and pressed with the hand. This
gets rid OF some of the water in the fruit,
and also Of many bitter and uDsightly
seeds. There is still water enough in them
when heated, and the flavor is improved
AN excellent and easily prepared salad
can be made of one cucumber and six small
tomatoes cut in the thinnest of Slices Pee
the cucumber and let it lie in sailed ice
water for half an hour. Do not peel the
tomatoes, but slice them alternately witt
the cucumber, and cover with a dressing
made Of tablespoonful of vinegar and two
OF olive oil, with a little salt and pepper.
GONE dose of tea in the twenty-fou,
hours is quito sufficient" says Londo1
exchange, land many people who are a,
present troubled with headaches and many
of the so-called nervous diseases, would bt
far better if they never drank tea at all
Especially should all avoid that very grea
mistake known as high tea. Tea and mea,
should never be taken together, at least a.
forming the principal meal. The tannin
an important constituent of the tea, pre-
vents the digestion OF the meat"
It has been discovered In France thai
glass bottles in which wine is kept affcct
its quality. Peligot, a chemist, says thai
the changes which wine kept long in bottles
undergo is due to the action of the ingre
dents used in the preparation of the glass
An undue admixturo of lime and magnesia
which are often substituted for soda anc
potash, beng cheaper, acts injuriously upor
the wine. In those bottles in which the
wine actually improves, the proportion Of
lime is found not to exceed eighteen O,
twenty nor cent