Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-09-22
HELPS IN HOUSEKEEPING,

IT IS mistake, affirms culinary author
ity, TO cook corn as much as most persons
do. Long boiling does not make it tender,
but hardens it ike an egg overlooked.
SCIENTIFIC authority claims that it is
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 ToAsT.-Scald the kidneys,
divide them partially, lay them on a plate
with lump of butter, pepper, salt ana a
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, is an inviting
dish for a hot summers dinner Take care
in boiling to keep the 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.
Serve with it Mayonnaise dressing with
good deal of lemon juice in it.
ONE of the prettiest climbers is the cy-
press vine. Its dark green, feathery foliage
and bright star-shaped flowers are most
beautiful and graceful. 1t is easily cult
waited, and blooms long time. 1t requires
rich soil, and supports to Irvine around,
but well repays the care bestowed upon it..
CHEESE FR1TTERs.-Grate three ounces of
cheese into a basin, mix with it about one
and a-half ounces of fine bread crumbs,
pepper, salt. and three well-beaten eggs i;
drop the mixture from a tablespoon in;
small cakes into some boiling butter, and
fry light brown on both sides; serve very
hot. ~
For extracting the juice of meat to make,
a broth or SOUP soft water, unsalted and
cold at first, is the best, for it much more
readily penetrates the tissue; but for boil
ing where the juices should be retained
hard water or soft water sailed is prefer
able, 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 toma-
toes for canning, they should be thrown on
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 unsightly
seeds. There is still water enough in them
when heated, and the favor is improved.
AN excellent and easily-prepared salad
can be made of one cucumber and six small
tomatoes cut in the thinnest OF slices. Peel
the cucumber and let it lie in sailed ice
water for half an hour. Do not peel the
tomatoes, but slice them alternately with
the cucumber, and cover with a dressing
made of a tablespoonful of vinegar and two
Of olive oil, with a little salt and pepper.
ONE dose of tea in the twenty-four
hours is quite sufficient" says London
exchange, and many people who are at
present troubled with headaches and many
of the so-called nervous diseases, would be
far better if they never drank tea at all.
Especially should all AVOID that very great
mistake known as high tea. Tea and meat
should never be taken together, at least as
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 that
glass bottles in which wine is kept affect
its quality. Peligot, a chemist, says that
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 admixture of lime and magnesia,
which are often substituted for soda and
potash, beng cheaper, acts injuriously upon
the wine. In those bottles in which the
wine actually improves, the proportion of
lime is found not to exceed eighteen or
twenty Der cent.