The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
If camphor is applied to burn Il
will take out the fire almost immedi-
ately.
Put meat into hot oven to roast. J.
II the meat and oven get hot together
the meat will be tough and the gravy
gray. - 2 q
TO whiten the hands melt half an
ounce of camphor gum. half an ounce
OF glyccrine and one pound of mutton
tallow. and apply every night
For hard pudding sauce rub to-
gether two ounces of butter. four
ounces of sugar and the juice of half
lemon until thoroughly mixed, and
keep cold until wanted for use.
Use the SCOT from the stove pipes
and chimneys. 1t is excellent for flow
ers and young plants. Mix it with
water. about peck of SCOT to barrel
of water. and apply with a watering
pot
The flavor of nearly all kinds Of
fish is improved by removing the skin
from them before they are cooked. The
skin has disagreeable flavor. as does
the fat that is between the skin and the
flesh.
Fried Chicken.-Cut up the chicken
and salt and dip in flour; have a drip
ping pan with plenty of boiling lard
into which lay the chicken; put in
well-heated oven; fry brown on both
sides
Soak quart of stale bread in cold
water five minutes, pour off as much
water as will escape without squeezing.
and put the bread in a buttered baking
dish. Pare and slice quart of apples,
lay them ON the bread. add sugar and
spice to taste. and bake the pudding in
a moderate oven.
Spider Shortcake: Two parts rich
buttermilk. one part sour cream; pearl
ash to foam. salt to taste, and -four to
make a stiff batter; roll out into inch
thick, round cakes, the size of fry
pan. crease the top with straight lines.
and bake in spiders tipped against sup
ports on the hearth before the fire.
When a room is to have new
paper, the old ought to be removed
first A boiler of hot water set in a
room. and the doors closed for while.
will cause the paper to loosen. SO that
it may be taken off without difficulty.
The woodwork may then be cleaned
easily, while the dirt is softened by the
steam.
For corns put small quantity of
strong vinegar in a tea cup and
crumble some bread into it; let it stand
half an hour, then put little on a
strip of cloth and bind around the toe.
with the poultice over the corn; it can
be taken out the next morning. but il
the corn is an obstinate one it will re-
quire two or three applications to effect
q cure.
Game fritters: Pick out all the
meat from the carcasses OF one or more
baked birds and mince it very fine; put
into saucepan with butter, pepper,
salt and nutmeg to taste. stir for mo-
ment over the fire. remove and add the
yelk of an egg and little lemon-juice.
Spread on a buttered plate to cool; di-
vide into small portions and wrap each
in slice of bacon. Dip in batter and
fry.
-Macaroni: Break small; cover with
boiling water. with handful of salt.
and boil about twenty minutes. To a
pound of macaroni you want cupful
of grated cheese, tablespoonful or
more of dry mustard, mixed thin with
milk or water. and a couple of spoon
fuls of butter. When the macaroni is
tender, after draining off any superflu-
ous water. put it by spoonfuls into your
pan or pudding-dish. adding the mus
tard, cheese and milk so as to have all
thoroughly mixed; reserve cheese
enough to sprinkle layer on top; it
will do to spread the butter on top. for
it will melt and run down through the
whole mass. Bake in quick oven I'M
tin brown.