St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-04
USEFUL AND SUGGES TIVE.

Flannel that has grown yellow i,y
repeated washing, will Written conSid-
erably if left out of doors on Il cold
night.
MANY hang their night clothes in
the closet during the day. This should
bc avoided unless they have had a
thorough airing before being hung. II
the closet does not admit Of q window,
the door should be left open for IA few
hours every day to admit pure air.
Scotch Short Bread. 1.-Two pounds
flour, one pound butter, one-fourth
pound sugar; roll the sugar and mix i'll
the dry flour, boil the butter and stir
it in the flour and sugar. When mixed
let it stand two hours before baking;
prick it well and put on caEaway COM
fits and citron.
Sage Pudding: Boil five tablespoon
fuls of sago, we'll picked and washed
in one quart Of milk till quite soft, with
stick of cinnamon; stir iii one teacup
OF butter and two of white sugar; when
cold add six eggs we'll beaten and nut
meg to taste. Mix all well together
and bake in a butter dish thrce-qllar-
tiers of an hour
Yorkshire Pudding: 1t should he
served as soon as it is done. Mix six
tablespoonfuls of flour with one quart
OF milk and three well-beaten eggs.
seasoning with a little salt. Pour i'll a
shallow pan creased with beef drip
pings and bake for one hour. Cut into
slices and put the pieces into the pan
with the beef for fifteen minutes; serve
in the dish with the beef
All meat bones can be saved in
crock while it is cold, and nice soup
stock made of them by letting the
crock sit on the back of the stove.
When it has simmered all day, pour
off; when cold, remove the fat on top.
and beneath will be found thick.
jelly-like substance. This can be used
for soup by diluting with water, or put
into hashes or thinned for gravy.
"A willow chair or rocker that has
grown dark may be made beautiful by
painting in white and gold. upholster-
ing the seat and arms in myrtle green
plush, running myrtle green satin rib
bon through the space around or across |
the back, and fastening at the right
hand corner in u square bow. TIE
back may have Il round or square cush-
ion of the same shade of plush. or
need not have any.
"A candy pull is one of the most ap-
proved methods of spending an even
ing. Mrs. Shillaber gives this recipe |
for making: Molasses. two cups; one
cup of sugar, butter the size of wal
nut, salPratus one teaspoonful. Grease |
the kettle before putting IN the mo-
lasses. Add the saleratus just before
it is taken from the fire, also a little
vinegar if desired Try in a little cold
water to see if cooked enough. Turn
out on buttered platter or marble
slab. Then divide up and pull until
white, or until the arms are tired.
-Plum-pu'lding should not be rele-
gated to the holiday season only. tits
as economical as most desserts. 1t
takes little longer to make than some,
but when once made it will provide
dessert for several dinners, with i'll
tervals of two or three days between,
and the last bit will be quite as good
as the first. When it is desirable to
keep it for any length of time before
warming up, it should be placed in
q closely covered stone jar, to prevent
It from drying too much After the
first boiling, the heating over should
be done by steaming or in the oven; to
put the pudding in water after it has
once been taken out will spoil it
Harper's Bazar.