Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-26
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sEAsoNABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTICAL HOUSE,
kEEPERs-HINrs FOR THE PANTRY. DINING
ROOM AND KITcHEN-rEsTED RECIPES WORTH
CUTTING OUT AND KEEPING.
CLEANSE THE SISK-SpoUr with copperas
water.
If SAssAFRAs BARK is sprinkled among dried
fruit it will keep out the worms.
I'm CLEANED WITH PAPER will shine better
than when cleaned with flannel.
HAM SHOULD BE BRorLEp VERY QUICKLY,
and just enough to cook through.
YEAST JARS SHOULD BE WASHED IN COLD
| WATER and afterward thoroughly scaided.
OrLcLoTHs will last longer if one or two layers
| OF wadded carpet lining are laid under them
lea LEAVES ARE COOP TO SCATTER OVER CAR
PETS before sweeping, not only to freshen the
coiors. but also to prevent the dust arising
PLENTY OF TOWELS IN THE KITCHEN is a saw
ing, and six good wipers are none too many.
Three each week and the rinsing after meals
| is not needed.
CRANBERRIEs WILL KEEP THROUGH THE WIN
TER In frkin Of water, but to have them quite
fresh the water must be changed several times
during the season.
LAY A PIECE OF THICK CANTON FLANNEL un-
der your tablecloth. Even coarse napery will
| look much better quality with a subcover
than If spread directly over the bare table top
FLOWERS CAN BE KEPT FRESH for some time
| If pinch Of soda or saltpeter is added to the
water. Wited roses will regain their fresh
ness II dipped minute or two in hot water.
| HE ELASTICITY OF CANE CHAIR BorroMs can
be restored by washing the cane with soap and
water until il is well soaked and then drying
thoroughly in the air, after which they will
become as tight and firm as new, if none Of the
canes are broken.
In WASHING TuMBLERs OR GoBLErs that
have been used for milk do not plunge them
into hot water without first rinsing as it drives
| the milk into the glass and cannot be removed.
To CLARITY MoLAssEs. heat over the fire.
pour in one pint Of sweet milk to each gallon
of molasses. The impurities will rise in scum.
which must be taken off before broken by boil
| ing.
! SAVING IN THE KITCHEN tells upon the in
come and makes the bank account heavier. but
there is one saving that exceeds even these, il
is that the wife and mother save herself
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EGas.-One cup of
rice, well washed; one cup of rich milk, one
half cup of sugar, one teaspoonfuI Of salt, raj
| sins if liked; flavor as you like best Put all
together in buttered dish or pan, and bake IN
4
the rice is well cooked. To be eaten warm or
cold with butter or cream; also good with any
plain sauce.
| In MAKING PIEs it is seldom one can guess
| the exact quantity of crust; almost always there
is little over. If this is set away it will prob
ably sour and be thrown out, as it deserves,
but made into a few tarts baked with the fire
that cooks the pies, it isNvell used; besides how
| the childrens eyes SPARKLE for what child does
| not like ''tarts for tea?"
YELKs IN CARAMELs.-Make q thick strip
from one pound Of cut sugar and one pint OF
water, beat slightly the yelks Of ten eggs, add
| to the eggs four tablespoontuls of the strip.
Cook until thick paste, stirring constantly,
| flavor with wine and q little cinnamon, turn
ON to q plate busted with -four. Flour the
hands lightly and roll into small balls about the
strip to the crack, add one tablespoonful OF
| honey. dip the balls in this strip and drop on
waxed paper; when cool wrap in fringed tissue
papers.
PENNSYLVANIA JAM-The article in the
sweetmeat line most dear to the western
Pennsylvania heart Is "butter," as they call
| it, or marmalade as it becomes east of the
mountains. This delicious compound is pre-
pared by the thrifty housewives from almost
| every variety Of fruit. Apple, peach, plum,
| ounce, grape, crab apple, apricot-au con-
tribute in turn their fiavors to the contents of
rows of jars in the well-ordered store rooms Of
| that region, whence they are dispensed with
out stint by the hospitable people to their own
families and to the stranger within their gates.
SWEET PoTATo DULoK.-Take six Of the finest,
whitest, sweet potatoes, peel and slice and
leave in cold water while you prepare q strip
! by boiling one pound Of cut sugar and one pint
| OF water until it will drop heavily from the
spoon. After the sirQp has been cooking
slowly for half an hour put the potatoes on to
mash the potatoes until very smooth, add the
strip little at Q time, beating constantly, al
| lowing no Jumps to form, until it 10 rather
| thicker than batter, put back on the stove,
cooking slowly and stirring carefully until il
looks clear and quite thick; add one teaspoon
| full of orange flower water, cook for q moment
longer. Then drop in spoonfuls ON q plate
that has been busted with sugar and dust sugar
| over them. In Havana they are rolled into
olives and wrapped in tissue paper and sold by
| the confectioners.
II HousEKKKPxRs EVERYWHERE would start
and maintain q crusade against the sale of
undrawn poultry in the markets or by farmers
| IL would work most wholesome hygienic re-
form. II ID vicious practice, an abuse, in fact,
that people have endured a. they have many
| other abuses, because there il no remedy ex-
cept in concerted action or legislation II IL
impossible 10 keep undrawn poultry even few
hours, without the beginning Of putrefsction
from the effects Of the gases from the undi-
gested food in the .'crop" and intestines. The
longer it 10 kept the more Of the poison goes
into the desh, and in the majority Of cases the
| poultry that reaches the kitchen from the mar
ket 10 actually unfit for food. Housekeepers
could we'll AFFORD to pay larger price TO have
the poultry dressed immediately upon being
killed-thsy pay for much weight that il thrown
away, a. it 4, besides having left . mass Of
poisoned Aesh. It ID urged that some people
prefer the favor of undressed poultry, but
! that fact only makes the matter the more
alarming, since II indicates that We are culta-
waiting taste for putxid meat
Mistress TO applicant for cooks position):
ssWhy did you leave your last placer"
Applicant: ''You are very inquisitivs, marin.
didnt AZ yer what for yer last cook lam you
zscas &fsisss.
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