Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-27
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sEAsoSABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL Housn-
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PANTRY AND KITCHEN.
wAsHlxe TIE FACE In watermelon juice 10
said TO remove tan. sunburn and freckles.
In Ri GRANGE fishbone lodges in the throat
raw egg Immediately swallowed viii usually
| detach it.
A TrAsrooyruL or AMMONIA in the water in
keeping il bright
TREAT TIRED OR INYLAxKD EYES with bath
| OF warm water 1--WE parts and witchhazel one
part three times Q day.
/ WHILE ZKPHYR ARTICLES, IL but slightly
| soiled- are readily cleansed by rubbing with
dry -four and hanging out Of doors on clear,
breezy day.
As A DRrssrSa FOR LADIES SHOES glycerine
renders the leather soft and pliable without
| soiling garments which come an contact.
WRITER in the st. Louis Medical and Sur
gical Journal says per cent solution OF sui
phase Of copper applied TO the skin and al
I SwSi 70 dry on will cure prickly heat in few
says. 1t should be used night and morning.
TOMATO ONELEr.-Three eggs, one cup -four
(scant), one tablespoon fine herbs, salt and
cayenne pepper, one tablespoon sugar, juice of
TWO large tomatoes and one cup warm milk.
| BAKE with meat as above or alone in q buttered
| pan.
CHEMISTS SAY That IT TAXES more than
twice as much sugar 10 sweeten preserves,
sauce, DC, il put in when they begin TO cook
as 1t does to sweeten after the fruit is cooked.
Salt should not be added to oatmeal until il has
boiled at least ten minutes
| To KILL CocKRoAoHEs AND wArEHBUas the
following may be used: Boil an ounce of poke
root in one pint of water until the strength is
exacted; mix the decoction with moiasses and
| spread ii in plates on the kitchen and laundry
noors and IN the closets or anywhere where the
vermin may trouble you.
The EATING OF LARGE QUANTITIES Of potatoes
has been tried as a means of relief from foreign
bodies that have been accidentally swallowed.
| The whole intestinal canal is thus dilated pro-
poruonately, and the foreign body is carried
| through. Prof Billroth and DIR. Salzer affirm
that many surgical operations might be avoided
IN TINS way, such articles as q twenty-gramme
weight set of artificial teeth and a needle
having been successfully removed.
CUCUMBER SALAD.-Peel and slice very thin
two medium-sized cucumbers, place them in
deep dish, and sprinkle with two tablespoon
fuls salt; set on the ice or in a cool place two
hours, drain on an inverted sieve and put in
salad bowl; dress them with four tablespoon
fuls OF OIL, the juice of lemon, grated onion,
pinch each Of sugar and white pepper; mix
these ingredients and pour over the salad; stir
all well together and serve.
WATER LILIES MAY BE GROWN in any garden
to perfection. You must first secure a few tubs
that will not leak and will hold half barrel;
plant them IN the ground nearly or quite TO
the top. Place In the tub six inches of SOIL or
any good garden sod, plant IN this large piece
OF lily root, then I'LL up with the water. Keep
the tub tull as 1t eyaporates and you have moth
ing more TO do. When a tub is crowded with
roots divide, but they blossom best with the
/ tubs well filed
loU MAY HAVE NICE GLASS of soda water at
home any hot evening. Thus, put into a cool
glass four or five tablespoons of fruit Jelly
opium or cherry is very nice), then dissolve
twenty grains of tartaric acid in q half glass of
coo! water and mix it into the glass OF Jelly
Next dissolve twenty-five grains of common
soda IN half glass of cool water and pour into
the glass containing the other ingredients and
over 1t will come effervescing as lively as you
could wish.
GREEN TOMATO PRESERVE is very rich and
looks like preserved fgs. Select those of uni
form size and shape and prick each with
coarse needle three or four times. To eight
POUNDS or the tomatoes add seven of sugar.
| the juice OF four lemons, half an ounce of
ginger and half an ounce of mace Heat ali
| slowly together till the fruit becomes clear
Remove from the kettle with perforated ladle
| and cool without breaking. Boil the strip
| e1oNlg li1lch anu lnen pour over the tOIna-
toes III the jars. Do not cover till cold.
SPIcED WATERMELON RIND.-Take all the
pink and green rind from the white portion.
Cut this white into pieces about two inches
square; cover with a strong brine for two or
three hours. Drain aud cook in clear water
for thirty minutes. Make a strip from one
pound of sugar, half pint of water and gall
| OF vinegar; add one dozen whole cloves a half
ounce of green ginger root sliced. a few pieces
| stick cinnamon and fu0 hau laav hs,,l
| minute, skim and add the rind. Simmer until
tender and put away for immediate use. This
makes a nice dish for lunch, is inexpensive and
quickly done.
CUcUMBERs OR GREEN TOMATO PICKLE
Two dozen large eucumbers, or green tomatoes,
whichever you prefer, sliced and boiled. in
vinegar enough to cover them, one hour. Set
aside In the hot vinegar. To each gallon of
cold vinegar add one pound sugar. one table
spoonful cinnamon, one of vinegar, one of
black pepper and one of celery-seed. One tea
spoonful of mace, allspice and cloves (each)
| one tablespoonful of turmeric, hOrseradish and
garlic (each), one-haf teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper. Put In the cucumbers or tomatoes
and stew two hours. This pickle will be ready
| for use as soon as cold, though it keeps well.
1t makes, too. an excellent pickle 20 mix the
cucumbers and tomatoes, half of each.
STEwED PoTAToEs.-The French call this vav
of cooking potatoes "a la bonnie bouche." II
Is very nice way to cook the small new
potatoes, which are sometimes quite cheap.
when larger ones are too high-priced to pur-
chase. Scrape them; this may be done quickly
by putting them in a pail with cold water,
taking half brick and rubbing them yigor-
ously with a sort of twist of the wrist, then
finish with knife and drop into clean, cold
water. Boil and let them get cold Place a
quart of them in a stewpan with three ounces
of butter and pinch of mixed sweet herbs;
season with salt and pepper and shake for five
minutes over the fire; sprinkle with minced
parsley, squeeze few drops of lemon mice
over them and send to the table.
Chow CHow.-Half peck of green tomatoes.
two large heads of cabbage, fifteen large onions
twenty-five cucumbers, one pint grated horse
radish, one-half pound white mustard seed. one
ounce celery seed, fifteen or twenty small
onions (white(, one-half teacup ground pepper,
turmeric and cinnamon each. Chop the
tomatoes, cabbage, onions and cucumbers in
small pieces and salt them down one night In
the morning drain off the brine and put them
to soak in vinegar and water for two DAYS.
drain of again and mix in the spices. Boil ilt
gallons of vinegar and pounds OF brown sugar
together and pour over them hot. Do this
three mornings successfully. The third time
mix "a pound boxes of mustard with one-half
pint Of pure salad oil and add to it.
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