Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06
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sEAsoNABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL HOUSE
KEEPERs-EvERY-DAY HINTS FOB THE DINING
ROOM, PANTRY AND KITcHEN-REcIPEs AND
SMALL THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.
| COOP WAY TO CLEAN an iron sink is to rub
well with a cloth wet in kerosene OIL
Cold TEA Is THE BEST THING with which to
clean grained wood. Never use ammonia for
| this work
INDIVIDUAL PLATES FOR VEGETABLES are not
used much now. Only salads are separately
served.
To REMOVE TAR, rub well with clean lard
afterward wash well with soap and water; apply
this to either hands or clothing.
RAW CRANBERRY, cut in two. and half Of it
bound over a corn is recommended as a relief.
AFTER WASHING A WOODEN Bowl dry it at a
distance from the stove, SO that it may not
warp or crack.
A TEAsPooNFUL OF WHEAT CHARCOAL, taken
immediatelytafter meal is an excellent nom
medicinal remedy for heartburn.
| The YoLK OF Eco ALONE is the better for
invaiids, and will be frequently relished when
the white would be rejected.
10 TAKE INK Our OF LINEN dip the ink spot
in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tai
| AZ" oAiu tAC LIN Will COIue OUT OF It..
SILVER SPooS PUT INro GLASS JAR will
temper it so that it can at once be filed with
anything hot, even to the boiling point
WHEN RECIPES CALL FOR CupFuI it means
just half pint this amount in granulated
sugar weighs just half pound.
SALT WILL CURDLE NEW MILK; so in prepar-
ing custards or porridges the salt should not
/ be added until the dish is prepared.
RED-PEPPER POPS or few pieces of char
coal thrown into the pot in which onions, cab
bages, &C., are being boiled will prevent the
unpleasant odor.
Rusty BLACK CASHMERE should be sponged
with equal parts of alcohol and ammonia,
diluted with little warm water. When press.
| ing use piece of alpaca or undressed cambria
next the warm iron.
STARCH PoLIsH.--A piece Of sterine. candle
spermaceti or white wax as large as a fobin's
egg viii give nice gloss. A teaspoonful of
sait to each pint Of starch prevents sticking.
LAVENDER WATER.-Put one pound Of fresh
lavender with one pint of water into a farina
boiler, cover and steep slowly for one hour,
take from the fire, add two quarts of alcohol.
hitter, and bottle for use.
WITH GREEN PEAS, shelled beans, green corn,
asparagus, celery, and spinach. use as little
water as possible, and let it boil away, leaving
Juss ShouSu iuolstuFe, ana mus save all the de-
sirable soluble matter that may have been
drawn off.
For HARD BOILED Eaas, cook them twenty
minutes in water just bubbling. The yelk of
an egg cooked ten minutes in rapidly boiling
water is tough and indigestible; cooked twenty
minutes 1t is dry, mealy and easily digested.
IT Is Coon PLAN to keep q quantity of
sifted flour in the pantry, ready for the making
OF biscuits, cake or pie, SO as to be prepared if
they are wanted in a hurry, as in case of COM
pany coming and remaining to meal
WHENEVER YoUR LITTLE ONES CouaH and
are hoarse, and there are any signs of Group,
stir fourth of teaspoonful of allspice in a
teaspoonful Of molasses, and give at once. Re-
peat the dose as often as necessary. It is very
loosening and efficacious.
CHEMISTS say that it takes more than twice as
much sugar to sweeten preserves sauce. &C..
if put in when they begin to cook as it does to
sweeten after the fruit is Cooked. Salt should
not be added to oatmeal until it has boiled at
least ten minutes.
To CLOSE CRACKS IN IRoS Stoves take good
wood ashes, to which add the same quantity Of
finely pulverized clay, mix thoroughly together
with little salt; this mixture is to be moist
ened with water and applied to the parts. The
stove should be cold when applied.
CoLD-SLAw DRESSING WITHOUT CREAM.-A
beaten egg, teaspoonful Of sugar, a pinch Of
salt, dash of pepper, and about four table,
spoonsful of vinegar. Mix them together set
on the stove, and let the whole come to a boil,
stirring constantly. Then add lump Of butter
and pour while hot over the sliced cabbage.
PANS OF WATER placed in fruit and berry
patches will keep birds from eating the fruit.
An English naturalist claims that the reason
birds eat cherries and strawberries is because
"a has thav HExxll
II the birds can easily get at water they soon
leave of taking the fruit
The POLISH OF BLACK Oh CoLoRrp MARBLr
mantel-pieces, pillars, steps, &C., can be re-
vived by the following means: Dip flame
cloth in q mixture of beeswax and turpentine
made to the consistency of soft butter. and rub
well into the marble, aftefward polishing with
ture, but use plenty Of ''elbow grease"
BonAx WATER FOR WASHING THE HANDS may
be made by simply dissolving the borax in
warm water in bottle, as mudh as the water
will take up. A spoonful Of the solution in a
pint Of water is about the right proportion for
washing the hands. 1t is best used Just before
retiring, and will tend to keep the hands soft
and smooth.
FRENCH HoNEY.-Beat together quarter of
pound Of powdered sugar and quarter of
pound Of butter, when light add one unbeaten
egg, and beat again, stir this over the fire until
it thickens, then take from the fire, and add
the grated rind, and the Juice of one lemon,
mix and turn out TO cool.
GREEN TOMATO PREsERvE il very rich and
looks like preserved figs. Select those of uni
form size and shape and prick each with
coarse needle three or four times. To eight
pounds Of the tomatoes add seven of sugar, the
juice Of four lemons, half an ounce of ginger,
and half an ounce Of mace. Heat all slowly
together till the fruit becomes clear Remove
from the kettle with perforated ladle, and
cool without breaking. Boil the syrup slowly
till thick and then pour over the tomatoes in
the jars Do not cover till cold
SuccorAsz.-This can be made Of corn. with
Lima or butter beans The latter beans are
earlier, but the former preferable. Scrape the
corn from the cob, and allow two-thirds corn to
one-third beans Tho beans should be put ON
70 boil an hour before the corn. Use lust
enough water to cook Il, - . quantity win 20
dilute the goodness - TO spoilik II one Hkes
the hayoring Of pork and uses Il in her cooking,
il viii improve the succotash 70 her taste, r.
double kettle II desirable, but II you have none
large enough, il should be cooked very slowly
on the back Of the stove. that Il may mot burn,
a. corn has the tendency to cook On TIE bot
tom. When nearly done, add enough min 70
make Il = desirable c0nsistency; so9s Ike more
than otherA Cream b best but u you have
not that and uss NO pork, butter 6hould b. i
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