Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-04
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Never use soap III .he wy" -
Cleansing oil cloth. 1t fades tne co,or'
md breaks up the paint, Ammonia, aso,
~ ~ 70 i've avoided, because ~ gives uie
~ n,a ~ a duN dead look. II 6rusi, Is
' uio. Il should be soft one but It is pet
. .lse not n nae any, exception cases where
. ~ Iii cloth has been long neglected or
'no 10 washed for some time previously
I E clean flannel cloth and apply
a,nar wan water, which is finally o ne
. Inv soaking it up into the wash
u un Goth again, after it has been wrung
ln The oil cloth is then wiped Dry
u 9Th another piece OF clean tiannei or
' VIZ rash. After the oil clo'h has be-
come thoroughly dry, apply TO IL soi,ie
I'm Gnseed oil. The housekeeper VINO
tr;as this for the first time will prooaoiy
'.,o loo mnch and make the cloth so
sticky that every particle OF dust WIZ va ~ ~
here to it. Only very ittie IL VI e
used. and slightly rubbed into the cio.nI
giving it handsome gloss. Inc 'ils s
oil will do more harm than gooa uniess
nsed as sparingly as indicat ed' IN tne
country skim milk is used instead Oh on,
and oiyes the cloth beautiful gloss. VI
CON, se an oil cloth with frequent wash
mos will look old, and the housekeeper
should i've cautious about washing when
busting will answer just as well.
Sweet Pickles. Eight pounds OF irult,
fonr hounds of best brown sugar, one
uuart of vinegar and one cup OF mixed
whole spices, stick cinnamon, cassia
buds, allspice and cloves; less OF the lat-
Ter than OF the former. Tie the spices IN
" bag. and boil with the vinegar and
sugar skim well, then add the fruit
Cook ten minutes, or till scalded anu
tender Skim out the fruit and put into
stone lars. Boil the syrup five minutes
longer. and pour over the fruit. The
next day pour off the syrup and boil
down again. and do this for three morn
ing,. Keep the bag OF spices in the
syrup.
Cheese Fondu.-A pint bow lfui
minced cheese. which should not be OF
a rich kind, the same quantity, OF bread
crumbs, two well beaten eggs, hall a nut.
meg, teaspoonful Of salt. Heat pint
Of milk boiling hot, put in it large table
spoonful of butter, pour the boiling milk
over the other ingredients and mix well,
cover the bowl with u plate and set 1T
back on the range for three or four hours,
stirring it occasionally, but be careful II
does not cook. Half an hour before sup
per butter nice pie plate and pour into
it the mixture; set in quick oven and
brown, sending it to the table very hot.
This depends for its success on being
quite smooth and the cheese all dissolved.
Cream Pie.--Scald one pint OF milk in
double boiler. Wet two even table
spoonfuls of cornstarch in little cold
milk, add the yolks of three eggs and
three tablespoonful OF sugar and beat
with an egg beater till very light, then
stir into the scalding milk. Flavor with
lemon and let it cool. Line pie plate
with nice crust and bake it. Then fill
with the cream and make a meringue Of
the whites OF the two eggs beaten with
two tablespoonful of powdered sugar
Cover the top of the pie with this and sci
on the upper CRATE of the oven until the
meringue is pale straw color.
Prune Pudding.-Scald one pound Of
prunes let them swell in the water till
soft, drain, and exact the stones; spread
on dish, and dredge with -four; take 8
a gill of milk from quart, stir into il
gradually eight tablespoonfuls sifted -four
beat six eggs very light, and stir by de-
grees into the remainder of the quart o.
milk, alternating with the batter; ado
prunes one at time, stir all very hard
boil about two hours, and serve with
sauce or cream.
Hints About Squashes.-The crook
necked squashes are not as watery as the
round ones. Select those that are ten
der. If they are not too old you can cu
through the skin with your nail Wash
them and cut in slices about half an incl
thick, and lay them on cloth IN steam
er When they are tender turn then
out into hot dish and mash them, add
ing salt md butter to taste. Ii the skins
} and seeds are not tender enough to eat
rub the squash through colander.
Dreamed Salt Fish.-Pick into piece
enough salt fish to make one cup, cove
with cold waler and let it come to tn,
boiling point; simmer ten minutes, ther
drain make one cup white sauce, it'll
one tablespoonful of melted butter; ad,
one tablespoonful of -four and pour OF
slowlyone cupful of hot milk, season
with salt and pepper and add one heater
egg.
10 Cook Hominy.-Wash and soak tn,
hominy over night. In the morning adj,
plenty of water, and cook slowly O
about two hours stir often and allow if t,
: Doll down thick pack in stone jar, ant
SET IN cold place. When wanted tax,
out the desired amount, add milk. sal
sugar and large lump of butter; hea
thoroughly, and it is ready to serve.
A neighbor tells us of tame pigeo,
that was stolen from her nest where sh,
was sitting on one egg. Her mate ken
the nest for one day, then left it. On tn,
fourth day the little pet was found an,
paced IN her old home. She resume,
business at once, and in five DAYS.
young SQUAD was Matched out of the epg
Tongue Toast.-A very nice dish ia p Te
pared from cold boiled or potted tonpno
Slice the tongue and cut each slira INT,
small '!ai' fne pieces, heat it in a pan with ,
little butter, salt and pepper. Stir int,
II two beaten eggs. When set arranp,
neatly ON toast. i-e
Shred Cabbage Salad.-Remove tb,
outside leaves from large head of cab
page, wash clean, and shred and Law in ,
powi, shave over it little salt and add
ieai OF minced parsley. Mince fine twI
IN liard Dolled eggs, mix thoroughly Gu,
81 sand oil and vinegar, equal portions
pour over the cabbage and stir well will
:, Oherry Stain for Pine.-Rain wate
i.'ree quarts; annato four ounces. Boi
III copper kettle until the snnato is dis
solved then put in piece of potash fl,
slz 's Oh walnut; keep it on the fire abon
t nan T. an hour longer and it is ready to bot