The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-16
MR. CLAIMS COOK Book.
A Recent Curious Issue From the Govern
ment Printing Of.iee.

ment Printing Ofsice.
Several publications, printed only on one
side of a heavy paper, have lately been
issued from Mr.. Blaine's department, and
they are, to say the least, peculiar.
There may be a deep under-current of
astute diplomacy in the specimen just
put forth. 1t contains report of +. h.
Underwood. consul to Glasgow, which
embodied paper on Cookery for Work
ingmen's Wives, as Taught in Mrs. John
Elders Domestic Cookery Glasses, at Go
van, Near Glasgow, Scotland" This new
cook book, printed at Uncle Sans ex-
pense, contains enough receipts 10 ruin
the sale of all the American cook books IN
this country. The following extracts may
be worthy of notice. The consul to Glas-
Cow reports to the state department:
To Make Really Good Porridge-Let the
water come 10 the boiling point before the meal
is put in. Pour the meal in from the left hand
in a continuous stream, stirring all the time
till it comes TO the boil. In this consists the
chief art of porridge making, and on its being
well done depends the smoothness. Allow II
to boil for ten minutes and then add the salt.
Salt has tendency 10 harden and would pre-
vent the meal from swelling. Boil for ten
minutes after the salt has been added. Dish
and take with milk.
Other recipes are as follows:
IOrrluge klOr indigestion )-Oue pOunu DafAtg
meal, one pound cat meal, two pounds wheat
meal, one pound Indian meal; mix well to-
! gether, proceed in the same way as with wheat
meal porridge, but boil for half an hour instead
| OF twenty minutes.
To Make Cup of Good Tea-One teaspoon
ful OF tea to every half pint OF water have the
teapot well rlnsed IN hot water; put IN the tea,
take piece of paper, and cleanse the spout, set
| the teapot near the fire. but not so near as TO
burn for ten minutes; have the water boiling
and add; do not let II stand longer than SIX
minutes after adding the water. Remove the
paper from the spout, and you will find you
| have a cup of tea with all the aroma IN il.
! Sugar and cream to taste. Be sure not to allow
| the water 10 boil too long. 1t is best taken
when it first comes through the boil.
French Toast-Break and beat an egg well.
add a pinch OF salt and one gill OF milk dip
some neat slices of bread on both sides; have
your frying-pan with some hot dripping ready;
| then fry the bread a light brown. This is good
| with stewed rhubarb laid on the top.
Uncle Sans cook book goes on at this
rate through perhaps fifty pages, when 1t
| branches out in this wise:
Washing is always best done early in the
week, say Tuesday, then you have the week be-
| fore you to dry, etc. Mend what requires to be
mended the day before. Soak your things be-
| fore washing; If this is done il saves great
deal OF trouble and hard rubbing; boil the soap,
/ and mix a handful of boiled soap to every
! gallon of hot water with a little soda or borax
! (bOrax is better for the fine things). Into this
put the shirts and linen collars etc, TO soak all
| night. Bed and table linen can either be soaked
/ in cold water laid aside till its turn comes
| Curtains or window blinds should always be
soaked in cold water to draw out the smoke.
Flannels should be well shaken to free them
! from dust and put together by themselves.
Begin your washing as early as possible in
| the morning. First light your boiler IRE and
/ L 4. - nuNn
your 1annels first. Add a little hot water to
! the soaked things, taking the best things first.
/ Wash them out carefully. removing all stains.
! Then put them into another tub with warm
/ water and melted soap and wash them again;
/ and as they are finished, drop them into a tub
of cold water, and let them lie in 1t for while.
After disposing of the laundry business,
the consul to Glasgow transgresses on the
| province of the physician after this
! erudite fashion:
Choking - Choking arises from food, or
/ fluids, or other substances sticking IN the
throat passing into the air passages. In bad
! choking, where the patient suddenly turns
! dark in the face etc, no time Is TO be lost
! Open the mouth and push your forehnger In a
| determined way over the tongue, right back,
/ and try to hook away or push aside the him
drance If this does not succeed you may, by
/ pressing the hinder portion of the tongue,
/ bring on vomiting, and so secure relief. A
/ good plan Is sometimes trleu Win Cnluieus
| viz that of pressing the chest and stomach
/ against something hard as table
or chair then slapping or humping the back
| between the shoulder blades In this way air
/ is driven from the lungs through the wIndplpe
so forcibly as often 10 eKpel the obstacle.
| When the obstruction consists of a coin as
| often is the case of children, good plan is at
once 10 take the child up by the heels, and at
| the same time give il a shake or slap its back.
! Fish bones can sometimes be got rid OF by
| swallowing a mouthful of bread. If these rem
edies fail, medical help should at once be
| called in.
There is plenty more of the same sort
| A great many odd reports are printed In
the government printing office, but an Of
| fetal Scotch cook book, bearing the publ
| cation mark of the American republic, is
more curious than the genera! run.