Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-05
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tie long time sincs have written for
the Homemskers' column bat my Interest
In II 10 90 strong a. ever. always read
every word of Il, and feel moved 10 write
little 10 dsy, telling about th. "tss visit
Ing time We have been having In our VII
lsge. II began BY one lady inviting sever.
al OF ne In 10 tee. and Que OF the guests
pre.ep, invited the same company Ia her
house In fortnight, soon another follow
81 her sxsmple. I'LL nov We nave nearly
been The rounds. All OF ne DO our own
worh. and some Of the ladies seldom Get
away from home. 90 I esnno, help feeling
ths, thsse visits are . boon 10 suehi aud
indeed. they brighten ne ell. and you have
90 Idea how merry aud young We oil folts
can be. I wish other villages might Ego
and DO likewise" II lard make this N very
'mphsiie) great care IL taken Gil the time
that no ons IL sighted In these isviis,lops.
We DO not talk ell The time abon, cooking.
house cleaning. children OF sewing Meth
sf do We gossip. that IL, no, uHeA nsi,h.
VI DO We wear solemn eoantsnspces and
pretend 20 be strictly liisrsry, though Ne
have talked considerable sbout books
Two Who have reed the same hook vii
discuss The characters until all the Others
| get interested, and ~ ends by svery one
| residing The book and 90 II IL usually the
standard books We talk of. (for N We read
novels We don't tell OF u 10 public) Ne feel
Ne are having good itnasncs In this In
formal way.
These companies can be planned so ~ 20
make very little sttrs vork, especially In
cold weather. Perhaps some of The Home
maksr. would liks to know shat We hsd
for supper and I shall be Glad % tell 700.
only warn you beforehand that vs have
bad no fancy dishes with fr,neh nam's.
ba, our bin Of fare 10 such ss can b foaod
10 The homes OF sng 81 The Oxford bssrs.
.bd doahtlsss will not be rev To any OF
,hsm. for ore substantial dish ~ always
had cold meat. either chictsu, tongue. ham
OF eorpsd beef heard . "bsN" say
ouce that be h,d Omen had thee last thru.
meats bot, ba, never heard Of eating then
cold. ny sdvics 10 them IL 10 Try them
I boil oornsd beef iougus or ham about
four hoats. then remove The skin ,ui 80
..iis uuiil The nsri day. . they vii no,
slice sell uutii vsry cold. Cornsi beef
boil sloai nVe hoar. then chop sbd pre-.
II While warn. There needs to b. COZ
siderable fat or II will rot bold together
| have no meat pre.s. On pat mss, In .
bfis hi Ito. a. another tin isto IL and place
ssfy hsssy weights on top. aud Jet stand
over night
For .nolhsr solid di.h Ne have otsn
h.i oysters or s.e,llopsi ehicisn. To
pr,p,rs the latter. uks The meat from
cold b,ked ehicasn and chop IL place . lay.
/ er Of stale bread OF cfachsr cfumh. In an
s.rthsn paidirg dish. nolstsn With the
gravy n.nts layer % chopped chicksp,
/ Awas.. ..fs "a 10 80
| ukr. thsn smother layer Of eIumhs. and 90
90 illl The dlsh Ia fall. having crumbs 90
top All poor beaten .gg over H. IL
needs 10 b. qaiis mols, 60 700 have no,
.uficisn, gravy. use part milk OF water.
Oystsr. are s.esilopssi The sane Wy oply
not chopped. These can Be prepared
early 10 The mornlhg aud hep, 10 cool
place uil time % put In The oven. bate
from half Ia ops hoaf. Amer The beet
part OF turisy OF chicksn has been eaten.
I can oflsu piek .uooEh from The bone. io
make ssmali dab 81 "sscallOp." 10 help
''nsks out cinnsr
Ny letter IL getting so ionE that shall
have 10 leave Oat about bali i you'd hks
20 cay. bat l cannot close uaill l have
given Two ftncy dishss thai seen 10
''t.ks- veil. oss I. "orsuss msringus."
Il lNNA AL1 NNN lHhu fnsAA INNNN@ rNNNIsa
oranges, svsstsn 10 taste and lot stand
awhile. ouly be sure aud cover closely or
thsy ~ill grow bittsrs whip some sw,e,
cream autii 10 will ".tsni alone, s-sstsn
~ith po~dsrsi sagsf. sni pour over
orsrgs- ja.t bsfofe serving. We pat ours
ta ibdivldaA glass cu.tsfd dishes and 90
no, pee. 10 Until tie e,ks IL served. n We
have other ssuee % eat With cur meat.
II -. A - a. a.. "A
hsi boiled csst.rd., that nai thsss
msrihgues . ples.lng varsity. Has |
.aoali Lac 10 csatiou sEsiusi oos fault,
that IL having n. pece. Of orange too
large. A. one place where ~ wspt
no,iesd that itsy wsfe large. msdltstsi
.. long a. couli spare time I. ~ Whistler
bad bsitsS tschls IL 81 al. or let IL
''p,..- IL lOotei too tempting % resist
80 dlvsd for piece. when lOl ss ! lined
IL al The ret Of TIE Orabg. osme out Ike
q string Of .su.sge-. TIE pieces bad no,
been ~holly separated 80 hsi 10 let u
bach into The glass, hosster. I discovered
ons iiby pl,ee Which I toot np. oply IN
ebi ths, ~ w,s . seed No. I thluk ~h,,
L. worth doing 81 all IL worth doing vel,
sni N Ous b.. not The time n properly
pfspsrs the orsage. my si,ies IL 10 leave
~ from The btu 81 fare I use . Dover
esg be,tsr n -aip the cream. bat spooa
or fora wosi answer ihOagh II would
t.ks longsr
Another dlsh wan, u speak OF 4.
orange Jelly. ~aleh make ss follows ?
p.essx. Co.'s g-lsiins SOAKED Ia I 2 piut
cold water one hOar. AID ~ TIT. one poaui
sugar. lilcs ani grated peel of obe.hslf
lvmou. ploi boiling us,sr and The Jalce
/ Of or orange. According To slI. strain
ihrOagh thin muslin sni set away Ia
moalis until very cold Instead OF mould.
l Often p1ar iuto any esrihsn dish aud
-hen cold, CO, into small pieces snd ssrv.
tn . fancy glass di.h. Sometimes 10 warm
weather have 10 use . lille more sela-
tlus. this will ksep long time and IL
/ pretty - serve In small gl,ss-s With cake.
Wish the llonsmstsfs ~oald ,sk quss.
lions sometimes In this cjlamu. 50 Ne
sOGli kuow What In write aooat III
thOaght TIL. litter met With approval
would Try and write ,g,ln before long.
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