Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-23
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SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO pnAcrro.I
HousxvyEs-PLAIx AND pAIxrI prsHEs ron
TIE prSrSo-Roox FAxcr AND DELICIOUS
SWEETS AND now TO MAXI THEM.
Sailed BEEF CAN BK PLUNGED into boiling
water; this hardens the outer side at once, and
keeps the juices with the meat
Ii STEAMED MEAT II LIFT in the LIQUOR To
cool of it will be found to have absorbed back
much Of the goodness of the SOUP and win be
| so much the more nutritious a. food.
WHITE CocoASur DRoPs-One pound grated
cocoauut, half pound puiverized sugar, whites
of six eggs beaten stiff; drop on buttered pans
and bake. These drops are deliciouA
NEVER STAND STILL n Coin wEArHER, es-
pecially after having taken q slight degree of
exercise, and always avoid standing on Zoe or
| snow, or where the person il exposed 70 cold
wind.
sALMAeuSpr "a nice relish Dor tea).-Boil
until tender salt mackerel. Take from the Ore
and pour over q cupful of vinegar, hot, in
which has been stepped one bay leaf; q few
cloves, and Whole pepper.
IroTHE TURKEY WINGS ARE SEASONED and
stewed in Just enough water 10 simmer them
| in, and taken out when tender and dipped in
egg and bread crumbs, fried and served in
eoIiato sauce, tney are very nice.
TOMATO SAucE.-Put q large tablespoonful Of
butter in q saucepan; when melted, add q level
tablespoonful of -four; mix and add half pint
OF strained stewed tomatoes; stir until il boils,
and add palatable seasoning Of salt and pep
| per and serve.
LIGHT CAKE.-Take Q pint bowlful and q
half Of sugar, one and . half DPS Of butter
rubbed In two pint bowls Of -four, two cups Of
| sour cream, teaspoonful of saieratus, table
spoonful OF rose water, four eggs well beaten
and little nutmeg.
NUT PUDDINo.-One cupful of sugar, one-half
OF a cupful of butter, two cupfuls Of -four, one
half of cupful Of cold water, three eggs, one
and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder
one-half of a cuptui of whole walnut meats
added the last thing. Bake, and eat with
sauce.
FRUIT Now FOUND IN THE MARKET IL the
bitter acid grape fruit It is excellent for peo-
| pie Of bilious habit, and many people learn TO
ike II after eating ii few times. In eating il
every particle of the skin should be removed
from the sections Of the pulp as the inner white
skin Is very bitter and quite unwholesome.
MANY OF THE So-cALLEp cheap cuts of meat
are preferable. For instance, the shoulder of
mutton is much more delicate than the leg, and,
as few persons know, the price is low. The
English, who OF all people know what good
mutton is, always give the leg TO the house
hold and save the shoulder for guests or first
table.
NOVELTY N SCREENS are those with flaps or
| pockets on the outside panel for holding cabi-
net and larger photographs The panel NAV
be covered with diagonal CLOTH Roman satin
or plush, and the pockets to correspond or of
rather broad ribbon velvet. drawn tightly
I across siantlngwlse. and stitched at one edge,
to form pocket for the photographs.
| THE WHITE WORM which snpatirnae ,oalas
the earth in plant jar look as if it is alive.
can be driven out by stopping the hole in the
bottom of the jar then cover the earth with
| water in which you have dissolved little lime.
Let this stand for several hours and il ia not
| likely that you will be troubled with the worms
| any more.
/ WHITE CASDY.-One cup Of granuiated sugar.
one pint of water, two tabIespoonfuls of vine
! gar; boil just as you do molasses candy. but do
not stir it. You can tell when it is done by
trying 1t in cold water. Pull as if molasses
candy; have dish near BY with some vanilla
In it, and work it enough to flavor it as You
| pull; put il in a cold room, and the next DAY
you will have delicious candy.
| CHOCOLATE CREAMs.-Two cups of sugar. one
cup of water, one and half tabespoonfuls of
corn starch, one teaspoonful vanilla; mix all
except the vanilla. Let it boil from FIVE 10
eight minutes, stirring all the time; take il of
| and STIR until ii comes to a cream; when nearly
| smooth add vanilla and make into balls Mix
half pound chocolate, but do not add water.
Roll the balls in it while warm.
In COOKING OATMEAL or cracked wheat. IL the
meal is put into a double boiler and salt added
to the water in the outer receptacle. the food
will be much improved in TASTE the reason be-
4 ing undoubtedly because the meal is better
cooked by this process. As salted water does
not boil at SO low temperature as unsalted.
therefore the meal is subjected to a greater
| heat. and is proportionately better cooked and
much improved thereby.
How TO DISSOLVE SoDA.-It is better always
| to dissolve soda in q very little-one or two
tablespoonfuls of boiling water First, boil
| ing water dissolves it more quickly; second.
the water being clear or transparent. one can
| see that the soda is thoroughly dissolved
while, if you add il to milk which, Of course,
must be sour. or you would not be using soda
with 1t, fermentation takes place at once,
| thereby destroying all opportunities for seeing
whether or not the soda is thoroughly dis
solved.
PRIME CREAM PrE.-Stew the prunes in as
little water as possible. Strain through seive.
and to cup OF fruit add one cup OF thin cream
and the yelks Of two eggs well beaten with one
| third OF cup OF sugar. Whip the whites sep
arately, and stir in lightly with a favoring Of
pineapple. Have the plate already lined with
pour III anu pdhe QUICKLY as possible
without burning. When done. spread over the
top the white OF an egg beaten gradually with
pulverized sugar, and favored likewise with
pineapple.
WHITE LAYER CAKR.-Beat to a cream one
half cup of butter and two cups Of pulverized
sugar, and one-half cup OF sweet milk, two and
a half cups of -four sifted with two and half
| teaspoons of baking-powder, the whites Of
eight eggs; bake in layers and put together
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three teacups of sugar till thick, pour this
eggs and beat all together till cool. and heat
before putting on each layer. Sprinkle each
layer with grated cocoanut
To PRESERVE ORANGE PEEL.-Soak the peel
in strong salt water nine days. changing the
water every three days; then dry on cloth or
sieve, simmer till transparent in a syrup made
by boiling together one quart of water and one
pound Of white sugar. Then make a rich
syrup OF sugar, adding just enough water to
the sugar to dissolve it, and when il is boiling
throw In the peels and stir them constantly till
all the sugar is candied around them. Dry them
thoroughly in warm oven and put away for use.
NONE OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARTS are more ideal
than those which relate to table napery. Fortu-
nately fashion sometimes condescends to the
ideal, and at present it prescribes minute atten-
ton to table linen. There is q tendency now
toward decoration that offers wide field for
the amateur embroiderer. and, next to an altar
cloth or q baby's frock, perhaps there 10 no
work that better becomes . woman's leisure
hours. The present mode Of covering tables