Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-09
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Emery powder will remove ordinary
stains from white ivory knife handles
Beet Salad: Boil and peel several
beets; let them become cold; then chop,
but not very fine; to them add half the
quantity of celery, chopped very fine; a
little onion, also chopped very fine; salt.
pepper, prepared mustard and vinegar
Cover the bottom of two-quart pan
with sliced sour apples, an inch thick,
over which sprinkle a layer of cracker
crumbs half that thickness; continue to
alternate apples and cracker, strewing
sugar over the fruit till the dish is filled
Bake one hour and eat with cream or
any delicate sauce.
transporting Mother-"I can't i'm
agine where all the cake goes Guilty
Ethel anxious to avert suspicion) -''It
must be the kid" Unsuspecting
Mother-''The kid; what kid?T Guilty
EthCl-'I don't know. but l heard I'm
Gle Harry say to papa. That kid takes
the cake. Time.
Mushroom Sauce: Put tablespoon
full of butter in frying pan and let it
brown; add tablespoonful of flour. half
pint of soup stock or hot water; stir
until it boils; then strain it; add
tablespoonful of mushroom catsup and
half a can of mushrooms. simmer gently
for five minutes; add salt and pepper,
and pour over broiled steak.
Fruit Batter Pudding: One cupfuI
of flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow
der, one pint of milk, four eggs, two cups
full of any kind of fruit, one and one
half cupfuls of sugar; sift flour, sugar,
powder together, add eggs we'll beaten,
milk and fruit; bake in buttered dish
forty minutes in quick oven. Serve
with wine sauce.-Albany Journal.
"A deep cut or wound should be
cleaned every day, by washing with
warm water and plenty of the best Cas-
tile soap, which is healing as well as
cleansing; then cover the surface of the
wound with bit of clean white muslin
dipped into melted mutton tallow. You
will be surprised to see how quickly the
ugliest wound will heal, treated as de-
scribed.
To prevent oilcloth, patent leather,
and similar materials from sticking to-
gether when rolled, purchase a few
sheets of paraffine-impregnated or 9TH
erwise prepared paper, and roll with the
material. This will prevent the stick
ing. 1t will also prevent the fading of
the colors or gloss by keeping out air
and moisture; the evaporation of the oil
is likewise prevented to great extent
Exchange.
-Cornmeal Cake: Two cupfuls Of
one of flour, one teaspoonfuI
of soda, two of cream of tartar, one
of salt, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar; mix all thoroughly through a
sitter, and mix to a thin batter with
sweet milk; bake in pan that admits
of a cake three inches thick, bake in
quick oven, be sure to have the batter
quite thin and the oven good one
Boston Herald.
-CauliflOwer with white sauce: After
trimming off the outside leaves put the
into we'll sailed boiling
water. AS soon as it is cooked tender
take it out, so it will not cook to pieces.
Put into saucepan piece of butter
the size of an egg; when it bubbles stir
in not quite half teacupful of flour:
stir this minute or two to cook the
flour, then add two teacupfuls of milk
or thin cream and stir over the fire until
the sauce is smooth. Pour this over the
caulifOwer and serve.-N. y. World.