Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-04
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

"A red-hot iron passed over old putty
will soften IL SO 1t can be easily r"-
moved.
Sorghum Cake: One cup sorghum.
one cup OF sweet milk. two teaspoons
soda, one-half teaspoon cinnamon. -four
TO make q stiff batter. This Is very
nice TO be eaten warm. Sorghum cake
should contain neither grease nor eggs
to be palatable. -Housekeeper.
Parker House Rolls: Ono cupful
each OF warm new milk and yeast, two
tablespoonfuls each Of sugar and melted
lard, one quart Of -four, or enough 70
mold Arm; let 1t rise till light. then
mold, roll out about one-half inch thick,
cut with biscuit cutter. butter tho tops.
fold up. let it rise till light and bake In
o quick oven.-Home.
Avoid bare corner in your room.
A table with few selected pieces OF
bric-a-bric upon it will look well here.
In q sitting-room, in what was once
dull corner, stands one OF the pretty
cabinets. now so often seen, hung with
dainty curtains Of plush, lined with
satin, The shelves are lined with
books, bits Of bric-a-brac, ETC., the whole
making most attractive feature Of
the room.
Lemon Tarts: Prepare number Of
tart shells, CRATE rind Of two lemons,
add two cupfuls Of water, one cupful Of
sugar, the Juice Of one lemon. one tea
spoonful OF vanilla or almond flavoring.
Let these all boil and thiclken with
corn starch or -four. Just before remov-
ing the mixture from the stove. Id
teaspoonful Of butter, I'LL the shells
while warm and add meringTe to the
top OF each. Boston Herald.
Tender Chickens: After fowl ID
killed, put 1t in cool place until 1t boz
comes cold, 1t is then rs tender rs It
ever will be and the flavor will never DO
better; no further keeping will improve
It. This advice should be needed BY
those housewives who precipitate .
chicken from the hen-coop to the din
ner pot when company comes unexpect'
eddy, and then wonder why tho chicken
is SO tough or lacking in the best flavor.
m Y. Observer.
Sandwich Dressing: Mix together
very smoothly half pound nice butter,
three tablespoonfuls mixed mustard.
three tablespoonfuls sweet oil. little
white or red pepper, little salt and the
yelk of an egg. Chop some tongue and
ham together very fine; cut some bread
thin. spread it with the dressing, then
with layer of meat, and press it hard;
with sharp knife trim of the edges,
and make all the sandwiches the same
ize.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Rich Pudding: Cream half pound
Of butter and half pound OF sugar to-
gether, then add yolks Of six eggs. Put
this in bowl that can be placed on the
stove in vessel of water until it be-
comes about as thick as honey. Make
q rich pastry and line your pudding pan,
then spread layer OF rather acid pre-
serves or jelly on pastry and set In the
stove for q minute or two, then pour the
custard in and bake until done. Then
beat the whites, sweeten and spread on
top and bake light brown. Make
sauce with cup Of sugar, two spoons Of
butter and little water boiled till very
thick. Detroit Free Press.
Little Sponge Cakes: Break into
separate bowls the whites and yelks Of
six eggs Add six ounces Of sugar to
the yelks of the eggs and tho juice Of
one lemon. Beat the yelks, sugar and
lemon together till the mass breaks
into bubbles; then add the whites OF
the eggs. which have been beaten to q
stiff froth. The whites Of the eggs
must be stirred in carefully, so as not
to break the mass down. and six ounces
Of -four must be added. The moment
the sponge-cske is mixed It must be
poured into the small forms INTENDED
for 1t, which should be well creased,
and just before they are set in the oven
dredged with powdered sugar. Bake
sponge-cake in steady but moderately
heated oven.-Boston Budget