Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

DOMESTIC CONCERNS.
Tho quality Of coffee Is much I'm.
proved IL II. is ground very ane, and
much less Is required for household use
II 1t IL pulverized. e5s .ss. .i5
Apple Jam: One pound apples, ono
pound, sugar, .one-half lemon, small lot
of whole ginger. Boil all together until
done and put in jar.-Det troit Free Press.
Egg Chowder: Cut good sized
piece Of pork in small squares and fry
brown over quart Of sliced potatoes
and . small onion. Cook until potatoes
are done, then add three we'll beaten
eggs and one-half cup milk and crackers
Season to taste.-Boston Globe.
Superior Cookies: One pound OF
-four, three-quarters of u: pound each Of
butter and sugar, three eggs, one tea.
spoonful Of rose-water. Drop one spoon
full Of the well-beaten batter for each
cookie into well.greased bread-pan.
and bake in uick oven.-Ladies' Home
journal. ... ...:
To prepare new iron kettle for
use fill it with clean potato peelings
and boil them an hour or SO, then wash
the kettle we'll, rinse with hot water,
aud rub 1t with little lard; repeat the
rubbing several times after using it.
This will prevent rust and other annoy
knces apt to occur in first using new
Kettle.
1T it Is desirable to keep an article
very cpla, or to cool it speedily, and ice
is not to he had, a pan of cold water
the purpose. On very hot days, perish
able articles, as milk, butter or berries,
are sometimes hung in the we'll, and
they are delightfully."- cool and sweet
when they reappear. But ice is best
aud most serviceable.
Very Nice Croquettes: A nice way to
use cold beet for supper or luncheon is
to take one pint Of chopped beef, four
me aium-sized potatoes, juice of half q
lemon, half o cup of stock or hot water,
one teaspoonful Of onion juice, salt and
pepper. Mix all together, shape nice
ly, dip in beaten egg and cracker
crumbs, and fry in boiling lard two or
brown. Boston Budget.
Apple Bread Pudding: Remove the
crusts from slices of bread, buttor them
we'll, and line the bottom Of pudding
dish; pour over as much boiling water
as the bread will absorb: peel and chop
juicy, tart apples; add thick layer OF
the apples; sprinkle with sugar and any
spice preferred; fill the dish with alter
nate layers of bread and apple; add
small bits Of butte, to the top, bake one
hour and serve WITH cold sauce.-Bos-
ton Herald.
To Preserve Fruits Without Sugar:
Carefully pick over the fruit and fill tho
jars full. Place them up to the necks
in cold water in your preserving kettle.
The tops should be lightly screwed on
and cloth placed in the bottom of the
kettle to prevent the heat from break
ing the jars. Let the water just come
to boil, and keep this heat up for
thirty minutes. Fill with boiling water
and cork tightly. Place in cool place
on their sides and roll them over every
DAY or two for a couple of weeks
Beef Soup: Break the bone of a
moderately-sized shin of beef; cover
with Ave or six quarts OF cold water and
add one tablespoonful of salt; remove
the scum and cover closely; let it sim
mer slowly and steadily for six or seven
hours; take out the beef and set the
stock to cool after straining it; skim
we'll the next day, add one grated car
rot, two small onions, minced; two small
turnips, cut in two pieces; half pint
tomatoes, q sprig of parsley, celery
op (or bruised celery seed), one small
red pepper, minced; spices to taste, and
for thickening one tablespoonful OF but
ter and Drowned flour rubbed together;
place in the tureen two hard.boilod
eggs, mashed smooth. and turn in the
soup after straining through sieve.
coMMoN-sENsE EDUCATION.
From Lecture by j. HI. Kellogg, NJ. II.
Battle Crock Sanitarium.
That hereditary tendencies, moral,
mental or physical. may be stamped
out and the standard OF the race raised,
enlightenment as to matters of heredity
should be widespread, and teachers and
parents alert to repress or develop as
each individual case may require. lii
stead of allowing child just to grow,
like Topsy, we should adopt Froeber:
method, and from the cradle guide and