The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-19
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Coffee cake should 50 wrapped in q
napkin while warm nd~shere remain
till cut.
CMany women so upstairs with tho
body bent forward and tho chest con-
tracted-a practice very injurious to
the heart and lungs.
-FrMt Vincgars: Fruit vinogars are
very pleasant drinks, and may be easily
mado by adding vinegar to any of tho
fruit siruns that can DO got OF any
groccr-rasbberry. strawberry, currant;
etc.-Good housekeeping.
Paper or pasteboaad may DO ron
dered waterproof as follows: Mix four
parts of slaked limo with three parts of
skinned milk and add little slum;
then give tho material two successive
coatings of tho mixture with brush,
and let it dry.
-Smothered Bcef: Have chopped
fine one pound of lean beef, put a table
spoonful of butter in your chafing dish,
when hot put in the beef. and stir con-
stantly for about two minutes, dust
with salt aud pepper and servo at once
This, If prepared nicely and served
somc.-lIoston Budget.
Lemon Pudding: Crate two lemons
beat the yelks of six eggs with two cup
fuls OF granuiatcd sugar and half a
cupful of butter and one tcaspoonful of
sweet cream: line II pudding dish with
stale cake; pour in the mixture and
bake about twenty minutes; cover the
top with Il moringuc, and place in tho
oven to brown dclicatcly.- Boston Her.
aid.
Potato and Onion Soup: Take thrcc
mcdium-si>cd potatoes, three small
onions, opc-half cupful Of rice Slice
potatoes and onions and put with tho
rice into three pints of water: cook thor
oushly, pour through colander, add
salt and pepper, let scald and lift into
turecn containing small lump vi butter
and II few crackers broken in two
IIouschecpcr.
Old-Fashioncd Gingerbread: One
cilpful OF mOlasscs three tablespoon ruls
OF melted butter, one teaspoonful of
soda, dissolved in five tablcspoonfu,s of
hot water, ginger, salt and half a tea
spoonful OF powdered alum; two and a
half cupfuls OF sftcd flour: pour into
wcll-buttcrcd iron pans about half an
inch thick, and bake in II quick oven.-
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Apple Bread: Pare and stew ono
pound OF sour, juicy apples. wash pass
through sieve, and swcctcn to taste.
Mix with this :, quart OF siftcd -four,
half cake OF compressed yeast, and
water sufficient to make smooth
dough; let it rise in II warm place over
night, then mold into long narrow
loaf; let it rise again, then bake in Il
quick ovcn.-Old Homestead.
Picked Cucumbcrs. or GhcrlSins:
Take small cucumbcrs mot young).
steep for IL week in very strong brine; it
is then poured OFF, heated to the boiling
point, and again poured on the cucum-
bcrs. The next day drain them on a
sieve, wipe dry, put into bottles or jars
with some spice. One small rcd or
green pepper, and six whole pepper
corns for each two quart jar, and Gov
cred with strong picking vinegar
Yankee Blade.
For moths salt is the best cytcrmi-
nator. Tho nuns in ono of the hos
pital converts have tried every thing
else without success, and their OK
perience is valuable, as they have SO
much clothing of tho sick who 60
there, and strangers when dying often
leave there quantities Of clothing etc
They had room full of feathers,
which we're sent there for pillow max.
ing. and they were in despair, rs they
could not eXterminatc the moths until
they were advised to try common salt
They sprinltled it around. and in week
or ten days they wore altogether rid OF
the moths. They are never troubled
now.