Huntsville gazette., 1890-11-22
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

OO6rOI AND
Keep silver and nickel ornaments
and mounts bright by rubbing with
wooden cloths saturated with spirits OF
ammonia.
Angels Pudding. Two ounces Of
flour, two ounces OF sugar, two OF butter.
pint OF cream and the whites OF three
eggs. Bake in patty-pans, cover with
icing, and serve without sauce. Ladies
Home journal.
To take creases out of an engraving
smooth, unsized white paper, cover 1T
with another sheet of the same. slightly
damped, and iron with a moderately
warm fat-iron.-N. Y. World.
-Mucilage OF Gum Arabic. TO make
clear, almost odorless and permanent
mucilage, Francke neatralizes the free
acid present in the gum with lime
water Instead of water he uses mix
ture 90 per cent. lime water and so per
cent. distilled water.
"A porcelain kettle is the best for
preserving; too large quantity should
never be cooked at one time. Large
fruits may be put in the sirup. cooked
rapidly at first and then slowly, to pre-
serves the shape; if the fruit is cooked,
and the sirup yet thin, take up piece
at time carefully, boil the sirup until
thick, return the fruit to it and cook
slowly.
Pumpkin Pie Without Eggs. Take
half gallon of stewed pumpkin. one and
half cups of sugar, one cup of butter,
three-fourths cup of sweet milk, and
half teacup of -four; season to taste.
Add the butter, and sugar and milk
while the pumpkin is hot, and the -four
just before baking. Beat together well,
and bake with one crust.-Yankee
Blade.
Frizzled Beef.-Cut dried beef very
thin. To every half pound allow ta
blespoonful of butter, half pint Of milk,
and one tablespoonful of -four. Melt
the butter in frying pan, add the beef,
and stir over the fire five minutes;
sprinkle in the flour, stir again, pour in
the milk, season with pepper, stir until
it boils, and serve Immediately
Journal.
Tea Biscuit--One quart of -four, be-
fore sitting, and three heaping tea
spoons baking powder, sift them togeth-
er well; wet with nice rich milk until a
soft dough, kneed as little as you can,
roll out less than half inch and spread
with one tablespoon butter and two OF
butter beaten together before making
the dough; roll up and slice off the end,
lay on tins and bake quick. Boston
Globe.
An exchange in an article on
diet for old people dwells ON
the Importance of milk and says:
"Give milk often and always warm.
Never boil it, but let it come nearly to
a boiling point; by this means the curd
in the milk, not being SO hard, assimi-
lates more readily and gives heat" and
explains that all hot things do not
warm alike; the heat from tea does not
remain long, but the heat from milk
does.
Lemon Pie, with Two Crusts.-Pnlp
and juice of one lemon, part of the
grated rind, one cupful of cold water,
one cupful of sugar, four small table,
spoonfuls of powdered crackers, one tea
spoonful of unmelted butter cut into
bits. Mix together all but the butter
and scatter the bits over the top after it
is in the lower crust. Place another
good crust, with air holes, cut in some
pretty design, and bake.-Good House.
keeping.
Egg Nog.-One well-beaten egg,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and glass
full of sweet, rich milk; mix all together
thoroughly, and sprinkle with nutmug.
Good in summer complaints. The fol-
lowing will also be found useful for the
same: Add one tablespoonful of canned
or fresh blackberry juice and a table,
spoonful of sugar to glass of water;
| strain the juice before using, to avoid
seeds. A tablespoonful of any kind of
fruit juice, either fresh or canned, added
to glassful of slightly sweetened water,
makes refreshing drink. -Housekeeper