River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-05-22
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

There is nothing so nice for clean
ing the outside of milk jars, crooks,
ETC., as scrub brush made of broom
straw. 1t should be kept only for that
purpose. Housekeeper.
Cough Sirup: Put into a quart OF
vinegar one dozen good-sized onions and
let them simmer down to pint, strain
through a muslin cloth, and sweeten
with a cup and half of brown sugar;
let il cook little longer to get to a
sirup.-Farm and Fireside.
Procure two or three pounds of nice,
fat, native sirloin; strip; place in roast
pan on bed of thin sliced vegetables;
salt and pepper; add little stock;
roast medium done; dish the sirloin;
add a little -four to the pan; fry few
minutes over hot fire; add pint of
stock; boil few minutes; strain in
sauce boat; skim off the fat and serve.
An excellent broth is made by add
ing to each pound of lean mutton one
quart of water, little chopped parsley
and celery, handful of barley, and let
ting the whole simmer three hours be-
fore straining. Every particle of fat
should be taken off from the top before
relocating the broth for use.-Christian
at Work.
Mushrooms are prepared in many
ways, but to get the true flavor the best
way is to fry them: Cut the stems of
short; peel the thin skins off the top
with the fingers; wash off all the
grit in cold water; butter clean roast
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over enough butter to moisten each one;
sprinkle with little pepper, no salt;
fry in oven fifteen or twenty minutes,
or until soft, not dry and hard; dish;
pour the juice over and serve.-Chicago
Herald.
Sandwich Cake: Two cups of sugar,
three-fourths cup of butter, one cup OF
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls cream OF
tartar, one teaspoon soda, two and a
half cups of -four, whites of five eggs.
Take out four tablespoonfuls of the
mixture, add one-half cup of mo-
lasses, one-half cup of -four, one-half
cup of raisins; citron, and figs and spice
to taste. Bake in square tins One
layer of the dark, two of the light; put
together like jelly cake.-Ladies' Home
journal.
Orange Fritters: For the batter,
beat two eggs light, add half a pound
of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, a
pinch of salt, and milk enough to make
a soft batter. Peel the oranges, being
careful to remove all the white skin,
divide them into eight parts, roll each
in the batter, drop into hot fat and fry
to a nice brown. Cook them ten min
utes, or until done through, then re.
move upon unglazed paper to drain,
sprinkle them with powdered sugar and
serve hot.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Feather beds and pillows should be
renovated and put in clean cases as
often as once in two or three years; and
when this is not necessary they should
be placed semi-annually out-of-doors
where they will be exposed to the full
effects of the sun and air for one, or,
better yet, two days. The same is true
of mattresses. The labor is not harder
or more difficult than are many other
tasks which the ingenious woman ac-
complishes. Rip them apart, and after
carefully busting and cleaning the
material with which they are filled, re-
place it and retie them. This is done
by using strong cord and straight
mattress needle for the tops and a
curved one for the sides.-Rural New
Yorker.