The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

1T is said that tho onion is great
sleep fnducer, and about equal to qui-
nine for malaria.
In making steamed custards, con-
slant stirring is necessary after putting
In the thickening Ingredients, to get q
smooth, creamy result.
-Prune Pie: Three cups prunos, one
cup sugar, ono teaspoonful extract
lemon, two tablespoonfuls vinegar.
Stew. seed and mash prunes; add sugar,
lemon, and vinegar. Have mixture
rather juicy and bake with two crusts.
-Housekeeper
If you wish your floor mattings to
look as fresh and bright at the close of
the summer as when they were laid in
tho spring, sec that they are carefully
wiped off after each sweeping with q
soft cloth, wrung out OF salt and water.
Corn Souflle: One pint each Of
grated corn and sweet milk, two eggs
beaten very light, small toaspoonful
salt and one and one-half tablespoonful
sugar Mix we'll and bake in buttcrcd
pudding dish forty minutes. Eat as soon
as done. Orange Judd Farmer
Creole Pudding: Beat eight eggs
with half pound of sugar, halfa pound
OF buttor and the juice of ono lemon.
Line deep dish with puff paste. cover
with ounce preserves, pour over littlo
OF the mixture, lay on moro preserves,
then moro Of the mixture and preserves.
Bake and eat with sauce.-Boston Bud
get.
Cream Pie: -Four tablespoonful of
rich cream. one tablespoonful of -four,
ono cupful OF sugar, one cupful of cold
water, yolks of two eggs, flavor with
lemon, line pic plate with pastry, pour
in the mixture and bake at once, mako
a meringuc OF tho whites Of the eggs,
spread smoothly on tho top and brown
delicately.-Bos Herald.
There is no artistic reason why you
should not have wood-cngraving hung
i'll an unprctentious frame in your par
lor. If it is good wood-engraving. if
you havo two crayon pictures, or two
pictures in black-and-whitoo of any kind,
Il wood engraving is easily bought, at
small expense, which is really master
piece in its line. This you can mako
tho top Of your pyramid of the black
and-whitc group he suro to select a
wood engraving which will show across
the room what it .-Demorests
Monthly.
Marble discolored by smoke can no
cleaned by benzine literally applied,
and rubbed of with a clean flannel. If
not then quito clean, apply second
time. Soap takes the polish from mar
bic. Polish with linon cloths. To take
iron stains from marble, use an equal
Quantity Of fresh spirits of vitriol and
lemon juice shaken together in bottle.
Wet the spots, and in a few minutes rub
with sof. linen, and the spots will dis
appear.
"A stoned olive stuffed with well-
favored chicken forco-meat is delicious
tid-blt ut picnic, or for any cold lunch
con. Select the large queen olives for
this purpose, cut with penknife
slanting lengthwse cut in each olive,
and continue to hold the knife next to
tho stone and thus remove it. 1t will
come out easily. Stone number, fill
tho opening with chicken force-moat,
and if you wish to keep them perfectly
in shape tic each one up and remove the
string after few hours and just before
serving.
Pot Roast Ducklings: Put into shall
low crock thin strip of bacon and a
tablespoonful OF mixed spices (whole);
clean or truss two ducklings and add
hot water or sonp stock enough to cover
up half way on the birds. Add parsley
and few celery seed. Place a narrow
strip of bacon over each bird. Put on
the lid and set tho crock in moderate
oven, where the birds will cook SLOWLY
two hours. Remove the ducks, strain
tho sauce, reduce it one third by boiling,
add gill Of cider or clarot, thicken with
Drowned flour, simmer fifteen minutes,
adding then tablespoonful of lomon
juice and servo with tho ducks.