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


Open canned fruit an hour or two
before 1T is needed for USE 1t is far
richer whom the oxygen is thus restored
to it.
Iron rust will depart with cream OF
tartar. Tie little OF the powder in tho
stained parts and boil few minutes i'm
clear water.
do not light sick-room at night
by means of jet of gas or kerosene
lamp burning low; nothing impoverishes
the air sooner Use sperm candles, or
tapers which burn sperm oil.
TO scold child at table is To
punish whole family, and to over
whclm the offender with modification.
thus creating anger and rebellion rather
than desire to improve.
lumber Fruit Cake: Ono tumblcr
q butter, one tumbler of sugar, ono
tumbler OF molasses, ono tumblcr of
eggs, ono pound of raisins, one pound of
currants, onc-half pound of citron, one
quarter teaspoonful of soda, ono tea
spoonful of all kinds of spice and salt.
Soft Gingerbread: One cup of mo-
lasses, one cup of warm water half n
cup OF soft butter, one tcaspoonful of
soda dissolved in the water: Il teaspoon
full of ginger and cinnamon mixed and
two cups of flour. When we'll mixed
drop y tablespoonful in tho pan and
bake quickly Boston Budget
-Grecn Corn Omelet: Gratc'the corn
from twelve ears of corn, boiled: beat
five eggs, stir them with the corn: season
with pepper and salt, add Il tablespoon
ful of butter and fry tho mixture brown,
browning the top with q hot lid. If
fried in small cakes, with Little flour
and milk stirred in TO form batter, il
VIII be found quite nice. Ohio Farmer.
Peach Flnmmery: Limo tho bot
tom of glass or china dish with slices
81 stale cake, not moro than an inch
and half thick. Make Il boiled Gus
tard out of pint OF milk and tho yclks
of four eggs, and pour over the cake.
On this spread q layer OF peeled, sliced
and sugarcd peaches, and over that n
morinGuc OF the whites OF the four eggs
beaten stiff with four tablcspoonfuls Of
sugar. -Demorcsts Monthly.
Lemon Tarts: Fill number of
tart shells with puff paste and bake.
Crate the rinds OF two lemons, add two
cupfuls of water, one cupful of sugar, Il
spoonful of almond flavoring. and boil
and thckcn with two spoonsfuls of
corn-s starch. ~ small lump Of butter
improves it for some tastes. Fill tho
tarts while warm; leo the top -Ladics
Home Journal.
-F'rying-pans should be cleaned by
being secured with salt the moment
they arc done with, and wiped clean
with cloth. Tho inside of n frying
pan should never come in contact with
water. 1t may appear n kind of super
stition, but if the inside of an omclet-
pan has once been touched with water.
It'll spoiled forever, and the cooking OF
an omelet in it is an impossibllity.
Household Monthly.
Poor Mans Goose. One pound porl,
cuttings or pigs fry. two pounds pota-
toes, three onions, thrco leaves of dry
sage, one tablespoonful of flour, some
pepper and salt Parboil tho potatoes,
cut them in thin slices; crumble the
sage and mix it with flour. pepper and
salt Cut the pork or fry into small
pieces, and roll 1t in the mixture. Place
in deep pie-dish layer of the sea-
soned meat. Slice the onions; sprinkle
the pork with part of the onions, then
put in layer of potatoes, next layers of
meat, onions and potatoes till the dish
is full. Cover it with potatoes Pour
little cold water or stock to make a
gravy. Put it into moderately
oven, and bake for at least an hour
Eousekeeper.