The Iola register., 1890-10-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Some very careful and successful
housekeeper insists that frying-paa
should never be washed. Their method
is to scour it thoroughly with salt the
moment It has been used and set it away
for the next service.
An old French recipe for removing
grease spots in silk is as follows: Two
ounces of spirits of wine, add one ounce
OF French chalk and one ounce of pipe
clay. both finely powdered. Make the
paste into balls and let it dry. Apply it
by rubbing IL, slightly moistened, on the
spot OF grease. When it is dry, brush it
off, and If the grease is not entirely gone
repeat the process.
Indian Sponge-Pudding -Crumble
cold corn-mufiins to make two teacup-
fuls Soak in a quart of sweet milk
three or four hours. Then add three
well-beaten. eggs, three level table
spoonfuls of sugar and pinch of salt.
Beat we'll, bake one hour in a moderate
oven, and serve hot with rich cream and
sugar, or with sauce made by beating
into cream, a, heaping tablespoonful of
butter, a teacupful of granulated sugar,
one egg. with very little vanilla for
fiayoring. IL is delicious served with
ice-cream.-Ladies' Home Journal.
In washing clothes, grass stain is
particularly obstinate to remove. IL
will sometimes disappear by dipping the
spot with molasses, and letting it lie few
moments Rinse the molasses out in
clear water, and the stain will disappear
with it. A more effectual method, how
ever, is to dip the spot in solution of
tin chloride, and Immediately wash it
out in an abundance of clear water.
Many stains which are too firmly set to
yield to the. treatment with boiling
water win come out by dipping the spot
in warm chlorine water. - Boston
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Picked Tomatoes-Select tomatoes
hardly ripe enough for table use. Wipe
them and drop into a two gallon crock.
Cover with cold cider vinegar. to which
has been added a tablespoonful of mix
ed spices, tied in cheese cloth sack.
IL you have not enough tomatoes to fill
the jar, they may be added from time to
time keeping them we'll under the vine
gar. A little sugar may be added, or
better. fresh vinegar after they have
stood some time. When wanted. take
from the vinegar. slip off the skin,
cover with powdered sugar and serve in
sauce dishes. Almost equal to fresh
fruit-Western Rural.
-Giblet Pie.-Select large giblets and
wash carefully, and put them on to stew
IT, q, aI1 nd
small onion with two cloves stuck in it,
half saltspoonful of sage, salt and pep
per, cover closely and cook until tender;
cut chicken in pieces, remove the skin
and wash it, parboil it, seasoning with
chopped onions, salt and pepper; in
about half an hour remove the chicken
to deep dish, remove the onion and
whole cloves from the giblet gravy, pour
ali the rest over the chicken-the glib
lets must be cut in small pieces-add
one teaspoonful of mushroom catsup
with flour, cover the dish with good
paste and bake one hour.-Boston Her.
aid.
Black Wedding Cake.-0ne pound
each of flour, butter and sugar, twelve
eggs, four pounds of stoned raisins-
three pounds of currants, one pound and
half of citroD. three-quarters Of a
pound Of blanched and pounded al
monds, four ounces of cinnamon, six
nutmegs, one ounce of mace, one OF
cloves, and three gills of molasses-
Dredge the currants and raisins with
one cupful of flour. Mix the spice with
the remainder of the -four. Beat the
butter to cream. Gradually beat in
the sugar, and add the molasses little
at a time, beating until the mass is
smooth and creamy. Add the almonds,
and beat well. Now add the well-beat-
en- yelks of the eggs, then the whites.
Stir the flour in lightly, then the rails
ins and currants Spread the cake-mix-
ture in layers in the pans, and spread
thin slices of the citron on each layer.
Bake for four hours in moderate oven.
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