Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-11-06
HOUSEHOLD eREvIrIEs.

"A small box filled with lime and
placed on a shelf in the pantry or closet
will absorb dampness and keep the air
dry and sweet
Take quart Of best vinegar, two
ounces Of lump sugar, two ounces Ot
salt Boil these together for a few min
utes and, when cold, anoint with brush
the meat TO be preserved.
when you eat fish, " said distin-
guished physician recently, don't eat
any thing else with it Bones are apt
to slip into the bread or cracker or the
potatoes or any thing else you take with
the fish, and thus become lodged in the
throat
IF chr0mos need cleaning moisten a
cloth in a Little cold tea and wine them
off with bit of ehamois skin. after
which polish with a little olive oil.
Gilt frames, when new, can be covered
with coat Of white varnish, and then
all specks can be wiped off without
harm.
Baked Bananas. -Remove the skin
and cut in two; place them in a shallow
baking tin. open side up; sprinkle we'll
with sugar, and CRATE over them little
nutmeg; place a small piece of butter
on each piece of banana, and bake
twenty or thirty minutes; serve with
cream Boston Herald
To take iron rust out Of white goods
pour teacupful OF boil ng water, stretch
the goods tightly across the top Of it
then pour on little Of the solution Of
oxalic acid dissolved in water, and rub
1t with the edge Of a teaspoon or any
thing. If it does not come out at once
dip it down into the hot water and rub
again.
"A Southern Way Of Cooking Sweet
Potatoes. Place a layer of sliced cold
sweet potatoes on the bottom OF a bak-
ing-dish, cover well with butter and a
sprinkle of sugar Another layer of po-
tatoes, butter and sugar Repeat this
until the dish S filled Cover well the
last layer with sugar and butter Brown
it over in a hot oven, and serve hot
Good Housekeeping
The following recipe for gems is
quickly and easily mixed, and they Will
be found delicious for breakfast: TO
pint and half Of flour add tablespoon
full of sugar, about the same of butter
and teaspoonful and half of baking
powder. Break in an egg and stir up
the whole with enough water to make
nice batter Pour into the gem-pans
and bake. Let them be nicely Drowned
on top and eaten while hot.-N. Y.
World.
Kidney Taute Split the kidneys in
halves lengthwise, and trim. Cut in
pieces. Put two ounces Of butter in
frying-pan; let melt; add small onion,
cut in slices, with the kidney. Stir over
a brisk fire four or five minutes: then
add a tablespoonful of flour; stir again;
stir in a teacup of soup stock Tor hot
water); season with salt pepper, the
juice of lemon and teaspoon full of
grape Jelly; stir well and serve hot -
Louisville Courier-JournaL
Cabbage Pickle Cut cabbage in
quarters, if large in eighths, boil fifteen
minutes, pack in iars with small cucum-
bers soaked from the brine. Small
onions, a few large peppers from which
the seeds have been taken, a few small
roots of horseradish bruised or split, and
a handful of black mustard seed Over
this pour vinegar sufficient to cover;
after boiling add to each half gallon a
teacupful Of sugar half an ounce Of
cloves and half an ounce Of cinnamon.
Yankee Blade
Turkey Croquettes Add piece of
butter the size of an egg to a spoonful
of milk Stir in enough -four to make
the mixture Of the consistency Of drawn
butter When it IS we'll cooked add a
beaten egg, a coffeecupful OF cold turkey
which has been chopped fine, and pep
per and salt to taste. Spread it on a
platter about an inch thick, and leave
it over night. In the morning cut the
mixture into squares. dip each square
in cracker crumbs and fry in hot lard
like doughnuts. -Housekeeper