The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
HOME HINTS AND HELPS,

Sugar Cookies: One egg, two cups
sugar, one cup butter, n cup sour
cream, one ~teaspoonful slleratus, ons
nutmeg; enough flour to mix as soft as
you can handle and roll thin.-Old
Homestead
Sham towels, to be thrown over
those in use upon the rack, are embel-
lished at one end with quaint landscapes
or figures, though the latest fancy dis;
plays garlands of flowers, delineated
with long stitch in silks of natural col
ors-N. Y. World.
To relieve headache put one tea
spoonful of liquid ammonia in a cup of
hot water. Take one ~teaspoonful of
the milky looking liquid every hour or
half hour, according to the severity Of
the pain. 1t v fails to give relief.
Detroit Free Press
"A nice way to prepare apples for
the table is to remove the cores from
sound apples and simmer till tender in
a preserving kettle, between LAYERS of
grape vine leaves, covering the kettle
closely. When done but not broken,
brush the apples over with white Of
egg and dredge with powdered sugar
N. Y. World.
Chocolate Cake: One cup butter,
two cups white sugar, three cups flour,
four eggs, n cup of sweet milk and
two teaspoonsful baking powder; bake
one-half in n square tin. Add to the
remaining half one-half cupful grated
chocolate, one tablespoonful of mo-
lasses, yelks of two eggs, and a little
more -four; bake in the same sized tin
and put together with chocolate icing;
also ice the t~op.-Detroit Free Press.
-Pot-Roasted Duck: After the birds
are picked 1.-THE best feathers put in a
muslin bag and hung in the sun to dry),
drawn and thoroughly washed, place
in a pot of boiling water, with a table
spoonful of salt. Boil until very tender,
which will require from one to two
hours. Have only enough water to
keep the ducks cooking, so that it may
all boil away at the last, and the ducks
drown down" in the pot.-Good House.
keeping.
Lobster Currie: Fry two onions in
half an of butter, until they are
nicely Drowned. Mix one tablespoon.
full and a half Of currie powder with
half a pint of coed gravy. and put this
with the fried onions into a stewpan;
then take the meat from a large lobster
and cut it into rather small pieces; add
it to the gravy and onions with a table
spoonful of vinegar or lemon juice.
Simmer slowly for about half an hour,
and serve.-Boston Herald.
To judge of an ovens heat there
are no better rules than Gouffe's: TRY
the oven every ten minutes with a piece
of white paper. If too hot, the paper
will blaze up or blacken; when the pa
per becomes dark brown ii. e., rather
darker than ordinary meat-pie crust),
the oven is fit for small pastry. When
light brown Il. e., the color of real nice
pastry, it is ready for vol au vent, tarts,
etc. When the paper turns dark yell
low Ii. G., the color of deal), you can
bake bread, large meat pies or large
pound cakes; while if it is Just tinged,
the oven is just fit for sponge cake,
meringues, etc.
Little Pigs in Blankets: Eighteen
large oysters, an equal number If slices
of homeless breakfast bacon and a plate
of toast should be allowed for three
persons Get the bacon where they
use a machine for cutting it. and have
1t cut as thin as a shaving. If you can
not get it cut in this way, it is better to
buy the bacon in the piece and cut it
a sharp knife yourself. The slices
should be SO thin that one could almost
through them. Wrap each oyster
a slice of the bacon, and fasten it
n wooden toothpick. Light the
lamp, having the wicks rather high,
and place the graniteware dish over it.
In a few moments put in as many ''little
pigs" as will lie fiat on the bottom of
the pan. Turn constantly with a fork
until they are brown on beth sides;
serve at once on slices of toast. Ladies'
Journal