The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-20
FlRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

TO make tea do not use water
which has stood in the tealSettle and
been boiled repeatedly. Fill the kettle
with fresh water, and use 1t just as it
comes to the boiling point.
Maple sugar sauce is especially
nice TO eat with rice croquettes. Boil
u quarter of a pound of maple sugar
and half cupful of water together till
it threads; stir in the juice of one lemon,
the whites of two eggs, well beaten,
and half u cupful of thick cream. N.
Y. World.
Sugar Biscuits: Two eggs, one-hali
pint of milk one tablespoonful of lard,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
cupful sugar, one and one half pints
-four, pinch of salt Mix into smooth
batter pour into gem pans and bake
for ten minutes in hot oven.-Detroit
Free Press
Bowl Cake: One pint bowlful OF
sugar, one pint bowlful of raisins
stoned, one bowlful of sweet milk, three
bowlfuls of flour, one cupful of molasses,
one half bowlful of butter, one tea
spoonful of soda, add spice of all kinds,
mix well and bake carefully; this guam
tity makes two loaves. boston Herald.
Delicious Sponge Cake: Beat the
yolks and whites of two eggs separate
ly, and mix all of one cup of sugar with
the whites, the rest with the yollSs. Add
one cup -four, one generous teaspoon
baking powder, and one-quarter tea.
spoon salt. After mixing all these well
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water Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Fried Onions: Have frying-pan hot,
put in q good-sized piece of butter (or
meat fryings after frying meat), put in
the onions sliced; sprinkle with pepper
and salt and pour in just a little hot
water, cover closely, let cook twenty
minutes; add teaspoonful of -four in a
little milk, and when it boils it is ready
to serve.
-Raisin-Layer Cake: Three-fourths
cup butter, two cups sugar, yollxs ot
four eggs, one cup milk, three cups
| flour mixed with two and one-half tea
spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
lemon extract. Bake in four ielly-cakt
tins. fill with raisin-cream, made O
whites of four eggs beaten well, half
cup fine sugar, half-pound best raisin
chopped fine, half-cup chopped currants
Boston Budget. ... ny
Buying cheap boots is about tn,
most eXtravagant act woman can b,
guilty of. Only poor leather enter
into their composition, therefore the,
keep in good condition but a few weeks
they are usually uncomfortable, un
shapely, and a bad fit. A neat, well
made boot goes far toward promotin,
the elegance of toilet, and, unles
utterly impossible, fair price shoul
always be paid for this commodity
House shoes and slippers are of less in
portance, but even here the cheap art
Gle is the dearest in the end.
For polishing furniture there ar
various preparations that can be bought
but very simple and satisfactor
polish is a mixture of linseed oil an
vinegar, well shaken in a bottle befor
using. All dust should be remove
from the furniture and the miXtur
rubbed over small area only at u time
Apply with an old piece of flannel an
polish up quickly with soft, clean rul
bers, ending with an old silk handkel
chief. This homemade preparatio
does not III time form a sort of cal
over the furniture as do some pater
polishes when frequently used.-N.
World.
kitty Gray's Lemon Pie: The juic
and grated rind of one lemon, one Gu
of sugar, the yollss of two eggs, thre
tablespoonfuls of flour and one pint {
milk. Line large pie dish with crus
and pour in the mixture. Bake unit
nearly done; take from the oven an
spread over it the whites of two eggs
well beaten, with two tablespoonfuls {
white sugar. Set in few minutes I
brown. Mix the lemon juice, CRATE
rind and sugar together. Wet the flor
with little of the milk, smoothing
carefully. Then add the beaten yoll
of the eggs, the remainder of the mill
then stir in the other ingredients. RI
serve q tenspoonful of the lemon juiC
to flavor the whites of the eggs. -Detro
Free Press.