The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Use a clnm'sheh 10 sorape pots and
frying pans with
A good rulc is to use pastry -four
Whenever bnking-powder is used and
bread -four with yeast
-Frizzled Bcef-Shave dried beef
very hnc. put into @ frying-pan; when
hot shake and stir. scason with pepper
and buttor.
-Enckwhcnt Cakes. --Ingredicnts-
Two quarts huckwheat -four. one pins
corn meal. ono teaspoonful of yeast;
stir with water into thin batter. Lot
rise over night Detroit Free Press
drowned Sweet Potatoes. Remove
tho skins from sweet potatoes previous
~ boiled. cut into thick slices. roll in
-four and salt: fry in butter until q deli
cate brown: place on fat dish. and gar
nish with rnrslSv.-l.0s, on Herald
"A somewhat uncommon dish Ia made
OF oysters and onions Cut four small
White onions into dice, and fry in hot
butter until of clean yellow color Now
drop the oysters with their juice into
the pan. add more butter. ealt and pop
per. and when exactly done. pour into
not dish, and serve Wit dry coast
"A young housekecpcr nsks for some
thing that will romOve indelihle ink
stains. Cyanide Of potassium, which is
deadly poison. and must be handled
carefully. will remove some stains of 80
called 'indelibls" ink. Get directions
Tor Its use from the spothccary where
you purchase the preparation. -lios,on
budget
Hard Soan-Dtasolve ono can Of
potash In quart OF cold water. then
stir slowly into It ak rounds OF melted
grea+e; tho cleaner the grease tho winter
TN" soap Stir few minutes until 1t ~
very thick; pour into square pan. II
you want to cut IL In pieces, YOU must
do 1t rs Hoon az cold. or IL will harden 40
1t can not be cut easily. Mixing oat
nienl in this Ronp n.akcs q gooa toilet
article: it is very Eood for the hands
Household.
Curry OF Mutton.-Chop one pint Of
cold. cooked mutton. Put one table
spoonful of butter in n frying pan; wh, n
melted. add tab espoonful OF -four and
stir until smooth; add hall-pint of
boiling water, stir until it'hoilx: add tho
ment tcnsroonfnl of rurry-ro WIDER, nnd
hnl'-tcasrOnful OF salt; stir until
thoroughly heated. Then heap In tho
center or II meat dish, and put around IL
,oid"r of nicely boiled ricc.-Cuol
Housekeeping.
Oyster Toast.-Wash one pint oys-
t"rs. drain. seaHon with salt and prrrcr.
Dip In melted huttey. then in fine crack
ar crumbs lIroil over O clear fro until
the juice flows Place on tonst. pour q
white sauce over and sprinkle with
chopped celery. Get &c largo oysters
na Tossill" for bioiling MS they shrivcl
M III hroilirg good Il, nj. Scnson the
cracker crumbs, rolled fine. with salt
nnd pepper. Grease tho bro.ler brush
Ing over with melted huttcr or rubbing
with bit OF salt pork. Boston Globe.
-"ll"w many clever ideas come into
ones hcad while lying iil in bed" was
said to III" hy relative who waa i'll tho
greater rart of lnst summer Sho then
went ON TO tell mo how she carried on,
one OF hcrown. She called it IN inyuiid'n
tnhlc-cloth. A napkin MAS never lnryc
"nosgh to protect tho led, lolhcs from
the tiny and dishes so she had taken
pieces OF Heavy linen, making them ms
long NJ tho led MAS wide mud aiiout
twenty inches In width. These she had
stitched and embroidered The result
has hc'n something useful md pretty.
ns well ns novel. She sent The first one
she bad nndo TO fair and had been
much pleased 10 receive several orders
N. y. World.