Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Meringues should be put on pud-
dlngs after they are slightly cool, as, it
the pudding be hot, the egg will liquefy.
To remove scratches and bruises
from furniture, rub them gently with a
fresh walnut. butternut or hiclzorvnut
kernel, and they will disappear as if by
magic.
"A nice way to serve stirred eggs is
to heap them in the middle of a platter,
and garnish them all around with thin
slices of smoked salmon. which have
been dipped into melted butter and
then allowed to frizzle slightly on a
slow fire.
Ham Omelet: Three eggs. two
tablespoons milk, one-half teaspoon
cornstarch, little salt. When omelet
is nearly done, add little minced
ham, fold the omelet once, and serve on
A hot platter garnished with parsley
Housekeeper.
Boiled Dried Beef: For piece of
dried beef weighing two pounds allow
two hours steady boiling. Remove from
the fire and allow the beef to stand in
the water until cold. This beef, cut in
thin slices, will be found very nice for
luncheon or light suppers.-Good House
| keeper.
"A new style of newspaper case may
be made of ecru linen covering card
board ten inches wide, double. and
| tapering to band of five inches wide
| at the top. This is all united so that it
| can le hung anywhere. The linen
| should be first Ornamented in outline
| stitch, or as may be preferred.-N. Y.
| World.
Plain Salad: Remove the meat
| from a small lobster and chop it very
| fine; add salt to suit taste and pepper;
add salad oil enough to moisten all
well; mix it well with spoon and
| place on the ice or where it will become
| very cold; press the meat into smooth
roll and place it on glass dish and
serve.-Boston Herald.
| "A rough test for the detection of
| water in lard consists in melting it in a
test tube. If free from water it be-
comes perfectly clear, while the pres
ence of water causes an Opaque appear
ance. If present in large quantities it
separates out on the liquid stands. but
| where the two have been well incor-
| porated separation only occurs most
! slowly.
Steamed dumplings, with stewed
| chicken or veal, are an acquisition.
| Cook both these meats until nearly
done, then make the dumplings like
baking powder biscuits; pour all but a
little of the water from the meats into
another vessel for gravy, and put the
dumplings in the pot on the meat sc
they will not touch the water, and cook
until all the water is boiled away.-La
dies Home Journal.
italian Bread: This bread, which
is greatly liked by some people, is made
of a stiff dough of twelve tablespoon
fuls of fine flour, six of powdered sugar
three eggs, the raspings of a lemon. ant
two ounces of fresh butter Mix the
above ingredients in Il pan with F.;
wooden spoon and if the dough is no.
sufficiently firm. add more flour anC
sugar. Then turn it out, work wei
with the hand. and cut in the form o
long. round biscuits. Glaze with thu
white of an egg, and bake in a quicl
oven.-Detroit Free Press.
bananas in Jelly: Make a mold o
lemon Jelly. Cut bananas in slices, ant
line the bottom and sides of a mold
Pour the Jelly in slowly, that it ma.
not float the fruit. Keep in ice waite
until hard. If you have no mold, use
small round. glass dish. Put the SLICE
bananas on the bottom, then turn in
little Jelly; when hard. put a row roun
the sides with spaces between, and fiji
the center with bananas: add NOR
Jelly, enough to cover. Reserve cur
full of Jelly, and. when ready to serve
break this up lightly, and scatter
over the top.-Boston Budget