The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-07-09
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Salt Pork critters: Cut the meat
thin and freshen it, fry it delicately, and
then dip it into batter prepared as for
griddle cakes, fry each one delicate
brown, and serve with sour apples sliced
and fried in little of the pork gravy
Boston Herald.
Bathing the nose with water in
which there has been put few drops of
camphor is said to whiten it. But as
redness of the nose usually results from
some stomach trouble, it would be wise
to search for the cause and get rid of it
before you apply external remedies.
Black Pudding: Three cupfuls of
-four, one and one-half cupfuls of milk,
one and one-half cupfuls of raisins
(stoned), one egg Tor without), butter
the size of an egg, teaspoonful of Glove,
cinnamon, salt, one cupful of molasses.
Steam four hours.
The strained juice of basket of
berries added to a quart of whipped
cream makes delicious syllabub or
sauce for an iced rice or any other deli
cate cold pudding. Then there are
strawberry mousses, sponges and va
riety of dishes thatrequire only basket
of berries.
To make an impermeable glue, soak
ordinary glue in water until it softens,
and remove it before it has lost its
primitive form. After this, dissolve it
in linseed-oi1 over slow fire until it is
brought to the consistenee of a jelly
This glue may be used for joining any
kinds of material. In addition to
strength and hardness, it has the adj
vantage of resisting the action of water
Cheap Custard: Put one pint of
sweet milk into double kettle, let it
come to boil, beat two eggs with egg
beaten, add four spoonfuls of white
sugar, stir the eggs into the milk, wet
two tablespoonfuls of flour in cold milk,
see that there are no Jumps in it, then
stir into the milk and cook three or four
minutes; take it off and cool it before
adding extract of lemon or VANILLA
Housekeeper.
An excellent and simple wash to
keep the hands white and smooth after
the occasional dish-washing which
comes to almost all housekeepers is
equal parts of vinegar and water. It is
a good plan to keep bottle of it pre-
pared and standing in the kitchen closet
Wash the hands first thoroughly in
warm water, wipe them dry, and rinse
thoroughly in the mixture. The same
preparation is good to remove stains
from the hands.
-Pound-Cake: Beat pound of but
ter to a cream, stir in pound of sifted
powdered sugar, and the rind and juice
of lemon. Beat ten eggs very light,
and add to the butter and sugar. Mix
thoroughly and add a pound of sifted
flour. Beat thoroughly, and bake in
moderate oven, in tins lined with but
tered paper, about an hour. This cake
will keep in cool, dry place for sever
al weeks, even after being cut.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
-Trufaed Chicken: Boil until tender
nice plump chicken. When cold, re-
move all the white meat, and cut it into
dice. Put one tablespoonful of butter
in small saucepan. When melted, add
one tablespoonful of -four mix until
smooth; add half-pint of milk, stir
continually until it boils, add the chick
en-, Tablespoonful of salt, dash of
white pepper. When hot, add the yolks
of two eggs, a cup of fnely-chopped
mushrooms and four truffies cut into
tiny pieces. Cook one minute, and
serve in the small cups.-Boston Budget.
Meat Pie: Line deep baking dish
with paste rolled quarter of an inch
thick. Take any cold meat, cut it in
small pieces and fill the dish nearly
full, Should the meat be very lean, add
a large piece of butter, pepper and salt;
add as much water as the dish will hold,
shake in considerable -four and cover
it; finish the edge with roll, and cut
openings in the upper crust for the
steam to escape. If a medium-sized pie
bake one hour. Any kind of cold roast
or boiled meat is good used in this way,
and a mixture of veal and pork makes
I delicious pie.-Boston Herald.
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