Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-07
FlREs,pE FRAGMENTS.


"A small bag of sulphur kept in
i've Of red ants
Potato Pudding: Boil one-half dozen
potatoes and mash through . sieve.
Beat up the white of two eggs and stir
into the mashed potatoes. add table,
spoonful of Scotch marmalade. Steam
in pudding-b bag for four hours.
Grated Apple. Pie: Enough grated
apple to ill th6pie. Put In bowl, add
piece of butter half the size of An egg,
juice OF half lemon and grated rind;
sweeten to taste. Bake in one crust
Good Housekeeper.
To Roast Quail: Pick carefully,
draw and truss them. cover the breasts
with slice of fat bacon or pork, sprin-
kle with pepper lightly. secure with
skewers, tie them to the spit and roast
them fifteen minutes; serve them very
hot, well-buttered. and with grape jelly.
indianapolis Sentinel.
The satisfactory furnishing Of .
home depends not only on pleasing. but
on resting, the eye. Half the time now
spent on worsted ugliness could result
in beauty, If this rule could be recog-
-
melt into harmonious whole il differ
emit colors are not allowed to touch each
other, but are separated with lines Of
white. black, gold, or red.-Demorest's
Monthly.
For most foods slow cooking is very
desirable The retention Of flavors not
only delivers the house from the cook
ing smells, which are often 90 annoying,
but often adds greatly to the value and
flavor of the food. We have come TO
know that favors and condiments are
very important to digestion, ard that
what We consider appetizing to the
palate has a real relation to digestibility
and assimilation.
Bubble and Squeak: Take about
one pound of slices Of cold boiled beef,
one pound Of chopped potato, one pound
OF chopped-up cabbage, both vegetables
previously boiled, pepper, salt and but
ter; fry the cold potatoes and cabbage,
add the salt and pepper and good piece
Of butter, set it one side to keep hot,
place the thin slices of beef in . sauce
pan, add very little water or gravy,
and . little Worcestershire sauce; let it
bubble we'll for q few minutes, then
place in hot dish with alternate layers
Of the vegetables, Boston Herald.
To make apple pudding, mix bat
ter with four well-beaten eggs, apint of
milk, little salt and a small piece of
butter, stirring till very light Pour
this over sliced apples in baking-d
and when done serve hot with wine
sauce. Cream together one-half cupful
of butter and two cupfuls of sugar, add
one-half cupful of boiling water, = little
1T time, beating the mixture till
smooth. Then stir in one teaspoonful Of
grated nutmeg. Heat the sauce till
about to boil and serve with the pud-
ding.-N. Y. World.
For chapped lips. dissolve some
beeswax in little sweet oil by heating
together gently. Apply to the lips sew.
eral times day and avoid wetting them
as much ~ possible. An old-fashioned
recipe for = perfectly harmless face To-
ton is the following: Take seeds OF
pumpkin, melon, gourd and cucumbers,
and pound them to, powder, adding
fresh cream to dilute the powder, then
add sweet milk enough to make thin
paste; few drops of oil Of lemon, or OF
lemon juice must be added. Apply this
to the face for half an hour at time or
it may be put on whom retiring and
left on over night