Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-03-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Cover your kitchen table with zinc
or tin. Hot dishes will not injure it,
and 1t is easily cleaned.
Examine nutmegs by pricking them
with a pin; if the oil spreads it is sign
that the nutmeg is good.
-Rubbers and arctics are very useful
in cold and wet weather, but should al
ways be removed while in warm room.
Rubbers are not to be recommended for
constant wear, because they interfere
with proper ventilation of the feet.
Mock Lobster.-Quarter of pound
of butter, one egg boiled hard and chop
ped fine, saltspoonful of mustard,
three tablespoonful of vinegar, salt and
pepper to suit taste, add this to one
pound of finely chopped veal previously
cooked and mix ll.-Boston Herald.
Boiled Goose.-Take fat, young
goose, soak over night in sweet milk,
wash and put in cold water one hour.
Fill the body with dressing made of
bread crumbs, season with pepper, salt
and onions; boil two hours, serve with
giblet sauce and gooseberry jelly
Ladies' Home Companion.
To burns unsalted butter, fresh oil,
yellk of egg or cold cream should be APP
piled at once. An especial good effect
is gotten from linseed oil and lime
water in equal parts or from bicarbon-
ate of soda with the requisite amount
OF water to make paste. Over such
applications should be placed only a
very thin bandage, not thick one,
which will generate warmth.
Raised Oatmeal Biscuit
one rounded tablespoonful of butter in
a pint of hot milk; when lukewarm,
stir in one and one-half pint of oatmeal
flour, and one-half pint of white flour,
one well beaten egg, little salt, one
tablespoonful of sugar, one-half yeast
cake; work the dough until smooth.
In the morning knead well and roll
out half an inch thick, cut into rounds,
and bake when Hght-Ladies Home
journal.
-Raisin Pie.-Grate the yellow rind
of one lemon; discard all the white rind
and seed; chop the remainder of the
lemon and one cup of stoned raisins.
Add to these little salt, piece of but.
ter the size of a walnut, one-half cup
molasses, one cup brown sugar and two
cups water Boil all together five min.
utes, then thicken with five tablespoon.
fuls of flour. Bake between two
crusts. This makes two medium-sized
pies.
In cold weather it is not advisable
to wash the exposed portions of the
skin, the face and hands, too often, mol
even to wash them in cold water at all
Lukewarm water should always be
made use of, together with mild soap
the alternative being the chapping OF
the hands and face, and even the ap
pearance of salt rheum or eczema upon
the skin. When frequent washing car
not be avoided in the winter time, the
exposed portions should be rubbed with
freshly prepared cold cream, vaseline OF
glycerine.
Chicago Pudding. -Ingredients: Fou
eggs, one and one-half pints of milk, one
tablespoonful of sugar, bread and butter
marmalade, one pint boiled custard; fla
vor with vanilla. Cut thin slices of breat
and butter and spread them with mar
malade. Fit them into buttered pi,
dish until it is half full; then pour ovel
them gradually hot milk, heated almos
to boiling. Take off the fire, add the
beaten eggs and sugar, stirred in with
the favoring. Place small plate OF
top to prevent the bread from rising
and let it soak for half an hour. Graf,
little nutmeg on the top and bake, ant
when done turn it out of the dish ant
pour over it pint of boiled custard
This pudding sgood either hot or cold
Detroit Free Press.