Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-11-25
LITTLE HELPS.

A CAKE OF SapOllO SnOulu Always Dt
kept near the kitchen sink. 1t is ex-
cellent to scour steel knives and forks
with, as well as ali tin or agate dishes,
and will remove egg or tea stains from
china.
Put teaspoonful of baking soda, or
pearline in the teapot occasionally
and after filling two-thirds full OF cold
water, bring to a vigorous boil for tf-
teen minutes. A delIcately favored
tea cannot be made in q badly stained
pot.
Put tablespoonful Of pearline in
the dripping pan or kettle, when you
remove the meat, and filing 1t with
cold water, bring to q boil, and the
grease will be removed.
Always use a vegetable brush to
clean turnips, beats, parsnips or other
vegetables that are not to. be pared,
and avoid cutting the skin, il possible.
Neither should a potato be baked that
has had the skin cut, as in both cases
the flavor and mealiness of the vegeta-
BILE is injured.
An unpainted soft wood kitchen
floor will look much winter if cleaned
with a small allowance Of very hot
water, Schanged often, than it will if
soaked with great quantity.
BREAD MAKING.
Good bread cannot be made Of pooi
material, but / care not what brand OF
-four or yeast you use, or by what
method You make it, if it becomes so
chilled as to arrest the process OF
fermentation for any great length of
time it will not be nice. And as many
houskeepers do not have facilities for
keeping it at an even temperature dur
ing the night give a recipe that never
fails to produce delicious bread-it
good -four and yeast are used-and
that without anxiety on the part oi
the cook.
At dinner time or by four o'clock il
| the afternoon, pare and boil foul
medium sized potatoes and mash them
| through O colander or Hemmony
masher and pour over them one quart
of hot water. Cover closely and stand
in warm place.
! Soak one cake of "Yeast Foam" in g
pint of warm water until soft, then
add one tablespoonful of salt, two oI
granulated sugar and two of flour.
Beat well and stand in a warm place
until bed time. Then stir the yeast
into the potato water, wrap blanket
around the dish, or place il where il
will not become cold. The first thing
in the morning stir in flour enough
to make batter a little sitter than
for griddle cakes, and beat 1t rigorous
| Ly for fifteen minutes. Stand it in a
warm place and in three hours 1t will
have risen to an active foam and set
tied down.
In the meantime warm-but not
make hot-enough -four to mix the
sponge into a smooth, but not very
stiff mass. If you are strong enough
to knead it half an hour the bread " Ill
be winter and more delicate, than il
will with less manIpulation-but-Mrs.
[ Ewing Notwithstanding is hard
| operation unless one is strong. The
best substitute for this amount oi
kneadinG is to chop the mass thorough
ly with chopping knife, after it has
been mixed sufficiently stiff and
smooth. After this knead again into q
smooth mass, rub tablespoonful oi
soft-not melted-lard over the top
and do not let it get too warm while
rising.
Allow the mass to become very light
before making it into loaves, and rub
lard over the top OF each one when
setting away to raise. Do not allow
the loaves to rise until they be,
come too light, and have the
oven at high degree of heat when you
put them in to bake. At the expira
ton of fifteen minutes lower the tenn
perature, and bake from forty-fi
minutes to an hour according to the
size of the loaves. When done wraE
in damp cloth, and over this dry
one-and place on the side of the
loaves.
If the sponge is set at six o'clock il
the morning the bread will be baket
by noon and be deliciouslY sweet.
RAISED BISCUIT.
Add piece of butter the size of {
hickory nut and tablespoonful o.
sugar to little of the sponge at tn,
hub little butter over the top before
standing away to rise.
BREAD CAKE
To one teacupful of bread sponR,
add one teacupful of sugar, one hal
cupful of butter and one well beater
egg.
Beat the whole thoroughly together
then add one-third of a tesspoonfu
each of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice
one teaspoonful of sodn dissolved ir
one tablespoonful of hot water and on,
teecupful of seeded and chopped raj
sins and half a cupfuI OF English car
rants that have been washed through
two waters and dried well with towel
/. Add -four enough 10 make seasonabl,
, stiff batter, probably about one teacup
full, though this must depend ypon th