River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

IF you pour boiling water over the
tomatoes and allow them TO stand
awhile you can easily remove the skin.
All jellies and preserves should be
put in the jars while lukewarm, as the
jelly or sirup, if ii be thick. breaks after
it has become cold; the jars should be
left open till the next day.
Egg Crackers: Five eggs, one cup
of sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful of
soda, one and one-half cups of butter.
mix with flour, lnead twenty minutes
roll thin, cut any desired shape and
bake.-Detroit Free Press.
Fried Onions: Peel them-holding
hands and onions under water to pre-
vent tears-wash well and cut length
wise, salt and flour them and fry in hot
fat five or six minutes, drain them care
fully, and pepper and serve with beef
steak.--Boston Herald.
"A Michigan peach-grower is report
ed as picking off nine-tenths of the more
imperf, Z specimens of the fruit at an
early stage of growth, and harvesting,
as result of this truly heroic treat
ment, over two bushels to the tree OF
uiiCoAhAhohiy tdi &c liAAb-
Potato Turnovers: Mix about a pint
of hot mashed potato with one egg.
season to taste and roll ii in -four
Make it into balls and press or roll
them out thin; put a tablespoon of meat,
minced and seasoned, on one half; fold
over and press the edges together, and
brown on each side in butter or sausage
fat.-Boston Budget.
Cocoa: Six tablespoonful of cocoa
to each pint of water, as much milk as
water. Rub cocoa smooth in little
cold water; have ready on the fire a
pint of boiling water, stir ia cocoa
paste, boil twenty minutes, add milk,
boil five minutes, stirring often; sweet
N in cups to suit the different tastes. =
Housekeeper.
To bake potatoes, wash them very
clean, dry them with towel ANA lay
them in good oven. They will need
about two hours to get done. By bak-
ing them you get all the nutriment they
contain. They are also the most whole
some, since in baking Il part of their
starch is already turned into sugar, and
thus some of the work to be done by di-
gestlon is performed beforehand.
Salts of lemon and oxalic acid are
doubtless excellent for removing stains
from linen, but they are such deadly
poisons that one dislikes to think OF
their use even in the most careful Of
hands. A little common salt sprinlxled
on an ink spot, iron rust, or other stain
and then thoroughly wet with lemon
juice and exposed to the sun will do as
effective work as the poisons. Renew
the application if required Home
stead.
Baked Tomatoes: Stem and scald
four large, red tomatoes; cut with a
sharp knife into very thin slices.
Sprinkle, in a pudding dish, a layer of
bread crumbs; over this place layer OF
tomatoes, then a sprinkling of salt and
pepper, several bits of butter, and few
pieces Of chopped onion. Continue this
until the top shows a layer of tomato.
Now beat two eggs briskly with sea
soning of salt, and pour over the tOma
toes. Lastly, spread with butter and a
quarter inch of bread crumbs. Bake
twenty-five minutes. Good Housekeep
ing.
When jelly does not seem as hard
as it should be in twenty-four hours
after it is made the easiest remedy is &c
set it in the sun for half day, which
will have decided tendency to thicker
it. If regular jelly tumblers with Gov
ers are not used cut a paper To fit the
top. Writing paper is best for this pur-
pose. Lay upon the jelly; then cover
with another paper, pasting it securely
upon the glass with white of egg. II
not as hard as desired, jelly is improved
by standing a fe weeks before sealing
up.-N. Y. World.
delicious Peach Cream: Take one
pound of canned peaches, one-hal1
pound of sugar, and rub through &
sieve. the peaches being cooked very
soft. Soak half pack, ge of gelatint
for an hour in enough cold water IL
cover; then stir into it teacupful OF
rich milk or cream, which should be
boiling hot; and when well dissolved
add it to the hot marmalade. Wher
pretty cool and before it becomes firm
beat the peaches smooth and stir in it 6
pint of whipped cream. Dip a mold
into cold water. fill it with the mixture
and set it away to grow firm. Turn
out and serve with a garnish of pre-
served peaches. Ladies' Home Journal