The Republican., 1891-10-16
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Oyster shells is good to clean tho
tirebrick of the stove. Lay a number
of them on top of the hot Goals, and
when the fire burns down it will be
found that all the clinkers have scaled
off the bricks
"A very good shampoo is made of
salts of tartar, white CASTLE soap, bay
rum, and lukewarm water. The salts
will remove the dandruff, the soap will
soften and clean the hair thoroughly,
while the bay rum will prevent taking
cold
inexpensive Fruit Cake: One-half
cupful of butter, two cups of flour,
three-quarters of cupful of sugar, one-
half cupful of milk, less than one-half
cupful of molasses, two eggs, one-halt
teaspoonful Of soda in molasses to foam,
one cupful Of chopped raisins, a little
cloves and cinnamon. National Pres
byterian.
Flour can not be too cold for pas
try, cookies OF kindred dOughs, while
for yeast bread it should be warm
enough to favor the growth of the yeast
plant. For the same reason warm
water should be used with yeast, while
with cream tartar and soda il would
hasten the escape of the gas, and cold
liquids only are allowable.
Apple Pudding: Pare, quarter and
core enough tart apples to fill pudding
dish half full, and season with nutmeg,
water and piece of butter as large as
two hickory nuts Make crust as you.
would make baking powder biscuit,
roll it out half an inch thick and cover
the top of the pudding, cutting holes
through it for the escape of steam.
Cover with basin of the same size,
stand on the top of the stove and cook
fifteen minutes, then remove the cover
and place in hot oven until nicely
Drowned. Serve hot with hard sauce.
Boston Globe
Boiled Chicken with Oysters: Pre-
pare the chicken as for roasting, addingl
chopped oysters to the stutling. Put the!
fowl in tin pail, tightly covered. and
place the pail in pot of cold water,
Boil for an hour and half or two
hours, as required. Make gravy from
the liquor in the pail, adding to it some
of the oysters. Take half dozen of
the largest oysters, cooked until their
edges curl, and lay over the chicken.
Put over it little of the gravy and
serve the rest in bowl.-Good House
keeping
Real Boston Baked Beans: Boil
one pint of beans in half gallon of
water, to which has been added pinch
of soda, half an hour Then pour off
water put the beans in large pan,
pour over them half pail of cold water
and wash thoroughly. Repeat this sew
eral times until the skins of the beans
are all washed off. Place the beans in
a half gallon stone jar or crock, cover
with water, add pound of fat pork or
bacon. tablespoon of molasses, and
Il little salt, and bake all day. Must be
kept covered tightly, and if it gets too
dry, add more water - Detroit Free
Press.
-Creamed Dried Beef: There comes
in pound and half'pound boxes shaved
dried beef of good quality. In cooking
for three people use one-quarter of
pound of this beef, one generous table,
spoonful of butter, gill and a half of
milk, one level teaspoonful of flour, and
little pepper, if liked. Put the beef
in a bowl and pour a pint of boiling
water on it. Let it stand ten minutes,
then drain well. Put the butter in the
granite-ware dish and place over the
lighted lamp. When the butter is hot,
add the beef and stir with fork until
the slices begin to curl Now add one
gill of the milk. Mix the remaining half
gill with the flour. When the milk be-
gins to boil, stir in the flour and milk
mixture. Continue stirring until this
boils; then serve.-Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.