Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-16
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seasonable Suggestions and Every Day Hints
to Practical Housekeepers.
To GIVE CREAM SHADE TO LACE dip it in
weak tea.
FRUIT STAINS will usually yield to hot water
when persistently poured upon them.
DATES ARE QUITE ANOTHER ARTICLE when
cut in two, the stones removed and the fruit
soaked in boiling milk with some shreds of
lemon peel.
IT IS MISTAKE to give glass Of lime water
and milk soon after or before an invalid takes a
dose Of calomel The action of lime water
changes the character Of calomel.
II Is CURIOUS FACT that mayonnaise dress
ing will disagree with delicate people, whereas
ths same ingredients put together without an
egg French dressing) will be easily digested.
A TASTY Dish Is MADE from q half pint of
cold boiled tongue minced and mixed with
cream and the yolks of two eggs well beaten.
Let this simmer two or three minutes, then
spread on slices of hot buttered toast Eat at
once.
STRAWBERRY CREAM Nor FRozEN.-Mash one
quart Of berries, strain through a sieve, sweeten
with three-quarters Of a pound of white sugar
and beat well. Pour ina pint and half of rich
cream and beat well for a quarter of an hour.
Serve at once in small glasses or cups for des-
sert.
WHEN DEcASTERs AND CARAfEs become so
discolored inside that shot or fine coal will not
cleanse them, fill the bottle with finely chopped
potato skins, cork tightly and let the bottle
stand for three days, when the skins will fer
ment. Turn ont and rinse. The bottle will be
as bright and clean as when new.
A PRETTY DISH OF SWEETS for the dinner
table Is made with dates and peanuts Push
out the date pit with the point of a penknife,
keeping the date in shape as far as possible.
Insert in the cavity thus made a peanut.
shelled, of course. Then, after pinching the
sof. date a little into shape, roll in granulated
sugar and heap on bon bon dish.
GRILLED STEAK.-Dip the steak in a small
quantity Of salad oil Chop some parsley
very fine and add to it pepper, salt and few
drops of lemon juice. Mix wen with this one
half ounce of butter. Broil the steak, and
when placed on a hot dish rub the parsley
mixture well into it. Lift a steak always by
the fat not by the lean part, else the juice will
run out.
TAKE CARE How You LET AMI MACHINE On.
or lubricato- come in contact with a cut or
scratch on your hand or arm, or serious blood
poisoning may result. In the manufacture of
some OF these machine oils fat from diseased
and decomposed animals is used. All physicians
Know now poisonous such matter is The only
afeguard is not to let any spot where the skin
is broken be touched by any machine oil or
lubricator.
FRENCH PICKLE IS RECOMMENDED as particu-
iariy good. Take fifty picked cucumbers, cut
In pieces, and twelve large onions, cut up,
sprinkle with salt and allow to stand over night
Next day add one ounce Of mustard seed, one
ounce OF celery seed, cents worth of tumeric,
six large hot peppers, or one pint of small I'm
ger peppers, small lump Of alum and one
pound OF brown sugar. Cover with vineoar
and boil three-quarters of an hour.
HoILANDAIsE SAUCE to be served with fish
made as follows will be found satisfactory:
Into dessertspoonful of boiling butter stir a
tablespoonful Of sifted iour and let it cook I'M
til smooth, then add gradually half a pint of
clear, strong broth. Have the yolks Of four
eggs well beaten in a large bowl and add the
boiling mixture to them, stirring well; return
to the IRE until it reaches the boiling point
without actually boiling. then add the Juice of
half lemon and small tablespoonful of but
tar cut into hita Peat WI ell nj aarvo