Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-06
HOUSEHOLD BREvlTlEA

be}S on ice foI at least one hour before
serving. Peel them, cut them in thin
slices and heap in a glass dish with a
few shavings of white onions. Pepper
and salt them and cover then. with
cider vinegar. Home journal.
Water Cakes.-Take one pound of
sifted flour and dessertspoonful of
butter, rub the butter well into the
flour, mix it with cold water, add a
saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of
sugar, roll the paste out very thin, cut
into cakes and bake them in quick
oven.-Indianapolis Sentinel
Cheese Wafers--Rub tablespoon
full of butter to a cream, and stir in two
tablespoonfuls of grated English cheese.
Spread this mixture on thin water
crackers or plain waters, or, if you can
not get thin crackers, split the thicker
ones. Keep them in a hot oven till they
are "a delicate brown.-Boston budget
Cookies. - Ingredients: Two cups
of sugar. two eggs, two-thirds cup sour
milk, one cup butter, one teaspoonful
of butter, nutmeg to favor Add
enough -four to above ingredients to
roll nicely, and bake in quick oven.
These are warranted to keep we'll, if
there are not too many little folks
around-Detroit Free Press.
"A rich and brilliant effect, accord
ing to Furniture and Decoration, is OBJ
tanned in walls intended to be decorated
by mixing an equal quantity of marble
dust with the lime used in making the
plaster This gives a softness of tint
which cannot be obtained with ordinary
plaster. In Italy it has long been the
custom to give final coating of marble
dust to walls intended to be treated by
the wet process.
Salmon Croquettes.-Talse half a
can of the best salmon, remove all
bones and skin, and cut it up fine, but
do not chop it; add saltspoonfuf OF
salt and a very little cayenne: boil and
mash three good potatoes and mix them
with the salmon: form the mixture into
egg-shaped croquettes. roll them in
beaten egg, finely chopped celery and
cracker crun bs. and fry in very hot fat;
drain them carefully on brown paper,
then place them on a hot platter and
garnish with parsley. boston Herald.
Pianos that are used in private
houses should be tuned at least twice a
year-once in summer and once in win
ter. No piano can be kept at concert
pitch unless it is turned oftener than
once year. When the pitch is raised
only a ha!f-tone, a couple of tons at
least is added to the pressure on the
frame. A piano should not be left open
after it is used. unless one is willing to
send often for the tuner. The accumu-
lations Of dust that are found on the
sounding board collect easily from the
furnace or coal-stove in winter. and
from the street in summer.-N. Y.
Ledger.
-Ecr:c>a:.dy Soup.-Wipe and cut in
small pieces three pounds of the l>nuckle
of veal put it into a soup kettle with
three quarts cold water. Skim as i,
begins to boil: then simmer for three
hours: cook together for ten minutes
two tablespoons butter. one each OF
chopped carrot and turnips and two OF
onions and celery. Add the vegetables
to the soup, then cook one tablespoon,
ful flour with the butter, and whe II
frothy add it, also one quart stale
bread, one tablespoon salt, and six
peppercorns and one blade mace. Cook
for two hours, rub through a strainer;
reheat it, add one quart hot milk, more
salt if necessary, boil up once and
serve -RCSton Globe.