Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-29
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

For a cold on the lungs. lay a cloth
on the chest which has first been wrung
out in boiling water and sprinllled with
turpentine.
In serving chocolate shake very
little cinnamon over the filed cup to
make the beverage like the chocolate of
Mexico and Havana.
If the sirloin weighs twelve or
fifteen pounds, two and half hours
will be sufficient to roast it in. Beef
must hang al least two days, its flavor
is SO much improved thereby.
For rheumatism. take half q glass
full of lemon-juice for ten nights.
Always take it when getting into bed at
night Wear flannel next to the skin,
and in cold weather sleep in warm
blankets.
Sauce for Pudding: One cup of
sugar, one-half cup of butter, beat to a
cream; add one beaten egg, teaspoonful
of flour wet with cold water. Add one
half pint boiling water and let ali boil Il
few moments. stirring constantly.
For friezes, nets have often been
used with good effect, draped in grace
full folds along the top of a room or
stretched directly upon the wall. They
are used very largely for transom deco
rations or as valances over windows or
in alcoves.
For simple recipe for chocolate
icing mix together one-fourth of a cake
of grated chocolate. One-haf of a cup
ful of sweet milk. the tablespoonful of
corn starch, and let it boil for about
two minutes, then flavor with tea
spoonful of vanilla and swccten ii to
taste with powdered sugar.
Cookies: Ingredicnts-Two cups
white sugar, one cup sour cream, one
cup butter, four eggs, one half teaspoon
soda and flour to make a soft dough. [
have made them for years. and never
had any poor ones. They viii keep for
weeks, and when two weeks old are
better than when first madc.-Detroit
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-CrulIcrs: One cupful of sugar.
piece of butter the size of an egg rubbed
well into the flour two eggs beaten into
the sugar and butter, one cup of milk,
three tcaSpoonfulS of baking powder
mixed into a cupful of flour Add a lit
tie salt, unless the butter is very salty.
Flavor with one and Il half tcaspoonfulS
Oh ltlIl'btI t\tIdCI. MIN very SDIO.-
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Chestnut Cookies: Peel the chest
nuts and boil them till soft. then pound
them and mix to Il paste with three
c"~S. sugar to taste and flour to make q
dough that you can roll ont chin; cut
them in fancy shapes brush them over
with egg, and sprinkle with chopped
chcstnutS. Allow about Il tcacupful of
the boiled chcstnuts for three eggs
y. y. World.
A tasteful drapery for a square
wastc-paper basket consists of two fes-
toons Of plush or satin: peacock blue is
a good choice. alternating with two
deep crochcted points of beige color or
palc-bluc macrame cord in wheels. or
any other pretty designs. and finished
with heavy taSscls OF the cord Rosettes
and cords, both crochetcd. finish the
top and sides. and pompons of gathered
plush may also be introduced if desired.
Mutton Eibbobcd: Remove all the
fat from a loin of mutton, and the out
side also. if too fat; remove the skin;
joint it at every bone: mix half u small
nutmeg with a little pepper, salt and
brcad-crumbs: dip the steaks into the
yelkS of three wcll-bcaten eggs. and
sprinkle the crumb mixture all over
them: then place them together as they
were before cut apart: tie them and
fasten them on 4 small spit; place them
on plate in a deep baking pan; bastc
well with butter and the drippings in
the pan: when done place on Il hot dish;
add half Il pint of water or gravy to
that in the pan, one tablespoonful of
OmGto-ketchup. one tablespoonful IF
dropped capcrS: thicllcn with flour:
after Swimming off the fat. let it boil up
once after the thicllCning is added. and
pour over the meat: serve very hot
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