The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-27
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

FIKGSlOE FRAGMEN >.
TO color soup green use spinage.
Found it, press out the juice and add it
to the soup just before serving.
-Buttermilll can be used with baking
powder instead of sweet milk by stir
ringi in little soda. If the buttermilll
is new, one can't tell the difference.
A strip OF flannel or napkin folded
lengthwise and dipped in hot water and
wrung out, and then applied around the
neck OF child that has the Group, will
usually bring relief in ten minutes.
Roast Oysters: Wash the shells and
dry; put them on a bed of hot Goals.
When they are done, they will open u
little. Remove the upper shell and
serve the oysters in lower one. Season
with salt and put a little melted butter
on each. -lIousekeeper
Lemon CuStard Pie: The juice and
grated rind of two lemons, One-half tea
cupful of butter, four spoonfuls of
cream, six eggs, three cupfuls of sugar
and one alf pint OF milk. Beat the
lemons, yellls and butter together, then
add the sugar, whites and cream. The
quantity makes three pies.
-Crullers: Take one and one-half
cups of sugar, one cup of sour milk, two
eggs, two scant tablespoons of melted
butter, half nutmeg, one spoonful of
cinnamon, one teaspoon of salt, one
teaspoon of soda; make it little sitter
than biscuit dough; roll out quarter of
inch thick and cut with fried cake cut
ter with hole in the center; fry in hot
lard.
Prince Albert Sandwiches: Take
three eggs, piece of butter the size of
walnut, little grated cheese, Il dash
OF salt and of cayenne pepper. Put all
into sauce pan and stir over the fire
until it thickenS. Cut some round pieces
of bread, fry them in butter till of a nice
brown. Spread the paste over them.
Have some ham or tongue grated, to be
Strewn over them before serving.
Salt Baths at IIome.-Pcople who
are fond of Sea-bathing in summer
should know that in winter Il most
effective and yet simple substitute for
sea water is q cup of rock salt dissolved
in warm water and added to the bath.
A warm salt bath OF this kind is the
most refreshing tonic for an exhausted
body. But don't go out Of doors after
taking it. Just before going to bed is
the right time.
In making pastry if a white of egg
be dissolved i'll each tumbler of cold
water used as wetting. it will make the
crust more more flaky and tender.
Pastry should be handled as little as
possible, and it should not be turned
over in rolling it out. : he water used
in Wetting it ought to be very cold
and slate or marble slab is preferable
to a wooden board for rolling it OH
Christian at Work.
Many make mistake in stirring
oatmeal too much while cooking; it is
apt to make it mushy and pasty; some
may prefer it cooked SO, but | think it
is much better and more palatable
cooked in this manner: Allow one-half
pint of coarse oatmeal, and two even
| teaspoonfuls of salt to each quart of
water. Put the meal and salt into a
farina kettle Tor tinpail, set in kettle
OF boiling water), pour on the water hot
or cold, it makes no difference which;
when it thickens give it one good stir
ring, and cook three hours. Nonced to
watch, stir or add water except in the
under kettlc.--Ladies' Home Journal
Packing Vegcta bles.-Peat moss is
recommended for packing beets. pars-
nips, carrots, satisfy, turnips winter
radishes, etc. A bale costing two dol
lars would be ample to pack all the
vegetables for home consumption during
the winter. 1t should be loosened and
spread out, thoroughly wet and allowed
to stand twcnty-four hours, and the
vegetables packed in alternate layers
of it. 1t is very clean and retains
moisture without fermenting. and pre-
serves roots so perfectly that no one
who has once tried it will ever be with
out it. II may be used for u number of
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