The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-Line-water is good for chilblains.
Use it both strong and hot. satur-
ated solution of alum in water, used
hot, Is also very efficacious.
A piece OF flannel or napkin folded
lengthwise and dipped in hot water
and wrung out. and then applied
round the neck Of the child that has the
Group will sometimes bring relief in ten
minutes.
Canned Sardines make very nice
sandwiches. Remove skin and bones
and rub the fish fine. Mash the yolk Of
a hard-boiled egg, add little melted
butter and lemon juice. and mix to q
paste with the fish, and then spread be-
tween thin slices of bnttered bread.
A pretty idea in house furnishing il
to hang the pictures with ribbons Of .
color to harmonic with the decorative
motif in the room. A youthful mistress
Of pretty country home recently
furnished has in her own particular
apartments walls of pale rose color, up
on which pictures in white and gold
frames are hung with delicate blue
ribbons. N. Y. Sun.
Pineapple Ice Cream: Slice two
large pineapples in thin layers, scatter
between the layers two pounds of pow
dered sugar, and let stand three hours
Then chop and cut fine and strain
through a seive into three pints Of
cream, beat this gradually and freeze.
1t is improved by reserving few
pieces Of pineapple until the cream is
half frozen. Then cut into bits and add
with pint of whipped cream. Very
delicate.-Detroit Free Press
Shrimp Salad: Line glass dish
with crisp lettuce leaves. Mix together
one plate prepared shrimps (boiled and
picked), two stalks of celery, pinch Of
salt. Place among the lettuce leaves.
Over this pour dressing made as fol-
lows: One gill of cider-vinegar, tea
spoonful of mustard. pinch OF sugar,
yolk of one hard-boiled egg, we'll
mashed. Bring to boil, then cool.
Cnt white of egg into rings, place an
olive in each, and arrange about the
said. -Ladies' Home journal.
French Pancakes: Six eggs. ono
pint of cream, one ounce of butter: beat
the whites and yolks of the eggs sepa-
rately: beat pint of cream till it ID
stiff; then beat the eggs and cream to-
gether: put a little piece of butter into
an omelet pan over quick fire; put into
it spoonful Of the mixture, fry livery
quickly; but it into dish in the oven,
rolling it as you take it from the pan,
putting little grated sugar between it;
the pancake will rise in the oven; do
not fry them till they are required. as
they must be served very hot.-Boston
Herald.
Cheese straws are also made from
puff paste. Roll out some paste until
it is about as thin as fifty-ccnt piece.
Cut it into strips about four inches long
by an inch and half wide. Put lit
tie rich English cheese down the center
of half the strips, and lay the other
half Of the strips over them. Brush
the straws with little white of egg,
put them in the oven. and bake
them till the paste is thoroughly done.
Serve the straws hot or cold. and gar
nish the plate containing them, if you
desire, with little green parsley.
-Blueberry Cake: For one sheet Of
cake use one generous pint of -four.
half pint of milk. one gill Of sugar, one
egg. two heaping teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, half pint of blueberries
and two tablespoonfuls of butter Mix
the baking powder, sugar and salt with
the flour and rub through a sieve; then
work the butter through the -four.
Beat the egg till light and add the mill,
to it. Add this to the dry ingredients
and beat well. Now add the berries,
stirring as little as possible. Spread
the mixture in well-buttered shallow
baking pan, having it about an inch
and half thick. Bake in moderate
ly-qnick oven for about twenty-five
minutes, and serve ot-Roston Budget.