The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-10
HOME HINTS AND HELpS.

Union Griddle Cakes: One quart
Of warm water. half teaspoonful Of
salt, one egg, one-fourth cupful OF
yeast, one cupfnl Of Indian meal, and
wheat gour enough to thicken; set over
night; in the morning before baking,
add half teaspoonful Of soda.
Gold lace may be cleaned with rock
alum that has been burned, then pow
dered fine and sifted. Dip clean, soft
brush into the powder and rub the gold
lace brislsly. Afterward wipe with a
clean, soft flannel. The same method
may be used to brighten gold embroid-
cry.
To keep fish fresh, clean and re-
move the gills; then insert piece Of
charcoal in their mouths and two or
three pieces inside Of them. If they are
to be conveyed any distance wrap each
fish separately in paper and place them
in a box. Fish thus preserved will keep
fresh several days.
PAN Dowdy:" Cover the bottom
OF a pudding-dish an inch thick with
pared, sliced apples, over these sprinkle
cracker-crumbs half an inch thick, and
continue until the dish is full. sprink-
ling sugar over each layer. Bake one
hour, the first half covered with q
plate. Eat with cream.
bread and Milk: nice way to
serve bread and milk for supper where
something hot is desired is as follows:
Cut stale bread into slices and place in
hot oven until we'll Drowned. Have on
q stove pan Of milk; when scalding
hot salt it well, add the Drowned bread
(buttered. If desired), take from stove.
cover few minutes and it is ready to
serve.
-Bondin de Salmon: Take slice OF
salmon of the weight you require.
Pound it we'll in a mortar. and pass il
through sieve: make it up into ball.
Pound up with it again an equal weight
Of butter. Mix with the pomade suffi-
cient eggs to prevent it from breaking,
season with salt and cayenne. Put il
into pudding mold. and steam it for
an hour. Make good sauce and serve
around it.-Boston Herald.
Apple Ginger: Roll ginger root tied
in thin muslin bag in clear water un.
til the water is well favored; make a
sirup of this water and sugar, adding
to it little lemon-juice, and allowing
three-quarters of pound Of sugar to a
pound of apples. When the sirup is
skinned clear boil in it few quarters
of the apples at time until they be-
comes clear-nG longer. Replace the
apple in the sirup when 1t becomes
cold.
A new idea in the way of fancy
work is to have patterns stamped solid
~ in indclible colors. This is very
pretty on white linen, and gives great
deal of effect for very little work. as
the outlines only require to be embroi
dered. A running blue ribbon pattern
in indelible blue dye, outlined with sill
of the same shade, is charming one
The fast dyes are a new invention, ant
will, without doubt, become popular
for many things in the way Of decora
] ton.
Here is recipe for real Connection
pumpkin pie: Cut the pumpkin int,
small slices and stew it over moderat
Gre with just enough water to keep
from burning. When stewed soft, turl
off the little water there may be lef,
and let the pumpkin stand over slo,
fire or drawn back on the stove for fiji
teen or twenty minutes, taking grea
care that it does not scorch. Remov
from the fire. and when cool strai
through a colander To quart of tn
~1.s.
ten eggs, one teaspoonful of salt an
sugar, and spice to taste. This formul
is for rich pies; If plain ones are Pre-
ferred use one quart Of milk to on
pumpkin. and three or four eggs.