Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-08
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Plaster of Paris stirred into solu-
ton of gum arabic makes an excellent
cement for mending china, especially
pieces used as bric-a-brac. = n. Y.
World.
Apple Filling: Two grated apples,
one egg, one lemon Grind and juice), one
cupful of sugar; scald all together;
when cool put between the cake, and
cover the top with whipped cream
favored with lemon and slightly sweet
ened.-Boston Budget.
Powdered borax is convenient for
cleaning purposes, and is known to pre-
vent insects, such as the ravaging cock
reaches. Porcelain saucepans may be
cleansed by filling them half full of hot
water, in which is dissolved a table
spoonful of powdered boraX. Let this
water boil.
Should the roast be turkey, chicken
or pork, put the bones in pot to SIM
,l.er, with just water enough to cover
them, and after removing them put in
sliced potatoes enough for the family;
and when nearly done add salt, pepper
and little flour thickening, and you
will have nice stew that costs almost
nothing.
Tomato Soup: Cook soft quart
can of tomatoes, adding a slice of onion
if the flavor is liked; then rub through
a strainer fine enough to remove the
seeds. Return it to the stove and when
boiling stir in half a teaspoonful soda
and a tablespoonful each of butter and
flour rubbed together. When the foam
ing has ceased, add quart of scalding
milk. Season with pepper and salt to
taste; serve at once.
Ice Cream Cake: Beat to cream
one cup sugar; butter size of a small
egg; yolks of three eggs; three table
spoonfuls water; one full teaspoonful
baking powder sifted with one and one
half cups flour; the whites of eggs we'll
beaten; one teaspoonful lemon. Bake
in four tins. Sift a little sugar between
layers. Turn a crock over them until
cold. For filing: One cup very cold
thick sweet cream beaten until it will
pile mot too long or it will grain); add
two tablespoonful white sugar, and
one of lemon: spread between layers
day.-Ohio Farmer.
Baked Shad.-Remove the milt or
roes, wash and stuff with a forcemeat
Of bread crumbs, seasoned with salt,
pepper and butter, and moistened
slightly with gravy or stock. Sew it up
and lay in q dripping-pan, having first
tied half dozen slices of thin, fat, salt
pork on both the upper and under sur
faces by winding them about with pack
thread. Basic with butter and water,
and bake until the flesh lets loose easily
from the backbone. Whatever canni-
balistic tendencies you may have in re-
gard to the rarity of your meat, you
want your fish done. Transfer the fish
TO hot dish, unwinding the thread and
garnishing with the pork. Add tea
spoonful each Of lemon juice and
auchoyy sauce 10 the gravy in the pan,
thicken with Il tablespoonful of Drowned
-four, and send to the table in boat.
A salad OF Water-cresses is a nice ac-
companiment.-Am Agriculturist.
If women would use kerosene in
washing clothes, it would save them
lots of labor. Fill your boiler half full
Of water and set it over to heat; then
shave up bar of any white soap that
is recommended to do the washing by
simply soaking the clothes in it, and
boil together with five tablespoonfuls
of kerosene in a couple Of quarts of
water till the soap is dissolved; then
put it into the boiler. When the water in
the boiler is boiling put in the clothes,
simply wiring out of clear water and
boil the clothes from a half-hour to an
hour. Then suds in warm water, after
ward rinse them in blued water After
they are dried they will be as white and
clean as if they had been rubbed The
colored clothes may be washed in the
same water, if it is not too dirty, only
they, of course, must be rubbed instead
of being boiled. A half bar Of soap will
be sufficient for a small family if the
clothes have not been worn more than
a week. If brown soap is used the
clothes have to be rubbed some in the
sudsing water Just try it once.