River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-12
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

For cold on the lungs, lay a cloth
on the chest which has first been wrung
out in boiling water and sprinl1led with
turpentine.
I'm 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
win be sufficient to roast it in. Beef
must hang at least two days, its flavor
is so much improved thereby.
For rheumatism, take half a glass
full of iemon-iuice for ten nights.
Always take IL 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 all boil a
few moments stirring constantly.
- For friezes, nets have often been
used with good effect, draped in grace
full folds along the top of 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 cake
of grated chocolate, one-half of cup
full of sweet milk, the tablespoonful of
corn starch, and let it boil for about
two minutes, then flavor with tea
spoonful of vanilla and sweeten it to
taste with powdered sugar.
Cookies: Ingredients Two cups
white sugar. one cup sour cream, one
cup butter, four eggs, one half teaspoon
soda and -four to make a soft dough.
have made them for years, and never
had any poor ones. They will keep for
weeks, and when two weeks old are
better than when first made. Detroit
Free Press.
--Crullers: One cupful of sugar, a
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 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
mixed into a cupful of -four. Add a lit
tie salt. unless the butter is very salty.
Flavor with one and half teaspoonfuls
of lemon extract. Mix very soft
Boston Budget.
Chestnut Cookies: Peel the chest
nuts and boil them till soft, then pound
them and mix to paste with three
eggs. sugar to taste and flour to make a
dough that you can roll out thin; cut
them in fancy shapes, brush them over
with egg, and sprinkle with chopped
hestnuts. Allow about a teacupful of
the boiled chestnuts for three eggs
n. Y. World.
"A tasteful drapery for a square
waste-paper basket consists of two fes-
toons of plush or satin; peacock blue is
good choice, alternating with two
deep crocheted points of beige color OF
pale-blue macrame cord in wheels. OF
any other pretty designs, and finished
with heavy tassels Of the cord. Rosette'
and cords, both crocheted, finish the
top and sides, and ponpons of gathered
plush may also be introduced if desired
Mutton Kibbobed: Remove all the
fat from loin of mutton, and the out
side also. if too fat; remove the skin;
Joint il at every bone; mix half a small
nutmeg with little pepper, salt and
bread-crumbs; dip the steaks into the
vellxs of three well-beaten 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 small spit; place them
on plate in a deep baking pan; basic
well with butter and the drippings in
the pan; when done place on hot dish
add half pint of water or gravy tC
that in the pan, one tablespoonful OF
mato-ketchup, one tablespoonful Of
dropped capers; thicken with flour
after Swimming off the fat, let it boil NJ
once after the thickening is added, and
pour over the meat; serve very hot
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