The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Summer Drinks and Desserts--Ap-
pie Fritters.

Peach float
Cover the bottom Of deep dessert dish
with sliced peaches. Sprinkle with sugar,
and have ready custard 10 pour over them
at once. When ready to serve cover with
whipped cream.
Peach Bzerlngae
Line a pie tin with rich paste. glaze
with whire egg, and fill with sliced
peaches. Pour over a thickening made
by dissolving a teaspoonfnl of -four in a
little water. Stew with sugar and bake.
When done spread with meringue OF
three eggs beaten very stiff with half
cupful Of powdered sugar. Place In open
oven until lightly Drowned.
Apple Fritters
Take one cupful of sifted -four, one tea
spoonful OF baking powder, a pinch OF
salt, two eggs. one cupful of milk, one
nalf pint chopped apples Fry in hot lard
and serve with sugar.
SIMMER Drink.
Take tumbler OF cold water.a heaping
teaspoonful of granulated sugar. vinegar
enough to make it quite tart, 1--WE use
three teaspooufuls) stir until the sugar is
all dissolved; drink slowly. We have
often allayed an undue thirst with itwhen
even cold water, which is the best Of all.
failed to do. We often prepare a jug for
the field III the same way, only adding
one large teaspoonful of ginger. In the
fie Id 1t is a good plan to put several folds
of wet cloth around the jug and set it in
the shade. Even IL this drink gets warm
it will not taste quite SO insipid as warm
water,
Cold bouillion or beef tea comes to the
rescue or lunch providers, especially If it
have thin shaving of the fresh lemon
rind in each cup, and the merest dot of
cayeue pepper. You will find that the
pretty two baudled cups are not refused.
Hints for the Kitchen.
To counterfeit the bitter taste in yegeta-
bles put lump of loaf sugar into the yes
sci in which they are cooking.
To preserve the green color of vegeta-
bles have plenty of boiling sailed water
and keep the pot uncovered. serve at
once.
TO be made in perfection salad should
be eaten the moment it is dressed.
A little yeast beaten with sugar and the
yolk or an egg makes Cake much lighter
than any quantity Of eggs and butter
can do
Spices, such as nutmeg, mace. ailspice,
should be powdered and kept dry in bot
ties. When powdered they go much
farther and more rapidly give out their
flavor.
Rich Lemonade.
Peel off the yellow rinds of one dozen
bright, fresh lemons. taking care that
none Oh ttlE THU 10 QctdcAAr4 OAb LILO sC4-
low zest--that portion in which the cells
are placed containing the essential oil OF
the fruit. Put these rinds into an earthen
vessel, aud pour over them pint OF boil
ing water, cover and set aside in warm
situation TO iRfuse. Express the juice
from two dozen lemons; strain it into q
porcelain bowl and ada two pounds of
pure sugar, three quarts OF water and the
infusion from the peels. Stir well TO-
gether until thesugar is dissolved: now
sample, and il required, and more acid
more sugar, take care not to have it too
watery; make IT rich With plenty of fruit
| and sugar -COnfectfoncrs' Journal
The Virtues of the Onion.
If should be asked what was the best
substitute for ouinine should say onions.
Time and again the sleep producing vir-
tues OF the loud smelling onion have
been sung, but comparatively few know
! how valuable it is as cure for chills and
| ague. Several customers explain their
boycott on quinine BY saying onions are
| cheaper and quite as effective. and one
man in particular. who has been mar
| tyr to malaria for years, has been aEother
being since he acquired the habit Of
chewing onion peel The onion is used
frequently to cure rheumatism with vary
ing success, but never heard of its fail
ing when persevered in as cure for
malaria or chill. EIchonge.