River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Meringues should be put on pud-
dings after they are slightly cool, as, If
the pudding be hot, the egg will liquefy.
To remove scratches and bruises
from furniture, rub them gently with a
fresh walnut butternut or hickorynut
kernel, and they will disappear as if by
magic
"A nice way TO serve stirred eggs is
to heap them in the middle of a platter,
and garnish them all around with thin
slices of smoked salmon, which have
been dipped into melted butter and
then allowed TO frizzle slightly on a
slow fire.
Ham Omelet: Three eggs, two
tablespoons milk, one-half teaspoon
cornstarch, little salt. When omelet
is nearly done, add a little minced
ham, fold the omelet once, and serve on
hot platter garnished with parsley
fIousekeeper.
Boiled Dried Beef: For piece of
dried beef weighing two pounds allow
two hours steady boiling. Remove from
the fire and allow the beef to stand in
the water until cold This beef, cut in
thin slices, will be found very nice for
luncheon or light suppers. Good House
keeper
A new style of newspaper case may
be made of ecru linen covering card
board ten inches wide, double, and
tapering to a band of five inches wide
at the top This is all united so that it
can be hung anywhere. The linen
should be first ornamented in outline
stitch or as may be preferred.--N. Y.
World
Plain Salad: Remove the meat
! from small lobster and chop il very
fine; add salt to suit taste and pepper;
add salad oil enough to moisten all
well; mix it well with a spoon and
place on the ice or where it will become
very cold; press the meat into smooth
roll and place it on glass dish and
serve.-Boston Herald.
"A rough test for the detection of
water i'm lard consists in melting it in
| test tube. If free from water it be-
comes perfectly clear, while the pres
| ence of water causes an Opaque appear
ance If present in large quantities IL
separates out on the liquid stands. but
where the two have been well incor-
porated separation only occurs most
slowly.
Steamed dumplings, with stewed
| chicken or veal, are an acquisition.
| Cook both these meats until nearly
| done, then make the dumplings like
baking-powder biscuits; pour all but
| little of the water from the meats into
( another vessel for gravy, and put the
| dumplings in the pot on the meat so
/ they will not touch the water, and cook
until all the water is boiled away.-La-
dies Home Journal
Italian Bread: This bread, which
| is greatly liked by some people, is made
of "A stiff dough of twelve tablespoon
fuls of fine flour, six of powdered sugar,
| three eggs, the raspings of lemon, and
two ounces of fresh butter. Mix the
above ingredients in a pan with "a
wooden spoon, and if the dough is not
sufficiently firm, add more flour and
sugar. Then turn it out, work well
with the hand and cut in the form of
/ long, round biscuits Glaze with the
! white of an egg. and bake in quick
I oven.-Detroit Free Press.
Bananas in Jelly: Make a mold of
| lemon jelly. Cut bananas in Slices and
/ line the bottom and sides of a mold.
Pour the jelly in slowly, that it may
not float the fruit Keep in ice water
until hard. If you have no mold, use a
small, round, glass dish Put the sliced
bananas on the bottom, then turn in a
little jelly; when hard, put a row round
the sides with spaces between, and fill
| the center with bananas; add more
/ jelly, enough to cover. Reserve cup
full of jelly. and, when ready to serve,
break this up lightly and scatter it
over the top.-Boston budget