Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-27
HOUSEHOLD eREvITIEs.

HOUSEHOLD RREvITIES.
-Tinware that is much tarnisheo
should be boiled In hot water with
soda. and polished as usual
-Horseradish-Grat fine, add one
tablespoonful of white sugar, half .
teaspoonful of salt. and half teacupfuI
of vinegar to every glassful This Is q
good condiment for spring and summer.
-Demorest's Monthly
Delicate Custard-Pour one pint of
boiling milk over the yolks Of three
eggs. beaten with three tablespoonfuls
of sugar. flavor with vanilla or nutmeg.
stir in the stiff whites. and bake in q
moderate oven Set the dish IN a pan
C water while bakis g.-Good House
keeping.
-Victoria Pudding-Boil a pint of
milk with very little butter and sugar
Mix two spoonfuls of arrowroot with
milk, beat one egg. and add the arrow
root to Ii with a few drops of vanilla
essence Put IT into the boiling milk
| and stir until thick Pour into mold.
let cool, turn out and serve with jam
around it-Detroit Free Press
Sugar Cake.-Half a pound of but
ter, half a pound Of sugar, one pound
of -four, three eggs, milk enough to
form a dough Beat the butter and
sugar together. Whisk the eggs light,
and add them, then stir in the milk and
flour alternately, so as to form a dough
| Roll 1t out, cut it in cakes. and bake
them in a moderate oven--Boston Bud
get
Potato Cones or Loaves- Boil
and mash some potatoes; mix with them
a seasoning of pepper, salt and minced
shallot, beat into ii sufficient guam
tity of fresh butter TO bind it: divide il
into equal parts and form them into
cones or loaves. and place them under
roast beef or mutton to slightly brown.
allowing little gravy to fall on theme
Boston Herald
Tomatoes make a very nice sand
WITCH Select smooth heavy-meated to-
matoes for the purpose and cut in thin.
smooth slices, removing the seeds. Dip
each slice in oil and vinegar and sprinkle
with very little salt and pepper, and
lay between nicely-cut slices of but
tered bread The beauty of any sand
witch lies in the evenness and thinnesS
with which the materials making IL are
spread--ChFistian at Work.
The most delightful mullins are
made from the fine flour ground from
u
1t differs from Graham in that the bran
mixed through the Graham gives a
coarse texture to any bread made from
it The fine part of Graham -four is
coarse like meal. Entire wheat -four,
on the contrary, Is as fine SIS any
bolted -four, all parts of the kernel be-
ing powdered The brown bread and
mullins made from it have the sweet
nutty flavor of the kernal
Chicken Loaf-Boil chicken in
as little water as possible until the
meat can be easily picked from the
bones. Cut it up fine, and then put it
back over the fire in a saucepan, with
two ounces of butter and pepper and
salt to season Grease q square chiua
mold, and cover the bottom of the
mold with carefully cut slices of hard
boiled eggs Pour in the chicken,
place a weight upon it and set it aside
to cool When ready to serve cover 3
> meat platter with parsley or celery tops
and turn the loaf out upon it-Detroit
Free Press
The only remedy for bad smell il
keep the stove absolutely and perfectly
clean Every day the hues over the
I burners must be thoroughly cleansed.
Several thicknesses of old soft cotton
cloth tied around a stick answer for
this purpose better than any brushs
The oil reservoir must on no account
| be filed to the brin, or the oil oozes
out and causes a smell. Once a week
. it is well to wash every getatable
part with hot water and soda This
| thoroughly takes off any oily SCOT
! which may have accumulated ans
which is the chief cause of smen--N.
, Y. World