The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Telling How 10 Prepare Barley
Broth, Ounce Jelly and
Other Good Things.
Boiled chicken with oysters.

Prepare the chicken as for roasting,
adding chopped oysters to the stufnng.
Put the fowl in tin pail, tightly covered,
and place the pail in u pot of cold water.
Boil for an hour and a half or two hours,
as required. Make gravy from the
liquor In the pail, adding to it some OF
the oysters. Take half dozen of the
largest oysters, cooked until their edges
curl, and lay over the chicken. Put over
it a little of the gravy aud serve the rest
in bowl.
Beautiful Quince Jelly.
BY the following recipe a California
correspondent of Good Housekeeping
makes ounce Jelly that is clear, crys-
tallne, firm In quality and the color of
amber:'-Pare and core the ounces; add
one coffee cupful of water for. every Two
pounds of fruit; steam until very SO it.
Turn small quantity at time into a
strainer and allow the syrup to drain on.
(Reserye the residuum for marmalade).
Strain the syrup through muslin bag,
allowing 1T to drip. DO not squeeze 1t or
the jelly will not be clear Measure the
syrup return it to the fire and boil hard
for foriy-five minutes. Add granulated
sugar in the proportion of one cupful OF
sugar to every cupful of juice. STIR thor
oughly to insure the melting of the sugar,
when it reaches the boiling point skim
well and turn into glasses. AS you value
the color of your jelly, do not allow 1T to
boil more than two minutes after the
sugar is in 1T. For the entire process use
nothing but granite, porcelain or earth
enWare dishes.
Useful Hints.
Salt tongue should be soaked over night
and then cooked from five to six hours.
Throw it into cold water when done, and
peel off the skin, then slice.
In cooking beets leave at least two
inches of the top, and do not break off the
little fibers or the juice will be lost.
To remove rust from knives cover the
blades with sweet oil for day or two and
then rub with lump of lime.
Salt and vinegar used hot will brighten
copper and brass kettles.
A little borax added to cold starch is ex.
cellent for giving additional stiffness.
A tight shoe may sometimes be made
easy by laying cloth wet in hot water
across where it pinches changing several
times. The leather will shape itself to
| the foot.
Apple Pudding.
| Pare. quarter amp core enough tart
! apples to ill pudding dish half full, aud
| season with nutmeg. water and piece OF
| butter as large as two hickory nuts.
| Make crust as you would make baking
| powder biscuit. roll it out half an inch
thick and cover the top of the pudding.
| cutting holes through it for the escape of
| steam. Cover with a basin of the same
| size, stand on the top of the stove and
COOK ElU66u ulllIleS,N UnCu EettlONc tuo
cover and place il in hot oven until
nicely Drowned. Serve hot with hard
| sauce.
To Boil Hominy.
| A half pint OF large hominy Is sufficient
! for family of average size. 1t swells to
| four times its original bulk. Put it on
| the fire In plenty of cold water as soou af-
J ter breakfast as possible, IN order to al
/ low it plenty of time to become thorough
| ly cooked before dinner. When the
| water dries out add more, but let 1t be
| hot. -Four hours at least are requiI ed for
| the grains to become thoroughly softened
| and done, when it Is u most wholesome
and palatable article of food. When
ready to be dished for dinner, add tea
| spoonful of butter, and mix it in thor
| oughly.
Scotch Barley Broth.
| KnuckIe Of veal, three quarters of a
| pound of Scotch barley, two turnips and
| enough water to cover the meat; throw
the barley into some clean water: when
thoroughly cleansed place it with a
| knuckle of veal in a stew pan, cover 1t
with water; let it boil very slowly; add
the onions and simmer it SLOWLY for two
hours, skimming it well, and add the
celery and turnips, cut in slices or an4
shape you please: add as muc b salt as re-
| quired and let it simmer an hour and a
| half, skimming 1t constantly; then serve
| IT it is intended to serv the veal with it
take two pints of br 9th, put it in sauce
pan over u clear fire, and two tablespoon
fulS of fl our. stir well.