The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

Alum, dissolved in water and ap-
piled to n bedstead with q feather, will
exterminate bed-bugs.
--Ia using yolks of eggs, 1t must be
remembered that q broken egg must DO
closely covered in tho dish in which it
is kept until desired for use.
Squash Fritters. Two cupfuls cook
cd squash, ono cupful milk, two oggs, q
little salt. Flour to mako Thorn turn
easily on tho griddlc -Houso-keopor.
Sponge Cako.-Ono and one-fourth
cups of flour, ono cup OF sugar, three
eggs beaten worry light ono tcaspoonful
OF baking powder, four tablespoonfuls
boiling water; flavor to taste, add water
last and pour in carefully, stirring con-
stantly, bake modera toly. = Boston
Globe.
-Lyonnaiso Potatoes. some cold
boiled potatoes into small square blocks;
shred half an onion finely; drop pota-
toes and onion into boiling lard and fry
light brown; drain on paper and servo
in worry hot dish. Dust with powdered
parsley before sorving.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
French Toast This is n delicate
and delicious dish II carefully prepared;
ana tho preparation has tho advantage
OF being quito simple Dip pieces OF
bread or rolls-bakors soften moro
rcadily-in milk. thon in q beaten egg,
and toast or fry until Of uniform and
delicate brown.-N. Y. Observer.
10 remove ants from n closet, tho
most eilicacious method is to grease q
tin pio-plato with lard. and place it on
tho closet floor, under the shclvcs Tho
ants will sock tho lard in preference to
any thing else, and in littlo whilo tho
plato will DO covered with them, when
they can be destroyed and tho plato re-
turned for another capture.
For salad dressing, easily prepared,
beat tho raw yelk of an ogg with small
teaspoonful OF mustard and drop in q
few drops of lemon. Add gradually,
stirring we'll. one-half OF pint of olive
oil, littlo salt and vinegar to thin it.
Should tho dressing curdlo beat up an
other egg and add tho curdlcd dressing,
little by little, stirring constantly.-N.
y. World.
Cons of Rolled Oats Soak two cups
OF rolled oats for five hours Tor over
night in one and thrcc-quartor cups of
sour milk. Add ono toaspoonful QevoD
Of soda, ono toaspoonful of salt, one-half
teacupful Of light-brown sugar, ono tea
cupful of sifted flour, and two we'll
beaten oggs, in tho ordor'givcn, tho soda
dissolved in littlo water. Bake in hot,
well-groased gcm pans, in n hot oven
for twenty-five minutes.
-Cocils. two cups ofcold, fine
ly chopped meat, the yollks of two cggs,
tcaspoonful OF buttor, half q tcacup of
stale bread crumbs, teaspoonful OF
timely chopped onion, half grated nut
meg, littlo peppor and salt, mix NIL to-
gether we'll. put in frying pan and stir
over tho fro until we'll heated. Take up
and spread out on n largo dish to cool
When cold, form in little balls, dip first
In beaton egg. thcn in bread crumbs,
and fry in boiling lard.-Louisvillo
Courier Journal.
Apple Potpio.-Paro and SLIGO somo
apples; limo an earthcrn dish with paste
put in layer ofnpplos and sugar; cover
with thin crust; thon lay in more APP
pies and sugar, and continue until tho
dish is full, having crust on top; add
spice OF any kind dcsired cut an open
ing i'll tho conter of tho top crust to al
low tho steam to escape; place tho dish
in steamer, and stoam until fork can
DO removed FREQ from tho dough after
piercing tho crust; servo with rich
cream, Favored and swoc toned, or cold
sauce.