Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
HOUSEHOLD saevsTIea

I'm purchasing canned goods Il + :
safe rule to observe whether the head
of the can is concave, bu1g1ng appeaxs
ance being indicative Of decomposition.
Fried Oatmeal.-Put cooked meal
in bowl or tin, wet with cold water.
In the morning cut in slices and fry ON
griddle. Eat with butter and sakA1
or sirup-Ladies' Home Journal .sS1S
oil of wintergreen mixed with an
equal quantity of olive oil when applied
externally to inhamed joints affected by
acute rheumatism, is maintained tAhe,
on high therapeutic authority, . meeAs.
Of instant relief from pain. Atany r1Ae,
its introduction to the sick chamber II
unobjectionable II only for the Agree-
able odor it imparts to the atmosphere.
"A good way to remove the vaE3oua1
particles of food remaining in tl,11
mouth and throat is to take . few
crackers. or still better, some stale
bread. after every meal, and chew them
very thoroughly. This will carry away
all remaining particles, especially from
the throat, where they may otherwise
irritate the larynx. The use OF bread
at least three or four days old Is tho
best means of cleansing and disinzect-
ing these parts. -ea.
Peach Rolls.-Sfew fresh or dried
fruit until done, sweeten and favor to
taste. Make good baking powder
crust, roll very thin and spread fruit
on, putting thin slices of butter on the
fruit. Roll the crust up in roll and
place in pan four or five inches deep,
and to three or four rolls add one cup
of sugar and one-haf cup Of butter, aud
pour in hot water enough to cover
them, and bake one-haH hour. Eat
with sugar and cream, or any sauce
preferred. Home.
Soups made from water that vege.
tables have been boiled in may be made
in numberless ways The habit Of
throwing such water away is fast dying
out, if vegetable soup is desired, ~
housewives are learning that the most
delicious light soups may be'laade from
vegetable water. After taking the
vegetables out to serve, take the water
in which they have been cooked and
thicken it with the pulp of little Of
the vege1a bic reserved for that purpose.
Milk or cream is added to improve the
flavor, and make the soup more nutxi-
tious.
lightning Bread.-Yeast: Boil and
mash a dozen good sized potatoes, mix
thoroughly two tablespoons of sugar.
with two of salt and three of flour, pour
over this the hot potato-wa ater; add the
potatoes and three quarts of boiling
water; when sufficiently cool, add ono
cake of any good dry yeast; set in warm
place to rise. This will keep week In
warm weather. Bread: Take one pint
of yeast for each loaf Of bread, add hot
water to warm slightly, mix into 1oaves
Immediately, let rise very light and.
bake. Will be ready to bake in an hour.
Very nice.-Household.
To Roast Wild Ducks.-Tme, thirty
minutes; material required, butter,
cayenne, one lemon, one glass of port
wine: truss the ducks and place IN q
shallow pan in quick oven; Eaate
plontifully with butter and dredge
lightly with -four; have them good and
brown and place on warm dish; be-
fore carving the duck make a few in-
cisions in the breast, place a piece Of
fresh butter in each one; cut the lemon;
on one half put salt, and on the other a
very little cayenne; put the pieces to-
gether and squeeze the juice over the
duck: heat one glassful of port wine
and pour it quickly over the duck or
ducks and they are ready to serve; pre-
pare little brown gravy also.