The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Le1tuce: SerVe tHc 1cttuCc III "a
Said bowl, with French dressing OF
oil and vinegar, or undressed, allowing
each person to prepare it for himself.
Winter squash, may be baked,
boiled or steamed till tender. scraped
from the shell when done, mashed fine
and seasoned well with butter and salt.
to taste.-Housekeeper.
Baked Smells: Cut off the heads.
Split and dip the smelts in melted but,
ter, and then in -four Lay on pan in,
the oven. Bake from eight to ten min.
utes. Serve with eighth of lemon and.
eayenne.-Boston Budget.
TO make an impermeable glue, soak
ordinary glue in water until it softens.
and remove it before it has lost its.
primitive form. After this, dissolve it,
in linseed oil over a slow fire until it is'
brought to the consistency of jelly.
This glue withstands water.
Solution for Cleaning Silver and
Brass: To one quart of rainwater add
two ounces of ammonia and three.
ounces of precipitated chalk. Bottle
and keep well-corked, and shake before
using Wash silver in hot soapy water
and rinse in clean, hot water.
To Glaze Pastry: When the pastry
is nearly baked, brush it over with the.
beaten yolk Of an egg, and put back in.
to the oven until it is glazed. This is.
for meat pies. To glaze the pastry of,
apple and berry pies, take half cup OF;
sweet, thick cream, and beat into it.;
flour (sifteG enough to keep it from.
running. When the pastry is nearly
baked, brush it over the cream glaze.
and put back in the oven. Let it come.
to light brown, or remove sooner, as
you lilSe.-Boston Budget.
Boiled Eggs: This is perhaps the
most popular mode of preparing them for
the table. If dropped into boiling wa
ter and kept at the boiling point, two
and one half minutes will suffice to-
render them of the consistency enjoyed
by most persons. Three minutes will
harden them little more. Others drop
them into boiling water, at once with
draw the saucepan from the fire, cover,
and let stand just four minutes. Still
another mode preferred by many is to
place them over quick fire in cold wa
ter, and as soon as it comes to n boil
they are done.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Apple Pudding: Pare and slice two
quarts of tart apples. Stew them with
a cup of boiling water until they can
be beaten smooth with a spoon. Add
the yolks of four eggs, well beaten, a
tablespoonful of lemon-juice, and sugar
to taste. Mix thoroughly, and bake
half an hour in hot oven. Draw the
pudding to the edge of the oven and
cover it with meringue of the whites
whipped to stiff froth, with table,
spoonful of powdered sugar and a tea
spoonful of lemon-iuice. Leave it in
the oven long enough to brown, and
serve either hot or cold.-Ladies' Home
journal.
Brilliant light makes even a scanti-
ly-furnished room look cheerful. But
there are some people who know not
how to make their lamps burn well. A
lamp should be Thoroughly cleaned every
fortnight. The oil should be poured
out of the fount, leaving no dregs on
the bottom. The fount should then be
washed in strong soap-suds, rinced IL
warm water, and dried. 1t tshould ther
be filled with fresh oil. The burner
| should be boiled in soda and water nn
til the network that crosses it is freed
from dirt and dust. If the wick has be
come clogged with the sediment, re-
| place it with new one.