River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.


Pastry made with lard, although it
looks better, is not as healthy or as
good as that made with butter.
"A little kerosene oil rubbed brislxly
over the spots on dark clothing will
| brighten the garments ard remove the
stains almost like magic.
-Hoarseness or tickling in the throat
may be relieved by taking a small
quantity of dry powdered borax. let
ting it slowly dissolve on the tongue
and run down the throat. 1t is also
good to keep the throat moist at night
and prevent coughing.
Lemon Cookies: Eight cups of flour,
two cups of sugar, one cup of butter,
one cup of sweet cream, two eggs; fla
vor with lemon; one teaspoonful (heap-
ing) baking powder. Roll out thin, and
when ready to cut, sift white sugar
over the dough. Cut out and bake in
quick oven.-Detroit Free Press.
Dried Pumpkin for Pies: Cut a
pumpkin in half lengthwise, take out
the seeds, pare off the rind, and cut il
in slices about an inch thick. String it
on fine Irvine, and hang it in q dry
place. In the winter stew and use it as
green pumpkins. The cheese-shaped
pumpkin is the best kind for drying
Boston Budget.
The simplest way to stain floor,
and probably the most satisfactory, is
use ready-mixed stain, applying it
with an ordinary hogs-hair paint brush.
| After it has become quite dry it can be
4 II i 4
wax and turpentine; to which little
resin may be added, and the whole care
fully warmed; when cold, rub on the
liquid with a cloth, and polish up with
brush.-N. Y. World.
Apple Cream-Cake: One egg and
the yolk of another one cupful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of butter, one half
cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of
cream of tartar, one Tablespoonful
of soda, two cupfuls of flour. Bake in
/ three tins. For filing, use one grated
sour apple, the white of one egg, and
one cupful of fine sugar Beat together
and spread between and on top of cake.
-Demorest's Magazine.
-Hoarhound Candy: Boil two ounces
of dried hoarhound in pint and half
of water for about half an hour. Strain,
and add three and a half pounds of
brown sugar. Boil over hot fire until
sufficiently hard; then pour out into
fat, well-greased tins, and divide off
into sticks or small squares with a
knife as soon as cool enough to retain
it's shape Follow the same directions
for wintergreen candy. Ladies' Home
Journal.
Tomatoes with Rice: Scald and peel
three large smooth tomatoes. Cut them
in halves, scoop out the seeds and juice,
without breaking the pulp. Scald the
juice enough to strain out the seeds. To
the jdice add sugar to taste, and mix
with it as much warm boiled rice as ii
will absorb; add salt and little butter.
Fill the tomatoes with the mixture.
Place each half tomato on a round OF
bread buttered. Put them in a shallow
pan and bake ten minutes, or until the
bread is decentralization Budget.
Roast Rabbits: Skin and clean with
/ great care, and wash a pair of fat rab-
bits; stuff with force meat of crumb s
and chopped fat pork seasoned with
onion, thyme, pepper and salt; sew ur
with fine thread, bind the legs to the
body in a kneeling posture and place in
a dripping pan; pour over them one
cupful of boiling water, and invert an
other pan over them to keep them in
haste twice with butter, with their owl
gravy twice, then twice again with but
ter; Just before you take them M
dredge them with flour and give fina
haste with butter: dish when threads
have been cut and drawn out; thicker
and season the gravy and serve in q
gravy boat-Boston Herald.