River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-16

DOMESTIC CONCERNS.
Use tepid water for washing white

Use tepid water for washing white
silk handkerchiefs.
When making white cakes. use one
half teaspoon more of cream of tartar
than soda, as this extra quantity of
cream of tartar makes the egg whites
sitter.
To make those horrid humps in mush
disappear, make the mush pretty thick,
then put in one pint of cold water and
beat well and let it boil good There
will be no Jumps in the mush.
Popcorn Pudding: In answer to
Mrs. Sawyer in October Households:
One quart of milk, two eggs, one-half
cup of sugar, two cups of crushed corn
latter it is popped; boil on the stove
twenty minutes; serve cold.-House-
hold
"A Nice Dessert: Take popcorn and
pop it nicely. To three cups of the
popped corn use two cups of sweet milk,
little salt, and lump of butter; bring
TO boil; stir occasionally, but do not
allow to boil longer than two or three
minutes. Serve with sugar and cream.
Try these and report.-Ohio Farmer.
Almond taffy is the latest sweet"
Boil together half pint of water and a
pound of brown sugar for ten minutes;
blanch and slice through the middle one
and one-half ounces of almonds; stir
them in the strip with two ounces of
butter; let il boil hard for ten minutes;
pour on a well-buttered dish to the thick
ness of half an inch.-Boston Budget.
The small green insects that are so
annoying to the winter house plant may
be destroyed. according to good au-
thority, by plunging the plant into a
tub of water heated to 1870 degrees. The
temperature should be carefully tested
by aothermometer. A momentary bath
is sufficient, and the most sensitive
foliage will not be injured by the pro-
cess.
Coffee Cake: Take one generous pint
bread dough and work into it one-third
cup butter, one-third cup sugar. one
beaten egg and one-half cup raisins,
stoned and well Toured. Put into
buttered pan, let rise till it doubles its
bulk, and bake about forty-five minutes
in moderate oven. Remove, brush
with melted butter, sprinkle with sugar
and cinnamon mixed. Serve either hot
or cold.-Boston Globe.
A receipt for soap-bubble mixture
allows sixty grains of white CASTLE soap
to one ounce of soft water. 1t should
be carefully weighed by druggist. The
mixture should be placed in a bottle
three times as large as will contain it,
and after standing two of three hours,
one-half as much glycerine as water
should be added. This may be allowed
few hours to dissolve, and then
should be thoroughly shaken at inter
walls to facilitate thorough solution.
Large and durable bubbles can be
made from this mixture, which should
be prepared twentyfour hours before
it is to be used.
Louisiana Triple: The Creoles of
Louisiana have many richly-havored
dishes in which onions and tomatoes
play an important part. For one, scald
pound of tripe and cut in strips three
by five inches Fry half a pound of
sausage meat until done, frying in the
same pan and at the same time pint of
sliced and drained tomatoes and one
sliced onion. When the sausage meat
is done lay it with the thick part of the
tomatoes on the strips of tripe, and tie
securely. Make a number of little balls
of sausage meat from the remaining
half pound and fry done; put a little
butter in pan and brown the tripe rolls
quickly. When they are brown pile
them up on dish with the sausage
balls in the middle and pour a sauce
around them made by pouring little
water in the pan in which the tripe was
Drowned, adding the thin part of the
tomatoes, seasoning, thickening and
straining. -American Agriculturist.