St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-04

HOME HINTS AND HELPS.


Salt Pork Fritters: Cut the meat
thin and freshen it. fry it delieately, and
then dip it into q batter prepared as for
griddle cakes, fry each one delicate
brown, and serve with sour apples sliced
and fried in a little Of the pork gravy
Boston Herald.
-Bathing the nose with water in
which there has been put . few drops Of
camphor is said to whiten it But as
redness of the nose usually results from
some stomach trouble. il would be wise
to search for the cause and get rid Of il
before you apply external remedies
Black Pudding: Three cupfuls Of
AOur, one and one-haf cupfuls of milk.
one and one-half cupfuls of raisins
(stOned), one egg Tor withOut), butter
the size Of an egg. teaspoOnful of Glove,
Steam four hours
The strained juice Of q basket Of
berries added to quart of whipped
cream makes . delicious syllabub or
sauce for an iced rice or any other deli
cate cold pudding. Then there are
strawberry mouases, sponges and . Va
riety of dishes that require only . basket
of berries.
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 q slow fire until it is
brought to the cOnsistence of q Jelly.
This glue may be used for joining any
kinds of material. In addition to
strength and hardness, it has the ad-
vantage of resisting the action Of water.
Cheap Custard: Put one pint Of
sweet milk into q double kettle, let IL
come to boil, beat two eggs with egg
beater, add four spoonfuls Of white
sugar, stir the eggs into the milk. wet
two tablespoonfuls of -four in cold milk,
see that there are no Jumps in il, then
stir into the milk and cook three or four
minutes; take it OF and cool it before
adding extract of lemon or Vanilla
HOusekeeper.
AN excellent and simple wash TO
keep the hands white and smooth after
the occasional dish-washing which
comes to almost all housekeepers Is
equal parts of vinegar and water. Il is
. good plan to keep bottle of il pre-
pared and standing in the kitchen closet
Wash the hands first thoroughly in
warm water, wipe them dry, and rinse
thoroughly in the mixture. The same
preparation is good to remove stains
from the hands.
-POund-Cake: Beat . pound of but
ter to q cream. stir in pound Of sifted
powdered sugar. and the rind and Juice
of q lemon. Beat ten eggs very light,
and add to the butter and sugar. Mix
thoroughly and add . pound of sifted
flour. Beat thoroughly, and bake in .
moderate oven, in tins lined with but
tered paper. about an hour. This cake
will keep in . cool, dry place for sever
n weeks. even after being cut-Lsdies'
Home Journal.
-Trufiled Chicken: Boil until tender
. nice plump chicken. When cold, re-
move all the white meat, and cut il into
dice. Put one tablespoonful of butter
in small saucepan. When melted, add
one tablespoonful Of flour. mix until
add . half-pint of milk, stir
until il hollis. add the chick
en-, half-tcaspoonfnl of salt, dash Of
white pepper. When hot, add the yolls
Of two eggs. . cup Of fnely-choppcd
mushrooms and four trufaes cut into
tiny pieces. Cook one minute, and
serve in the small cups---Boston Budget
Meat Pie: Line . deep baking dish
with paste rolled quarter of IN inch
thick. Take any cold meat, cut it in
small pieces and fn the dish nearly
full. Should the meat be very lean, add
, large piece of butter. pepper and salt;
add as much water rs the dish will hold,
shake in considerable -four and cover
L; finish the edge with . roll, and cut
openings in the upper crust for the
steam to escape. II . medium-sized pie
Dake one hour. Any kind of cold roast
,r boiled meat is good used In this way.
md mixture of veal and pork makes