The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-09
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Cinnamon Cake: Take some bread
dough when. it is just ready to bake,
work little fresh lard or butter in it.
roll it out, sprinkle well with granu-
lated sugar, butter, and cinnamon
Household Monthly,
Plain Omelet: Beat the yelks and
whites of two eggs separately. Mix
one small teaspoonful of flour with a
little milk. Mix all together, and add
salt Fry in little hot butter, stirring
until it begins to- thicken, then shake
until golden brown and fold Parsley
or ham can be added.-Detroit Free
Press.
-Mayonnaise Dressing: To the yelk
OF an egg, well beaten, add one salt
spoonful of salt and half saltspoonful
each of pepper and mustard while beat
ing add slowly three tablespoonfuls of
salad oil and one Of vinegar; beat to-
gether we'll Beat the white of an egg
and pour over the dressing. - N. Y.
World
flashed Cold Meat: Take your
bones and stew them in little water
with an onion, some salt and pepper,
and, if you like, little savory herbs;
| when the goodness is all out of the
bones, and it tastes nice, thicken the
gravy with teaspoonful of corn starch,
and, II it is not very strong, put in a bit
OF butter, then place your stew-pan on
the hot hearth and put in your slices of
meat. Warm, but not boil Serve with
toasted bread.-Boston Budget.
French Pancakes: Beat two eggs
thoroughly, add to them two table
| spoonfuls of butter beaten to cream.
stir in two ounces of sugar and two
ounces of flour; when all are well mixed
add enough milk to make batter: beat
and stir well for few minutes, put it
on buttered plates, and bake in brisk
oven for twenty minutes. When done,
sprinkle white sugar over them and
serve very hot with cut lemon. A
lemon or two should be cut in halves
and put in a small glass-dish so that
those who like the flavor may squeeze a
little of the juice over the pancake and
then return the lemon to the DISH
Housekeeper.
-Satsuma Jugs: Satsuma jugs, or
bowls OF less expensive ware, are excel
lent things in which to plant hyacinths,
and they will look well in the center of
the table with these flowers growing in
them. Cut flowers so soon fade, that un-
less hostess wishes her table to be
OF certain color, she would better use
money for growing plants She will be
surprised at the amount of money saved.
Faded flowers can be entirely restored
to freshness by clipping the stems and
putting them in hot water, away from
furnace heat. The hot water sends the
sap from the stem up into the flower
Roses have been kept a week by this
method.-Food
-Stewed Lobster: Drain the lobster
from the liquor. Melt an ounce of but
ter in frying-pan; add the lobster
meat and let it simmer for a few min
utes, then add salt, pepper and very
scant half pint of stock, or hot water:
cover and let simmer three-quarters of
an hour. Put in sucepan half an
ounce of butter and half an onion,
minced; fry brown, and add two sliced
tomatoes, or half cup of canned,
three olSra pods, sliced, salt and drop
Or two of tobasco sauce. Cook fifteen
minutes, add the liquor from the can OF
lobster, and in about five minutes add
1t to the stewed lobster. Let all cook
five minutes. Add little lemon Juice,
and serve.-Ladies' Home Journal