River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-08-25
ussEuL AND SUGGESTING.

"A splendid furniture polish is made
as follows; Mix together one ounce of
liquid shellac. two ounces of oil of tur-
pentine, one ounce of Japan drier, two
ounces of boiled oil, and one ounce of
copal varnish. Apply with brush or
sponge.
-Potted Shad.-Cut the fish as for
frying, pack in stone jar with layers
of mixed spices, seasoning with salt
After the Jar is filed, pour vinegar over,
cover tightly with a cloth. put the jar
in a large pot of water and boil until
the dish is thoroughly done.-Home
Magazine.
Egg Lemonade. - Separate four
eggs, beat first the whites. then add the
yolks and beat lightly; dissolve one cup
of sugar in pint of cold water. add 10 it
the juice of four lemons, and then a
small quantity of cracked ice; stir the
eggs carefully into this and use at once.
Boston Budget
Apple Dumplings. Peel and core
six or eight tart apples and fill their
centers with chopped raisins, almonds,
sugar cinnamon and dried eurrants.
Wrap each in pie crust: place them side
by side in spring form or in a round
cake pan; glaze with feather dipped
in the beaten yoll< of an egg and lake.
Serve warm sprinkled with powdered
sugar -Harper's Bazaar
Iced Gooseberry Fool Pick and
boil one pound of gooseberries in half a
pint of water. with ten ounces of sugar
added, then rub the pulp through hair
sieve, add to IL one pint OF cream, the
grated rind of one lemon and little
grated nutmeg, then turn it into the
freezer. When it is about half frozen
il is ready for the table. Serve in Gus
tard glasses. -Housekeeper.
The notion of cutting bread from
the loaf as it is served is somewhat re-
vived and has been seen at some Char
lotte" teas. so called undoubtedly from
Werther's heroine. 1t has necessitated
the reappearance of the bread board
and knife, and, of course, the historic
pot of jam. 1t can not be said that the
operation of slicing bread is a specially
graceful one, and its practice In public,
even under the guise of a novelty, is
not recommended N. Y. Times.
-Corned Beef Hash.-Chop sufficient
cold corned beef to make one pint it
must be chopped rather fine. cold boiled
potatoes in the same quantity, mix
meat and potatoes together, put them
in saucepan with a tablespoonful of
butter, teaspoonful of onion juice, a
cup of stock. and saltspoon of pepper;
stir constantly but carefully until it
Just comes to boiling point; serve at
once on buttered toast Water may be
substituted for the stock, but of course
the hash will not be SO good. -Roston
Budget.
What the sideboard is for.-Several
people have asked about the uses of the
sideboard. The drawers are for the
silver and cutlery, the closets for such
things as preserved ginger, confection-
cry, cut SUGAR and, indeed, of the many
little things that one likes to have in
the dining-room. yet out of sight. The
water pitcher and other silver and
pretty bits of China can be placed on
the side-board Cracker jar and fruit
dish also belong there. At dinner time
the dessert dishes are usually arranged
upon it.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Cod drilled la Colbert. Cut the
cod into slices half an inch thick. dip
them in salad oil, then flour them well.
place them carefully on clean grid
iron over n clear fire, and broil until
done; it will take about one quarter of
an hour. Into a stew pan put one-halt
a pint of stock broth, little grated
nutmeg, a little finely-chopped parsley,
a little roux and some seasoning; let
boil, and simmer ten minutes, then add
TO it the Juice of a lemon, and a table
spoonful of anchovy sauce. Place the
cod OF a hot dish, pour the boiling
sauce over it, and serve Immediately
with mashed rntafnas Il InnSelsonnar