The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-30
FIRES,DS FRAGMENTS.

To Bake Mushrooms. Place tie
mushrooms in tin baking dish, with
butter. pepper and salt. Bake gently,
pile high on a dish and serve with hot
cream uce.-Good housekeeping.
Beef marrow is very often used in
buildings, in very much the same way
that suet is used. 1t is much more deli
cate and more delicious than suet 1t
is simply scraped from the bone and
used raw.-N. Y. Tribune.
Sandwiches can be made eight or
ten hours before they are eaten if they
are covered with damp cloth mean
while. Pile them closely and compactly
upon dish, and cover them with a
towel which has been wrung out of
cold water. Tuck this closely over them
and put them in cool place
-Newbern Hominy one cup OF
fine hominy in the double boiler with
one cup of cold water. Let it remain
on the back of the stove until the water
is absorbed Then add one pint of milk
and half a teaspoon of salt and boil
half an hour. Stir in one tablespoon of
butter and turn out on hot platter
Serve with poached eggs.-Boston Bud
get.
-Lcmon-juice is one of the best and
safest remedies for freckleS. Wet the
spots with small brush dipped in the
juice every night and once during the
day. Those who do not wish to use the
lemon-iuice clear may prefer the fol-
lowing; Mix one teaspooonful of rose
water with one teaspoonful of glycerine,
and add with one tablespoonful of
lemon juice. Mix well and apply to the
face with a small bruSh.-N. Y. World
Lemon Pie,-rhe grated rind and
juice of two lemons, yolks Of three eggs.
two tablcspoonfuls twen rounded) of
flour, one cupful of water. one cupful
of sugar, mix all well together and
bake on pie dishes lined with puff paste
Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff
with three tablespoonfuls of white
sugar, spread on top of the pies when
| baked. and brown Slightly. These
quantities will make two pies
keeper.
-Pralincs Boil one cupful OF brown
sugar, very little butter and one-third
of a cupful of water together until the
candy forms a soft lump when dropped
in water Take from the fire, and i'm
mediatcly stir in one-half cupful of
pecan kernels. When the candy is a
little cloudy looking, pour in spoonfuls
on buttered tins SO that il will spread
out into round fiat cakes food House
keeping.
In watching some Roman tableaux
IL.
odd some clever modern chatelaine in
her zeal for novel effects Tor her dinners
has not borrowed one of the pretty
| fashions of Lucullus time. This was
hoop suspended above the table, upon
which hung chaplets OF flowers to adorn
the head of each guest, and often as
well choice gifts of jewels. A circle of
some of the beautiful flower favors de-
| pending from the chandelier. to be served
| unique and pleasing detail to the deco
rative scheme of the feast and should
be attempted by some fin de steele
| hostess. N. y. Times.
Banana Salad. On hot DAYS this is
pleasant variation from ordinary des-
serts. Just before dinner peal half
dozen bananas and slice into a high
glass dish, alternating each layer of the
banana with one of pulled, not sliced,
pineapple. If the fresh fruit is not OBJ
tainable the canned (grated) will an
swer. Then mix together the strained
juice of three oranges and two lemons,
sweeten to taste, and pour over the
mounded fruit Surmount the latter
with a crimson cap of hulled straw
berries, and set on ice till ready to
serve. With this should be served
macaroons, lady SINGERS or blocks of
cake which have been dipped in fon-
| dant.