The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

TO mend china, take very thick
solution of gum arabic and stir into it
plaster of paris. Apply with brush
to the broken edges, join, and in few
days the place will be firm as at first.
The wilderness of this cement renders it
doubly valuable.-Detroit Free Press.
Iced Cherries: Select large fresh
cherries with the stems on and dip
them into the whites of two eggs we'll
beaten and then into powdered sugar.
Lay them on oiled paper until they are
dry, then pile them high in glass or
silver dish.-N. Y Observer.
-Vanities: One tnbeaten egg mixed
quite hard (about the consistency of
PASTRY, with flour and little salt
added. Roll quite thin, cut into small
shapes as desired, and fry in deep lard
for a minute. While hot, sprinkle with
powdered sugar. These will be found
delicious served with dessert.-Good
Housekeeping.
-Sweetbread Saute: After the sweet
breads have been boiled, which takes
twenty minutes, split and cut in four
pieces, season with salt and pepper;
put in a small frying-pan one table,
spoonful of butter and one of flour;
when hot put in the sweetbreads, turn
constantly until light brown. Serve
with cream sauce.-Old Homestead.
Salmon: Place can of salmon on
platter and pour over it drawn but
ter, which is prepared as follows:
Place three tablespoons Of butter in a
saucepan with one tablespoon Of flour.
Stir until we'll cooked, without brown.
ing, then slowly add boiling water I'M
til of the right consistency, add salt and
white epper.-Prairie Farmer.
Roast Beef with Catsup: Take a
five or six pound roasting piece of beef,
remove or have the butcher take out
the large bones; cash it little and sea-
son. well with salt and pepper; then
press it into straight-sided stone-jar
or pot, and pour over a teacupful Of
tomato catsup. Tie double thick pa
per over the top and cover very closely
so as to prevent the escape of steam,
and set it in a moderate oven to roast
four or five hours-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Ribbon Cake: A very pretty rib
bon cake is made in this way: To two
and one-half cups of sugar put two
and one-half cups of -four which has
been sifted with two heaping teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, one cup OF
sweet milk and four eggs. Divide the
batter into three parts; to one part add
one cup of raisins, spice to taste. Put
the part with the fruit between the
other parts, spreading very thin layer
between. The fruit part and the others
are to be baked in three layers-one
fruit, the others plain, these after they
are baked put together with jelly.-De.
troit Free Press.
Chicken Fritters: One cup chicken
stock, one heaping tablespoon flour, one
tablespoon butter, one-half teaspoon
salt, one saltspoon celery salt, one cup
cold chicken. Mix the flour smoothly
in the hot butter, add the boiling stock
and when smooth add the seasoning.
The sauce should be quite thick Pour
half the sauce into a small, shallow
dish (buttered). Chop the chicken fine,
and when the sauce has crusted over
little spread the chicken evenly over
the top. Then cover with the remain
der of the sauce. Place on ice, and
when cold and hard cut into inch by
two-inch pieces. Dip them quickly in
fritter batter, and fry in hot, deep fat.
Boston Budget.