The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

a batch OF Useful Notes for House.
keepers to Remember.
To make a delicious for veal
chops drain o cup of liquor from a can
OF tomatoes, strain it and stir III a
tablespoonful of arrow root mixed
with cold water. Boil two minutes.
Add two tablespoonfuls of butter, half
a teaspoonfui of sugar. the same of
salt and a little pepper.
Gas stoves should never be used in
sleeping rooms; they give a stuffy,
close feeling which is most unpleas-
ant, while an open fireplace encour-
ages ventilation, and thus makes the
air pure and fresh and is most agree
able. Children's sleeping rooms are
better without fires at night, unless
the weather is cold or very damp.
They should be lighted early, not just
before bedtime.
The dressing is the most important
part of a lettuce salad, and should be
attended to with care, as too much or
too little of any of the ingredients will
spoil it. The rule given is a tried
one:-Three tablespoonfuls of oil, one
saltspoonful OF salt, and one-half salt
spoonful of pepper should be mixed
thoroughly in a saucer and q table
spoonful OF wine vinegar added. Pour
the mixture owe the lettuce. Serve
at once.
To keep a griddie in good order, so
that cakes baked thereon may always
present a clear, brown surface, col
it occasionally with a thick stale crust
OF bread and a little dry salt. and
never neglect to wipe it clean around
the edges before putting it away.
jelly and cake tins that are in con-
slant use should be boiled two or
three times a year in strong suds with
a handful OF washing soda dissolved
therein.
Scald rhubarb before cooking it. It
takes much less sugar. and yet it
seems to have lost none of its acid.
Pour boiling water over r~aisins, and
let them stand a moment before seed
Ing. 1t lessons the labor wonder
fully.
A little of the grated rind of the
fruit is much more delicate for flavor
ing lemon than the extract.
The roots and tough stalks of eel
cry, chopped fine and dried, are in
valuable for soups and dressings.
The tendency OF table salt to pack
together in cruets and containers may
be overcome by thoroughly drying the
salt and mixing with it O small per-
centage of dry corn starch and arrow
root.
To remove ink stains from the ing-
gers moisten the spot and rub it gent
ly with the head of a parlor match,
keeping the skin wet, and the stain
will rapidly disappear.
ALI hoasekeepers should know that
sugar boiled with an acid, ii 1t be but
three minutes, will be converted into
glucose, which is the form of sugar
found in sweet apples. One pound of
sugar has as much sweerening power
as two and a quarter pounds of glu-
cose. In other words. pound of
sugar stirred into the fruit after it Is
cooked and while yet warm will make
the fruit as sweet as two and a quar-
ter pounds added while the fruit is
boiling.
YOUNG TURNIPs BOILED WHOLE
Pare smoothly and trim all into the
same size and shape. Lay in cold
water half an hour. Put on in boil
ing water with a tablespoonful of but
ter, and stew until tender. Drain dry
without crushing or breaking them.
Pile in a deep dish and cover with a
WAiAtO odoOO udQ0 VI OutbcI dIdWIl Ill
milk. Turnips should always be eaten
while very hot.
Meat should be hung in a cool, airy
place, but not in a strong draught, as
that makes it too dry.
The following excellent hints for
household measurement are given in
the Good Hoasekeeper:-
Soft butter the size of an egg weighs
an ounce
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to one
tablespoonful.
One pint Of coffee IA" sugar weighs
twelve ounces.
One pint Of best brown sugar weighs
thirteen ounces.
One quart of sifted flour (well
heaped) weighs one pound.
Two reacupfuls Qevel) of granulated
sugar weigh one pound.
Two teacupfuls of soft butter (welI
packed) weigh one pound.
One and one-third pints of powdered
sugar weigh pound.
One pint (heaped) of granulated SUI
gar weighs fourteen ounces. Two
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