The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-07-07
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

If your coal fire is low throw on d
tablespoonful of salt, and it will help it
very much.
-Escalloped Eggs-Fill the egg dish
with the whites beaten; make hollow
in the center, and put in the unbeaten
yolk: scatter over the top little salt
and pepper. and lay small piece OF
butter on the yolk. Bake about two
minutes. -
The following process Is said to re-
store to a waterproof the original soft
ness: Dissolve a teaspoonful of best
gray lime in half pailful of water,
wipe the cloak well with a soft cloth
wrung loosely out of this mixture, hang
to dry and repeat the operation in two
hours.
Wood may be fastened to stone by
the use of a cement made of four parts
of pitch, four parts of pounded brick
dust or chalk, and one part of beeswaS
Warm it before using and apply d thin
coating to the surfaces to be joined
Detroit Free Press.
-Caulifower With Cheese.
the stems of cold boiled caulifower;
place it on fiat dish and set it in the
oven; when little warmed pour over it
about an ounce of hot clarified butter
mixed with some grated Parmesan or
other cheese; put it again into the oven,
and let it brown; serve Immediately
Boston Budget.
-CocOanut Custard.-Beat well, with
out separating, the whites and yolks
four eggs, add to them scHnt quart OF
milk, half cup sugar, d teaspoohft11
of butter, little grated nutmeg and
half a cup of fresh grated coc0anut:
Bake in j steady oven until the custard
is set. Serve very cold.-Household
Monthly.
Raised Cake.-One cupful of raised
dough, one cupful of molasses one cup:
full of sugar, one-half cupful of butter;
one cupful of sour milk, a little grated
nutmeg, a cupful of raisins, teaspoon
fulsOf soda, two teaSpoonfulS of Gin
namon, one-half teaspoonful of mace,
one teaspoonful of Glove, three and one
half cupfuls of flour. Bake slowly
Good Housekeeping.
English parlor-maids wear a dis
UNIT 1A'Stys hOG O1USIi, GIlOuBl OcCd-
sionally, seen in New York houses.
This consists usually of a plain long
black or dark wooden skirt, a loose,
open jacket of the same material, and
either white vest with gilt OF drna:
mented buttons, or a vest made of liv-
cry stripes. With this are worn cap
and apron.-N. I. Times. a..
Paste for Toast and Broiled Birds
Mix equal parts of curry powder,
or powdered truffies, bread crumbs and
Drowned -four, the yolk of one hard
boiled egg, grated rind of one-half a
lemon, one tablespoonful chill sauce, a
little butter and a teaspoonful of lemon
Juice. Season with salt, cayenne pep
per and nutmeg to taste. Stir over a
slow fire until quite brown and thick
Ladies' Home Journal
AS all housekeepers know, eggs
tarnish silver and the black stain of a
hard-boiled egg, which is due to the sui
phur developed in boiling them, is some
timessquite. trou blesome to remove with
soap and water alone. It can be easily
removed with common table salt; but
salt is apt to scratch the silver. A safer
remedy is bicarbonate of soda. Apply
it dry with a chamois to the stained
metal. Half teaspoonful will clean a
dozen spoons. The silver should after
ward be thoroughly washed and pol
lshed with dry cloth or chamois.-N.
Y Tribune