The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-15
HOUSEHOLD RREvITIEs.


-Cocoanut Cookies One and one
half cnps of sugar. one-half cup butter,
one-half cup sweet milk. one egg, ore
kali cup of cocoanut, one tearspoonful
of baking powder, -four to roll
Home.
-Scalloped Potatoes. Pare and slice
the potatoes; cover the bottom OF
baking dish with bread crumbs, little
salt, pepper and butter, and place upon
these a layer of sliced potatoes and
seasoning Fill the dish in this way,
then pour over all a sufficient quantity
of milk to moisten; place in moderate
oven and bake for nearly two hours
Detroit Free Press
Clear Soup.-Place all remnants Of
beefsteak left from breakfast, or bits
of roast, fatty parts. bones, etc, which
may be on hand, in cold water. Let it
simmer for several hours, then add a
sliced onion, two potatoes sliced, salt,
white pepper and half teaspoonful of
celery seed. When the potato and
onion are boiled to shreds strain and
serve with squares of stale bread fried
in butter. -Housekeeper.
To Prevent Moths. "A large sponge
saturated with turpentine and thrown
into trunks and packing boxes twice
year will keep garments packed in
them free from moths. Remove all
clothing, shutting the sponge in two or
three days. Clothing to be packed for
length of time must be thoroughly
brushed and beaten. The odor of the
turpentine will not be perceptible in
the clothing Dramatic News.
Salmon Soup. Put a pound of
fresh or pound of canned salmon in
saucepan, cover with boiling water,
boil very gently for ten minutes, then
strain; remove the bones and skin,
press through the colander. add pint
of boiling milk and the same of veal
or chicken broth. thicken with two
even tablespoonsful of sifted -four
blended with a tablespoonful of butter;
add salt and pepper to taste. Stir all
together until it thickens and serve
N. Y World.
Sometimes simple old-fashioned
remedies are as efficacious as serious
drugs. A cure in use for years for
catarrhal colds and mild bronchial af-
fections in certain household is to in
hale the fumes of singed mullen leaves.
Scatter the leaves on hot shovel or
stove lid and breathe in the smoke
which will arise In all ordinary cases
it will bring speedy relief. In the
family referred to, the mullen is gath
cred in the late summer and dried, but
the Shaker pressed mullen to be had at
any druggists is as good-N. Y. Times.
Cheese Straws. into a basin
two ounces each of finely grated cheese
(any kindly, fresh butter and sifted
flour, add a seasoning of pounded
mace, cayenne and salt, mix thorough
ly and form a stiff paste with beaten
eggs. Roll out this paste just as thin
as possible, then cut part of it into
strips or straws, about four inches long
and not more than one-half inch wide
and stamp out the remainder in rings
an inch in diameter. Place both straws
and rings on a CREASED baking tin and
bake for a few moments in brisk
oven until inst delicately colored
When doue place as many straws in
each ring as convenient Boston Her
aid
Potato salad is the simplest and
easiest OF salads. Chop any amount Of
potatoes or slice them, sprinkle a
layer of potatoes with minced onion,
add layer of hard boiled egg, If you
have plenty of eggs; omit il if you have
not. Make mayonnaise dressing, and
spread over each layer of potatoes. If
you wish, capers and olives may be
added. It is quite a goa -you-please
salad, and all potato salad is good, but
some potato Said is better than Others,
Stuffed potatoes are in general merely
! potato puff made out cf the insiaes- o.
! baked potatoes, instead Of out of boiled
potatoes, and then replaced in the
skins The tops are sometimes var
nished with egg, sometimes not; some
times busted with bread crumbs, some-
times brushed with melted butter, and
in most cases are replaced in the oven
to heat and brown before serving. 1t
is well to cut off one end of the POI
tato before baking, in order that it
stand in the pan after stufing. -BostoI
Budget.