The Banner-Democrat., 1892-12-03
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

The intense itching of the gums
with which teething infants suffer
10 greatly may be allayed by giving
finely cracked ice every few minutes.
A saucerful may thus be given without
danger and the little one soothed and
quieted because of the great relief.
Detroit Free Press.
1T is good plan to keep in the
pantry one of those cold chests for
desserts and other dishes that should
be served directly from the ice. A
good size is about twenty-eight inches
high, twenty-one inches wide and
twenty-eight inches long. This chest
requires only six pound of ice day,
and the temperature can be reduced to
freczing-p point If desired.
-Gingersnaps: One cupful of sugar,
one cupful of treacle, one cupful Of but
ter (lard will answer, mixed lard and
suet from the frying kettle is better),
one teaspoonful of ginger, one tea
spoonful of soda, dissolved in two tea
spoonfuls Of hot water. Make a stiff
dough with -four, and knead thorough
ly. Roll as thin as possible, cut in
small rounds, and bake in moderate
oven.-Household Monthly.
Eggs poached with tomatoes make
q very nice variety. In flat-bottomed
granite kettle have about pint Of
cooked tomatoes; break five or six eggs
into . plate and slip in carefully upon
the hot tomatoes; loosen the whites al
the edges as they stiffen. When the
whites become coagulated prick the
yollxs 30 they will flow out, cook few
minutes longer and place the mixture
on thin slices of toasted bread. slightly
moistened. Ohio Farmer.
-Bananas and Cream: Allow ak
ripe bananas, peel and slice in dish
have ready half cupful of granulated
sugar, sprinkle little over each layer
squeeze the juice from two oranges,
and put little over each layer; wher
all are prepared, put in the ice box fol
an hour or more. Before ready to serve
whip one pint of thick. sweet cream
with egg-beater until stiff, add . little
powdered sugar. Pour the bananas
carefully into handsome dish for the
table, have the whipped cream in an
other dish. Serve the bananas on sweet
meat dishes, heaped with cream.-N. Y
Observer.
Venetian Almond Cake: One ant
one-half pounds of -four, one and one
fourth pounds Of coarse powdered
sugar, pint of egg-yollss, almond flavor.
ing. Whisk the eggs and sugar to q
very light batter, acid the favoring
sift the -four, lightly work it into the
batch, turn it on tin lined with paper
spread the mixture an inch thick
sprinkle the top tiliclxly with chopped
almonds and crystal sugar, with just 9
slight busting of red sugar sand; bake
| in a moderate oven. When cold, re
move the paper, cut the cake intt
squares, then cut them across from
corner to corner, making trianglcs. =
Good Housekeeping.
Chocolate Pastils: Take littl,
chocolate, which put in a pan over tn
| fire to melt: stir it with . spoon; whel
it is melted take half q pound of loa
sugar, pounded in a mortar and sifted
which dissolve in = little clear water
When that is done put in the chocolate
II the paste is too thick, add littl
water, enough to bring it to that de
gree of liquidity that it may be takel
up on knife; then take half sheet Q
paper and cover it with little, round
nat drops, which arc called pastils, o
the size of sixpence; let them DIR.
naturally in cupboard, and when dr.
take them on from the paper, and pu'
them in boxes. Boston Herald.