The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Drowned Sweet Potatoes. Boil
some fine sweet potatoes until done,
peel and split them: put them in fiat
pan and haste them well with some
water and melted sugar; put tiny bits of
butter over them and bake until they
are a rich brown.-Household Monthly.
Saratoga Potatoes.-Peel and slice
large potatoes in nice long pieces, and
put in cold water, wash and drain, then
spread between the folds of clean
cloth. rub and pat until dry. Fry in
boiling lard, and salt as you take them
out. Drip on sheet of clean brown
paper-Detroit Free Press.
flashed Potatoes.-Cut the potatoes
as for a pie: put them in pan, with a
little chopped onion, pepper and salt;
add little butter, allowing about half
an ounce to each pound of potatoes, and
quarter of pint of water; cover the
pan and let them stew moderately about
thirty or thirty-five minutes.-Boston
Budget.
Boiled Coffee.-Put four tablespoon
fuls of finely ground coffee in the coffee
pot; add the white of an egg and cup
Of cold water. beat until mixed, pour
over boiling water, cover closely, stand
over brisk fire and let come to a quick
boil. Remove from the fire. pour in
half cup of cold water, and stand it
one side until settled.-IIome.
There is no doubt that hot milk is
A gentle stimulant as well as food and
il is coming more and more into favor.
You will find that you can continue to
take it if you are sure it is only scalded;
that is, very hot, but not boiled. If you
cannot trust others to prepare the milk
in the above manner do it yourself.
There are fixtures to fit over gas or
lamps that will enable you to do this
easily.-N. Y. World.
oysters Saute.-Drain the oysters in
can from the liquor. which heat in
fiat pan. Toast several slices of bread,
dip quickly in the hot liquor and lay on
a hot platter. In frying pan melt
small piece of butter. and when very
hot put in the oysters, turning them
constantly with knife. They will
take about a minute to cook Spread
them on the toast, put few pieces of
butter on top and drop or two of to-
basco sauce. Serve. - Ladies' Home
Journal.
A simple mode of purifying water is
to sprinkle a tablespoonful of powdered
alum into hogshead of water. stirring
the water at the same time. This will
precipitate all the impurities to the bot
tom, after being allowed a few hours to
settle, and will 50 purify it that it will
be found to possess nearly all the fresh
ness and clearness of the finest spring
water. A pailful containing four gal
Ions may be purified in this manner by
using no more than a teaspoonful of the
alum.
food Polishing Powder. - One of
the very best polishing powders that
was ever used in my kitchen | discov-
cred quite by accident. The range was
being cleaned out. and in the flue I'M
der the oven there WAS a quantity of
gray dust. a sort of smoke deposit, as
| fine as -four, that was taken out with a
large spoon. In washing the spoon it
was noticed that mysterious brilliancy
was acquired. and the credit for this
this was quickly given to the smoke
dust. Since then we have always used
it for polishing tinware. If put on with
a damp cloth, a luster will Immediately
appear that surpasses that produced
by all other powdcrs.-Food.