St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

"A good way to ventilate . cellar =
1pe1Een1 frs0 il spipe - The kitchen
chimney! The drsught IN the chimney
will carry away the gasxes which would
otherwise find their wsy into the rooms
above.
breakfast Cakes: Four and . halt
teacupfuls flour. two teacupfuls milk.
one-hah tcacupful sugar. one egg. one
tablespoonful butter, one teaspoonful
soda, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar.
and little salt. Bake twenty minutea
Orange Judd Farmer.
-FrOthed CLANS: Drain the clans
very dry. Take three eggs, separate
the whites and yollxs, and stir the clans
into the y0llas; add salt and pepper.
Beat the whites to . very stiff froth.
Take upa spoonful and place in IT .
clam; then drop in hot fat for . mo-
ment.-Ladies' Home Journal.
-Brcalfast Puffs: Bcat two cupfuls
Of -four. one cupful Of milk. and one
eupful Of water together. No salt. no
powder, no eggs. Heat the gem-pans,
put bit Of butter in each, let il melt
and pour in the batter. The butter
will rise rOand il, making greasing the
pans unnecessary. There should be
one dozen crisp gemS-Gosd House
keeping.
THE incest material, says woman
who has tried il, ''Cf which 70 make .
bathing suit is alpaca 1t sheds the
water and holds its own much better
than flannel. which becomes water
soaked and Aoppy. For this summer I
am having . suit Of dark-gr.y alpaca.
Turkish drawers and Russian blouse.
Frightening il with quantities Of red
bFaid.~-N Y. TimeA
Boiled Asparagus on Toast: Cut on
the white. hard ends of the sprouts and
wash lightly. Then tie in bundles OF
six each and drop them into boiling wa
ter sufficient to cover. Boil about twen-
ty minutes, or until tender: then eut
and remove. the stringA Have some
toast ON . platter and carefully place
them ON the toast lengthwise. Milk
gravy may be used - . dressing. .-Bos-
ton budget
ZSavory Eggs Fried: Take = dozen
hsrd-boiled e6ks. cut them in halves and
scoop ont the S6lk. Nix the yolks with
some 6nely-minced cold veal and ham,
MUSHROOM, onion, . little lemon juice,
and salt and pepper TO taste. Stuff the
white halves carefully with this mix
tute, put the two halves together, tie .
piece Of thread around them, roll them
lightly in egg and bread crumbs and
fry to . light brown.-Housekeeper.
Strawberry Shortlalse: Two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder. two table
spoonfuls of butter, one quart of -four.
Mix with cold water, work as little ~
possible, and roll very thin Put ono
layer in the pan and spread it with but
Ter. second one and spread 1t, and then
. third After they are baked in quick
oven. open and put whole strawberrieA
which have been sprinkled with pow
dered sugar, between the layers and On
top. Serve with crean--Denorest's
Magazine. ...-.
Sweet Potato Johnnycske: Take
one pint Of best coFnmeal. salt 70 taste
(half . teaspoonful b the ordinary sea
soning), rub into the meal . large -
blespoonful of lard, next add TO il ono
pint Of amoothly-mashed sweet pota-
toes II the potatoes are not very sweet,
odd tsblespoonful of sugar; mix thor
cughly to rather soft dough, bat not
too soft 10 handle:have the middle stavc
of q barrel head washed clean, rinse il,
leaving 1t wet, and On this evenly xps ead
the dough, not quite out 70 the edges Of
the board; dip . knife-blade into cold
water, and with il smooth over the sur
face of the Johnnycake, and stick with
fork a you would biscuit; set IL BE-
fore the hre, with . brick or nstiron TO
support IL; let il brown nicely. then
loosen it from the board BY means Of
. coarse thread passing between tho
johnnycske and the board, close to the
latter; do not cook in the oven, but BE-
fore the nre.-Bneton Herald.