The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
THE HOUSE aOLD.
Many Useful Remedies and Recipes for the
Farmers Wife.

Many Useful Remedies and Recipes for the
Farmers Wife.
Quaking Pudding-Beat four eggs with
two tabiespoonfuls of sugar, two table,
spoonfuls of corn starch and a small pinch
of salt. Stir the mixture into quart of
milk, pour over one teacupiul of grated
bread crumbs, put in creased pudding
mold and steam one hour. Serve with
lemon sauce.
Fried Chicken-Wash your chickens,
cut them In pieces, season them with pep
per and salt. Have in a pan some hot
butter and lard mixed; dust some -four
over each piece and fry them slowly till of
a bright brown on both sides; take them
up, put little water in p pan, add some
butter rolled in flour 10 thicken the gravy,
add more pepper and salt if required.
Young spring chickens are only suitable
for frying,
Potato Soup-Boil six largo pared pota-
toes in sufficient water. Meantime put
quart of milk in double kettle to boil,
with one stalk OF celery and an onion.
When the potatoes are cooked turn off the
water and mash fine and light, then add
the boiling milk and 4 tablespoonful OF
butter and salt to taste. Rub through
strainer and add cup OF whipped cream.
A good substitute for cream Is batter OF
corn starch and milk.
4 fair and cheap substitute is found by
covering tables with the marble cloth sold
sometimes for washstands and children's
bibs. It was BIephistopheles himself who
designed kitchen tables out of soft pine
boards. With their absorbent and spread
ing qualities q tiny drop OF grease Is
quickly converted into an unsightly
blotch, and pot handle or kettle sears its
indelible mark across their surface. They
were made, certainly to be covered.
Another good use OF marbled cloth is for
the floor of closets. 1t is easily put down
and fitted. Many closets are seldom
stepped into, and as there is hardly any or
at least but triflIng wear, its durable quail
tiles are not tested. Closet floors so
covered may be easily wiped over with a
damp cloth every morning, thus securing
all loose dust and preventing any injury
from it 70 clothes that may be piled or
hanging within.-GoOd Housekeeping.
Kitchen Tables Covered with Tin
| Housekeepers who have never had a tin
covered table for kitchen use are still I'M
acquainted with one of the most valuable
articles of domestic economy. 1t is never
ordinary kitchen table takes kindly to the
metal cover. Get the tinsmith to fit
! sheet of tin on the table and perforate the
J edges for lacking. The tin should cover
| the thickness of the board top, that it may
| be tackled on the under side OF the table.
Whipped Cream Pudding-Cover half
| an ounce of gelatine with cold water and
! soak one hour Whip pint of cream,
boil pint OF milk, add the gelatine to
! and strain. Beat the yolks of four eggs
and a cupful of sugar together, and stir in
| the milk while boiling Take from the
| fire. flavor teither lemon, vanilla or straw
! berry is NICE and pour in q bowl to cool.
| Place on ice and stir until thick, then add
/ the whipped cream. Mix well, set in O
cool place to harden. When cold turn
| out OF the bowl and serve with whipped
cream.
Cream Meringue-Beat the whites of
six eggs very stiff, add three or four drops
| OF vanilla and mix in nine ounces of pull
verized sugar. Sprinkle tin platter with
| sugar and drop the mixture on it, table
/ spoonful at time, taking care that they
/ do not touch. Place IN a moderate oven.
/ Leave the door open for five minutes.
! When a caust is formed scrape out the
! soft center, let the shells cool, then fill
/ with whipped cream. 4 III the center OF
| large dish with whipped cream and ar
range the meringues over and around il.
| Boston Baked Beans-Pick over and
wash the beans and soak them over night :
/ in the morning parboil them, then put
them in bean-pot or any small necked
earthen lar, with sufficient cold water to
! cover them; add two Taolespoonfuls of
molasses and salt and pepper to taste
| holf Tor Of
beans of picked pork, parboiled and
scored; put it in the center.of the dish and
| bake in moderate oven for twelve hours !;
add water as often as necessary. If the
pork is Objectionable, omit and use little
| butter instead.
| Royal Pudding-Cover one boxfull of
| gelantine with water and let it dissolve,
then pour over ii pint and half of boil
! ing water, add one pound of sugar, the
| Juice OF four orages and three lemons.
| Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Strain
and set set in cool place. Dip large
mould in ice water, cover the bottom and
/ sides with canned cherries, cover with the
| LIQUID gelatine, let harden, FL up the
space with more OF the gelatine and set to
COOL When cold take out the center with
spoon and fill the space with whipped
cream, favored with orange. Let it get
cold, and serve with vanilla sauce.
| A table so covered needs no scrubbing
! is impervious to hot kettles, sheds grease
as the proverbial ducks back does water,
and in fact cheers the heart of'the kitchen
maid more than anything on earth except
her wages and her company. The
woman who does her own work should
not let another dawn find her without one
if she is not at present rejoicing in it.
Said wise family man the other day ::
Anything which simplifes the domestic