The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-06
FlREslpE FRAGMENTS.

To tell good cod when you go TO
the market, examine the fish just above
the tail In healthy cod the body is
round and plump. Tho lower half of
the fish will be almost cone shaped,
"A corn supper" may be of corned
meats, corn bread, brown bread. cakes
made with corn starch and flour to-
gcther, corn starch puddings, corn
balls, and doubtless ingenious women
will think of many more.
House painters declare that soap in
jures paint, but that a solution of wash
ing soda and warm water, not strong
enough to injure the hands, is harmless
to good paint. Rinse with clear water
and polish gently with clean, dry
cloth. N. Y. Times
When sweeping a room it is all very
well to open the windows, providing
the wind is not blowing that way. In
the latter case they are better shut, as
the dust is then blown into all parts of
the room. Open the windows after the
| first dust has settled.
Quick Slaw: Chop half fine head
Of cabbage, sprinkle pepper and salt
upon it and pour over it vinegar sufli-
cient to flavor it. Beat up the yolks OF
twJ eggs, mix with cur of rich mill,
and two tablespoonfuls of fresh butter;
boil the above and pour over the cab
bage. Detroit Free Press
Roast Goose Stuff the goose with
forccmeat made OF bread crumbs, but
ter, chopped onions, sage, pepper and
salt. Cover the breast with buttered
paper and roast it an hour or two, ac-
cording to its size, in moderate oven.
When nicely Drowned, place it in hot
dish with n well, and pour a rich brown
gravy over it.-Home.
Preserving the Color of Spinach
If in cooking spinach you use only the
water that clings to it after the wash
ing, and add one tablespoonful of salt
for each peck of spinach, the greer
color will he preserved The spinach
is more bitter when cooked in this
manner than when it is cooked in more
water. AS for myself, l prefer the more
delicate flavor one gets by cooking it ir
large quantity of water Ladies'
Home Jour- al
To keen a griddle in good order 81
that cakes baked thereon may alway
present Gear, brown surface, scour
occasionally with thick stale crust o
bread and little dry salt, and neve
neglect tc wipe it clean around tht
edges before putting it away. Jell,
and cake tins that are in constant us
should be boiled two or three times
year in strong suds with n handful o
washing soda dissolved therein. IN. Y
Times.
-Creamed Celery: The outer stalk
will do for this. Cut into convenien
bits, stew in broth until tender, drai
and let them come to the boil in euoug
white sauce to cover them The brot
or stock in which the celery is steve
will be nicely favored and should b
used in soup. The whole cooking ma,
be done iii the sauce made rather thi
to allow for slight boiling away. IN
Y. World.
Cracker Crullers: Split commo
white crackers. Prepare bowl of col
water with trifle of salt dissolved in il
Soak the divided crackers, one or tw
at time, in the cold water, while tn
spider is heating on the stove add
small lump of butter melting within il
, When the crackers are partly swolle
and tender throughout, drain theI
, quickly from the cold water and la
, them in the spider, there to sputter an
, brown on both sides. Serve neatly pile
on hot plate and add more butter Will
eating if desired. Christian Inquire