The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-17
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.


Crude oil is excellent to wipe tho
woodwork and furniture with, accord
ing to painter. Wipe off with clean
cloth
-Cannelon: Mince and season with
salt and pepper. Add q beaten egg and
about one-half as much fine bread
crumbs as there is meat. Make moist
enough with gravy to shape into roll,
and bake one-hah hour in the oven.
Serve with tomato sauce poured around
it.-Good Housekeeping.
-Dutchess Potatoes: Take two cups Of
mashed potatoes, add a gill of hot milk
and tablespoonful of butter, season
with salt and pepper. Beat the pota-
toes rapidly until they are perfectly
white and light Then form them into
little balls; stand them in CREASED
baking-pan, brush them over with milk,
brown in the oven and serve immedi-
ately.-N. Y. World.
To Can Ounces: Allow just as
many tart apples as you have ounces;
rub the down of, peel, quarter and core
the ounces, cook in cold water until
tender, prepare the apples, and weigh
them and the cooked ounces together.
Make strip with the juice the ounces
were cooked in, and half pound OF
sugar to each pound of fruit. When
hot, put in and cook slowly, until the
apples are tender; then dip into cans
and seal. Save the cC-es and Feelings
| to make jelly OF. -Housekeeper.
l. La az aenJv you
provided with rubber gloves, to protect
the hands while engaged in any light
homework. A woman who used hers
| to wash dishes in was chagrined to find
that pair of the best would last only
ten days or q fortnight. The dealer
told her that it was the grease in the
water, which ate through the rubber
like an acid. She was careful after
ward to use one of the mop dishcloths
/ with wooden handles, and her gloves
resumed their former period of service.
IN. Y. Times.
Pressed Chicken: Take an ordinary
sized chicken, and after dressing it DOLL
It in Just enough water to cover it well,
until it is thoroughly done. Then take
the skin off and pick the meat from the
bones, keeping the white and dark meat
separate. Chop the meat fine, season il
with salt and pepper and put it into a
crock or any sort of mold, putting first
layer of white and then q layer Of
dark meat until it is all used Boil
down the water in which the chicken
was cooked until it makes small cup
full. Pour this over the chicken and
put a weight on it. When it is cold i
il ready to serve in slices. This is nic'
for lunches or for cold meat for supper
J -Demorest's Magazine.
SUN Preserved Fruits: For straw
berries, sprinkle a scant pint Of sugal
over pint of the berries after they ar
hulled and placed on shallow plates o
platters. Set them in the hot sun ant
cover with glass or netting. At nigh
keep up the drying by placing them il
warm, but not hot, stove oven il
: two or three days the juice will hav
stiffeued and the fruit become prae
tically dried and transparent. The
may now be placed away in glass bo'
!. ties or in self-sealing jars and kept fo
winter use. Blackberries, raspberriei
cherries, etcs, are III sdlO 70 Oc HE
8 dried in this way and are thought b
= many to be more delicate than tn
canned or cooked ones.-Orange Jud
Farmer.
Clear Soup: Five pounds lean mes
cut from the lower part Of the ROUND
Eve quarts cold water. Bring to BIO
very slowly and skim carefully for tt
first one or two hours. A little sa
will help the scum to rise. Let it sin
= NOR slowly from eight to ten hour
= About two hours before straining ad
{ one onion, one carrot, little parsle
: and celery tops, all cut in small piece
= Six whole cloves. stick of cinnamon an
three whole alspice. Salt and pepp'
to taste. Strain through cheese clotl
!. set in q colander and let it stand q
night and skim all the fat on careful
in the morning. If there is q bone
the meat do not let the butcher crack
or it will make the soup muddy. Th
= quantity may be used for two dinner
:, Old Homestead.