River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-12
DOMESTIC coNcEr

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furniture. rub with essential oil ofNed
permint, then with sweet oil or fuFI
ture polish.
For simple hoarseness, take a fresh
egg, beat it and thicl1en with pulverized
sugar. Eat freely of it, and the hoarse-
ness will soon be relieved
Cream Cookies: One egg, one cup
sugar, one cup of sour cream. one-half
nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda, flour
sufficient to roll. Sprinkle with sugar,
bake quick Budget.
When bread or biscuit become stale,
you can freshen it by pouring little
hot water over the loaf and draining it
off quickly; then set it in the oven to
heat through, and it will be as good as
new.
To polish patent leather take one
part Enseed oil to two of cream, warm
them, shake thoroughly and apply with
flannel. The leather must OF course
be clean as new before any attempt at
polishing is made.
To clean mems clothing, mix two
parts alcohol and one part ammonia,
rub vigorously with sponge or wooden
cloth, using cloth of the same color as
the garment. This is good to clean all
kinds of wooden goods or carpets.-Good
Health.
-Buttermilk Scenes: One-fourth
pound of currants, two ounces sugar,
half pint of buttermilk, a teaspoonful
of soda and about a pound and half of
flour. Stir altogether TO paste, roll it
out to about half an inch thick, cut it
in triangular pieces and bake on a grid
die. These are better eaten hot
Home.
Glaze for Pie-Crust: To prevent
any juicy mixture soaking into the
crust, beat an egg well, and with a
brush or bit of cloth wet the crust of
the pie with the beaten egg Just before
you put it in the pie mixture. 1t also
gives gloss and bcouty 10 biscuit ruslS
and ginger-cake, by first adding little
sugar 10 the egg.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
-Molasses Pudding: Three cups of
flour, one each of molasses. melted but
ter and hot water, one teaspoonful of
soda; steam three hours. Serve with
sauce of butter and sugar worked to a
cream, with hot water added to make it
the proper consistency, and favored
with vanilla. II is made better by the
addition of a cupful of raisins-Dctroit
Free Press.
Kidney Soup: Take enough kidneys
to make two pounds. carrot, turnip,
an onion, two potatoes, cayenne and
salt. Pit half the kidneys in four
quarts of water and cook slowly until
well done; take them out and chop very
fine, return to the water with the rest
of the kidney cut into small pieces;
CRATE or chop very fine the vegetables,
add them to the soup, cover closely and
cook slowly for an hour and a half
Household Monthly.
Stuffed Cabbage: Take large.
fresh cabbage and cut out the heart. fill
the vacancy thus mad" with a stuffing
made of cooked chick a or veal, chopped
very fine, seasoned highly and rolled
into balls with the yolk of an egg. Tie
the cabbage firmly together "a good
plan is to do it up securely in a thin
white cloth, and boil in a covered kettle
several hours. This is delicious dish,
and one can use up cold meats in pre-
pairing it.-Detroit Free Press.
Sausage Cakes: Have two pounds of
fresh pork-about one-fourth fat
chopped fine. Soak one pint of stale
bread in cold water until soft Add to
the chopped pork half teaspoonful of
pepper, a tablespoonful of salt and a
teaspoonful each of powdered sage and
thyme. Press all the water from the
soaked bread then mash the bread till
it is smooth, and mix it with the meat.
When all the ingredients are thorough
ly combined, shape it into small flat
cakes and fry until brown on both
sides. twill take twenty minutes thor
oughly to cook the cakes.-Good House
keeping.
Antique Oak Finish-To produce an
antique oak finish on either oak ash,
or chestnut, use dark filler in precisely
the same manner as the light. 1t will
fill the grain dark, and tone down the
color, if combined with a coat of orange
shellac instead of white Walnut needs
dark filler and orange shellac; ma
hogany, mahogany filler and white
shellac. If you can not obtain a ma
hogany filler use the light, mixing with
it little burnt Italian sienna in oil,
Just enough to redden it. Closes grained
woods require no filler. Cherry needs
white shellac; pine, maple, poplar,
etc, the same.