The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIES.

Potato Fritters-Boil enough OF
nice, mealy potatoes to make one pound;
mash and sift them; add two heaping
tablespoonfuls of butter, the yol6s of
two eggs, we'll beaten, and little salt
and pepper; mix all well together and
roll into thin, fiat cakes and fry brown,
in half lard and half butter.-Ohio
Farmer.
-Dumplings.-O pint -four, half
teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking
powder; mix with one scant cup of
sweet milk into dough soft enough to
handle easily. Roll it out half-inch
thick, cut into small rounds and drop
into the boiling stew, or mix softer and
drop by the spoonful; cook ten minutes.
Detroit Free Press.
Mushroom Pickles. - Take small
button mushrooms; wipe clean. Put
in salt and water and let stand for
forty-eight hours Scald sufficient vim
egar to cover the mushrooms, add lit
tie cayenne and mace. Drain the
mushrooms, poor the vinegar over
when cold, and keep in cool, dry place.
Ladies' Home Journal.
-"Ferr doylies" are made of lace
bark, a diaphanous, lace-like material
found under the bark of certain jana
lea trees. This is bordered with set
pattern cut out of the brown cabbage
plant. The doylies are not only unique
and beautiful, but also serve as PRO
moters'' of conversation by leading the
talk to foreign lands and quaint fancies.
Stale Bread for Stuffing Meats
Stale bread after being cut in pieces of
suitable size for stuffing can be
thoroughly dried out in the oven and
kept in paper bags until wanted, when
it is only necessary to pour over boil
ing water and let stand just long
enough to moisten; then drain off and
it is ready to season.-Orange Judd
Farmer
Delicious Mixed Picl1les.-Let five
dozen cucumbers stand in strong brine
for three days, writes Eliza R. Parker.
Wash through cold water several
times Put half a gallon of strong
vinegar in kettle, with one ounce
of mustard seed, one of juniper
berries, one of celery-seed, half
dozen pods of green pepper, two pounds
of sugQr, half dozen small onions and
lump of alum. Let come to a boil,
and pour over the pickles for three
mornings, heat the vinegar each time.
Put the pickles in wide-mouth bottles
and seaL-Ladies' Home Journal.
Chocolate Creams.-Add two cups
of granulated sugar to one-half of cup
of milk. Boil for five minutes, stirring
constantly to keep the milk from burn
ing. Take from the fire, stir rapidly
until partly cool, flavor with vanilla,
then turn upon lightly-greased plat
ter; continue stirring until cool enough
to mold in the hands. Mold in balls
and place on waxed paper in cool,
dry place to harden. Add one tea
spoonful of powdered sugar to one-half
of cake of chocolate, or it's equivalent
in cocoa. Melt over hot water, and
while hot dip the creams in it, replac-
ing on the waxed paper to dry.-Bos-
ton Budget.
Theatrical people know that oil
cleans the skin better than water.
Generally, other people do not. II
actresses undertook to get their make
up off with water they would need soft
soap and scrub brush to do it. They
used once cocoa butter; now they use
oil, which is a better preparation of
the same thing. Drug stores keep it.
Some keep it fresh and some keep it
rancid. Take care not to patronize the
second class, and in cocoa oil you will
have the most delightful of all emolli-
ents for the oil bath. If you want to
see how effective it is come in from
railway journey on a hot day, when
the windows have been up and you
have had as much benefit of the smoke
and SCOT as the fireman. Take the
most vigorous bath you can devise or
endure, then spread some cocoa oil on
your face and wipe it off. The black
ened towel will tell the tale of failure
for the bath and triumph for the oil.
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