The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-07

housekeepers prefer the dun colored cod
to the pure white fish because the
method of curing it which turns it dark
makes it richer. A whole fish is used
in this New England dinner. Scrub the
fish thoroughly the night before using
scru bling brush such as is used to
scrub ham or potatoes that are cooked IN
their jackets. Trim the tail and fms off
the fish and lay it in fish kettle over
night putting the skin side uD and COW
ering it with hot water. In the morning
take out the fish. pour off the water,
wash off all traces OF salt in the pan and
rinse off the fish. Cover it with fresh
cold water and let it come slowly to the
boiling point but do not let it boil.
Keep it at the boiling point without
boiling for one hour. II it is cooked
in this way it will be soft and fiaky.
Serve it with egg sauce and garnlsh
of pork scraps.
To make the egg sauce beat two
heaping tablespoonful of butter with
tablespoonful of -four in saucepan
over the lire. When they have meited
add slowly cup of boiling water ana
STIR the mixture until it bolls. linen
add half teaspoontul OF salt llttie
pepper and two hard-boiled eggs chopped
line. The pork scraps are prepared py
cutting the fat of clear salt pork into
Let them stand in frying pan at the
back of the stove for about twenty-five
minutes until they are perfectly clear.
Then bring them forward to the hottest
part of the fire and let them fry until
they are brown and crisp. cupful VIII
be required for fish. Beets, onions ana
potatoes are usually served with THIS SAT-
fish dinner. At this season of the year
these root vegetables will be greatly I'M
proved by soaking them two hours IN
cold water and it will do no harm TO
| soak them longer. Winter peets IL
should be remembered should be cooked
long time. At least two hours SLOW
cooking will be none.too much. 10 not
put in salt until the last half hour. PORK
| scraps are sometimes served as sort or
sauce to take the place of the egg sauce.
Cleaning Straw Hat
The real Italian Leghorn straw may be
cleaned with a nailbrush and CASTLE
soapsuds writes Emma M. Hooper in the
April Ladies Home Journal. Rusty
black hats may be renovated with the
LIQUID dressing sold for ladies shoes.
White or yellow hats may be bleached
by washing them in clear water and
placing them in box with burning
sulphur the fumes of which uniting
with the water form the acid which
bleaches.
Corn Cures.
A bad corn is distressing enough but
soft one is much worse. Scrape upon
il powder composed half of French
chalk and half of common chalk and tie
up. in linen rag; put on fresh chalk
each day until the corn comes off which
requires a week.
Corns betweens the toes are generally
the most troublesome, owing to their
peculiar position. Wet them several
times every day with hartshorn and in
a short time they will entirely disappear.
The following remedy is efficaclous in
removing the most obstinate corns,
whether hard or soft: Take little
piece of common brown soap, put it
on bit of clean muslin or linen, and
bind it on the corn. You will notice
the difference in less than a day. Keep
it on till it dries off, and then apply a
fresh one, and SO continue till the corn
goes away.