The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-31
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

- have found il an excellent plan Ia
mix corn starch with salt before filling.
the salt shakers. We have no trouble
with them now.
IF You never owned u drsting apron
You do not know what convenience IN
is II has one long pocket for the
feather buster. "A smaller one for the
busting cloth and still another for the
wbisk broom.
SHRED Eggs: Literally grease
the egg hes with butter and place
them in the oven for an instant. Care
fully break an egg in each cup an.
bake in the oven for eight minutes.
Remove, season with salt and pepper
and one-half of tcaspoonful Of melted
butter 10 each egg. Serve al once. -
y. y. Observer.
Green Tomato Catsup: One peck Of
green tomatoes. one dozen large
onions. onc-half pin; of salt. Slice. add
salt and let stand twenty-four hours.
Drain. and mix with tomatoes one
half pound of mustard seed, one table
spoon " allspice. one ounce each ~
cloves. ground mustard. ground gin
ger. pepper. celery seed and one fourth
pound of brown sugar. Cover with
vinegar. boil two hours and bottle hot.
--liousekecper.
Apricot >oui,,e: Put one pint Of
bread in half pint of milk over the
fire and stir till boiling hot. Press
twelve pieces Of apricot or peaches
through the colandcr. stir into the
bread and milk. Add a teaspoonful OF
lemon juice. two tablcspoonfuls Of SUI
gar and the slow-heaten whites of four
eggs. Put this mixture into creased
custard cups. Stand the cups in bal< :
ing pan of hot water and cook in n
moderately hot oven Of twenty min
utes. Serve with wine sauce. Boston
Budget
Picked Apples: Scald together one
quart vinegar half water il very
strong, three pounds sugar and two
ounces stick cinnamon: add seven
pounds apples with four cloves stuck in
each apple. and simmer very gently
until tender. Large crahappies may
bc used in This way. but russell apples
are best: they are excellent in the earl y
spring. and MI "A two-gallon jar sew.
cral times from the last bin of apples.
Pears. peaches and plums may bs
picked by the same recipe. the frui,
being pared or not. according To taste.
Ripe peaches do not need to be boiled
hut should have the sirup 'scaldcd ano
poured over them hot a second time
Sour puins require Ave pounds Of 81
gar to seven Of fruit Country people
spice MAY apples" in the same man
ner-Country Gentleman.
-Sultana: Dissolve one and hal
ounces Of gelatinc in little water
clean one quarter IF a pound Of sul'ans
raisins and one-quarter of a pound o
curranis, and cut one-quarter of "A poune
of candied lemon peel into small dice
Meanwhile boil vanilla bean five min
utes in one quart of cream. add three
quarters 90 pound of sugar. remove
from the fire and let the cream rema il
covered until nearly cold: take out thu
bean. beat the .yolks of fifteen egg
with the cream. strain. put over SLOW
fire and stir until il thickens. takin,
care not 20 allow it TO curdle: add tn
raisins, currants. lemon peel and dis
solved gclatinc. and the whites of tn
eggs beaten to stiff froth: pour TIL
whole mixture into mold and set /
on the ice or in cool place to harden
When ready to serve put the mold int
out into dish and garni>h will
whipped cream favored with vanilla
Harpers Bazav.