The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-08-11
ElREslpe FRAGMENTS.

bananas and Lemons. Serve ba
nanas sliced down, and eaten with
cream, into which has been squeezed q
little lemon. TOO much lemon will
turn the cream.
You can swceten and dry damp
closet by placing in it pail half full
of quick lime; IL will slake slowly and
may then be still useful If thrown on
damp, sour land or on the compost
heap. A pan of charcoal will serve
much the same purpose in the closet.
"A rubber clothes wringer should be
kept in as even temperature as possi-
bic, and especially not exposed to se-
we're freezing. In cold weather it should
be warmed before using, by placing it
over u pan of hot water on near the
range.
Veal Sandwiches. These are al
most as good as chicken, and much
| cheaper. and the water in which the
veal is stewed may go towards the next
days soup. Boil the veal until tender
and when cold chop fine. Mix with it
good mayonnaisc dressing and spread
between slices of bread.
With Cheese. boiled cauli-
flower into sprigs and arrange these
neatly in a baking dish; season each
layer with pepper and salt. and cover
with q pint of white sauce, to which an
ounce of grated Parmesan or other nice
cheese has been added. Dot the top
with bits of butter and bake until
nicely Drowned
Chester cloth is desirable cotton
for summer use. as it may be laundered
perfectly, and is only fifteen cents and
twenty cents Il yard. 1t comes in a
great variety of colors and designs. If
used for curtains, it should be lined
with itself or silesia in a single color.
In pillows and cushions it is as desira-
BILE as for bedroom curtains.
The Philadelphia Record" says
that powdered soapstone and salt in
equal proportions wet with water will
make an everlasting and freproof mend
ing for the lining to stoves; it is much
less expensive and troublesome to pro.
cure and put in place than new fire.
bricks. Don't let fire spoil the stove
because the brick needs mending
"A coffee pot that filters is best il
one is experienced in that art, but an
old black Maryland cook can make the
beverage in plain, common tin pot,
and have it fit for the gods. She puts
the ground coffee in the pot and then
shakes it about on the stove till thor
oughly heated, and then pours on the
boiling water. In this way the heated
ground coffee imparts to the fluid nj
extra pungency of flavor and richness
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Blackberry Pudding.-One quar-
blackberries; two cups milk; two eggs
. four cups -four; one-half yeast cake dis
solved in four tablespoonfuls warn
water; one scant teaspoonful soda; one
: half teaspoonful salt. Beat the egg
with the milk: add to this the sod'
/ dissolved in little hot water, the salt
the -four, and the yeast. Beat well
and set to rise in warm place TO
> four hours Dredge the berries will
flour and stir them into the risen bat
ter, and bake in a buttered pudding
dish for an hour. Eat with hare
sauce.
-Caulifower Soup.-NTeltf four ounce
4 of butter in a saucepan; and thre'
dessert teaspoonfuls of curry powder;
, large caulitiower sliced, q large oniol
? minced. three stalks of celery minced
: very fine and a tablespoonful of boile'
: beans, if You happen to have them; fl.
gently five minutes, add three pints O
water, simmer until reduced to pulp
mash through Il sieve, return to th
saucepan and season with salt an
pepper. Serve with croutons in TIL
tureen; spoonful of boiled rice mus
be placed in each plate by the hostess