The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-14
THE HOME.
Pieplant.


Sauoe-Choose the crisp. tender stalks,
wipe clean, but do not peal them, cut
them into small pieces and place in a
graniteware or porcelain stew pan; add
very little water, and cook them unit
tender. When it is we'll cooked, add
lemon peal, or lemon extract. Serve
cold.
Pie-Line the plate with nice crust,
fill it with pieplant cut into small pices;
mix one tablespoon of -four with one cup
OF sugar, turn it over the pieplant and
strew small bits of butter over the top
(one-half teaspoon of butter to pie),
shake the sugar through the pieces and
add the upper crust, pinching it well
at the edge to retain the juice. The
natural flavor of the pieplant is suffi-
Gent.
Shortcake-To one quart of -four add
one half a teaspoon of salt, and one
scant teaspoon of soda; sift flour three
times, and then rub into it two table
spoons of lard or nice drippings; add
sour milk or buttermilk until it is like
biscuit dough. Divide it into two por-
Ltions, roll them a little thinner than
biscuits, and place one above the other
ION tin, lightly spreading the lower
one with butter, so they
swill separate easily. When baked, sepa-
rate the layers, and between them and on
top, spread hot pieplant sauce.
Keeping Pieplant.-When pieplant is
lold, or if il has made slow growth, it
Ebecores tough and stringy. and if then
used, peel it before it is cooked. When
,young and tender, the thin skin will
cook as well as the rest and the delicate
color that it adds to the sauce improves
athe looks, and does not alter the taste.
When you have more than you need for
Immediate use, cut it into suitable
lengths, pack closely into Mason cans, fill
no with cold water, and seal. For use,
turn off the water and prepare as though
it was fresh. The fresh juice of pieplant.
with the addition of sugar, few drops
of lemon extract, and cold water, makes
refreshing drink for a warm day.
Packing Away For the Summer.
- There are few things among the house
Keepers duties that are as imperfectly
Understood, and about which so much
Unnecessary iuss, is made as the put
ting away of winter clothing and furs,
in order to keep them safely and prevent
the ravages of moths. Plans innumera-
bic are devised, and chemicals and
drugs without limit are recommended,
and all the while the Industrious de-
stroyer goes on, and when autumn
comes little is left but perforations to
tell the story of failure. Very little is
required in order to insure the success of
&the packing away; this little is, and in
most cases, comprehended by precau-
tions taken in time, and the use of close
bags of thick paper. Put away early in
the season, after thorough beating and
busting, furs will ninety-nine times out
I of a hundred come out in perfect order.
=, In case it is necessary to have them
about late in the season, the danger may
Hbe removed by busting them with very
tdry salt and allowing them to remain
"a few hours. Unless the salt becomes
damp, it does neither furs nor garments
any manner of harm, and is one of the
amost effectual preservatives. Moths do
snot like salt. and will not work in gar
3 ments that have been sprinkled with it.
: When perfectly dry it is unlikely to pro-
aduce any injurious effects whatever.
Carpets, rugs, draperies, indeed, every
thing of the wool or fur nature, may be
safely packed in this way.
Last year, fine rugs and carpets were
put into bags made of ticking Before
rolling them up salt WAS sprinkle
thro Ugh them and shaken into every
portion. The bags were then hung up
in dry attic, and when they were un-
= packed in Novemb Der they were in the
most perfect order. 1t is unnecessary and
wssteful-the destruction for moths
about which so much is said, when ten
cents worth of salt is su ficient to insure
the safety of all of the wool materials in
an ordinary sized house. IN. Y. Ledger.
Ink Stains.
ITO determine what agents are best to
use in removing ink spots we will num-
Der some pieces of cloth and spot them
with well known writing fluid, letting
the spot dry in we'll as it is in this con.
dition that the spot is generally discov-
cred,
Ink spot Mol we will try with lemon
juice and salt-a receipt found freq uent-
ly in print. Result: the ink is faded
but not removed.
Ink spot No.2 we will wash with milk
another home receipt. Result: the ex-
cess of color is removed, but the black
is turned to dark slate and refuses to
fade to any lighter shade.
INK SpOG MOO snail Do ulpped IN a not
solution of oxalic acid, one part of acid
to nine of water; if rubbed meanwhile
with glass rod or smooth stick the
color fades slowly yellow stain being
left. Oxalic acid Injuries the color OF
some blue and lilac prints, but does not
affect pink.
Ink spot No.4 we will treat with ten
per cent solution of muriatic acid, with
but slight effect on the ink, and the
same effect on the colors of prints that
we noticed in oxalic acid Ink spot
No. 5 receives bath in a hot solution
of tartaric acid-equal parts of acid and
water and the result is better than
with oxalic acid, the spot when afterward
well washed with water being no longer
visible. This acid had no effect
on the co.ors of any of the prints,
This solution applied to an old ink
spot that had passed many times through
the wash and remained as drab- colored
stain removed all but its outline. and