Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-12-14
KEROSENE IN THE KITCHEN.

KEROSENE IN THE KITCHEN.
Kerosene is unexcelled in starch to
give polish, also to polish glass. 1t
will make your windows shine like sill
yer.
Clean the backsiof chairs which have
been soiled by tho head with kero-
sene.
Oil your machine with it when it
runs hard, then oil it with machine oil
after having worked it for half an
hour.
Mix kerosene with wood ashes and
it will scour tins with very little
trouble.
Kerosene will mako washing easy by
mixing little with strong soap
suds, then pour over the clothes and
soak over night. If you use it when
boiling the clothes be sure to Use
generous amount of soap or q scum
will come ON the top that is great
deal worse than the dirt to get rid of.
When boots and shoes have been
hardened by water, apply kerosene to
them and they will become soft and
pliable.
Glenn your clothes wringer with
kerosene by taking soapy cloth, pour
o little of the oil on it and rub the roll
ers, then wash off with soap and water.
1t will look like new. If the wlinger
turns hard drop few drops on the
cog-wheels.
1t is really surprising how seldom
lamp chimneys will break, and what
fine polish will be given til y cleans
ing with kerosene.
Some oilcloth will last twice as long
as it otherwise would if, after you have
washed and wiped it, rub it with n
cloth wet in kerosene. Zinc can be
cleaned nicely with it, also an iron
sink.
If your stove that you intend to set
away during the summer is rubbed
over with kerosene and then BACKED
treat the stove-pipo in the same man
ner) they will be free from rust,when
you come to put it up again. If your
stove is rusty at any time kerosene
will remove it.
Wet a flannel in kerosene, dip in
dry whiting and rub plated silver
ware. Let it dry on it and polish with
an old newspaper.
Many are the uses made of this pro-
duct of the earth, some of which Ihave
mentioned, that help us in our every
day work.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
RECIPES.
Grandmother's Iumbles. cup
of butter, two cups of sugar, three
eggs, the grated rind of an orange or
lemon, and two tablespoonfuls of the
juice half teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in the juice. Flour enough to
roll.
Sweet Potato Custard-T Three boiled
sweet potatoes, two eggs, one pint of
milk. Mash the potatoes very smooth
ly, beat the eggs, add the milk, and
sugar to taste, mix all we'll together.
Limo pie plate with paste, and pour
the custard in. Sprinkle cinnamon
over. Bake slowly.
Fried Bananas-Take ripe bananas.
not too soft, and peel them. Dip
them in cracker dust, then in beaten
egg, and again in cracker dust. Fry
them whole, like doughnuts, In boil
ing hot fat. When of delicate brown
let them drop in colander. Serve in
fringed napkin on platter.
Strawberry Pudding-Beat the yolks
of four eggs and four tablespoons OF
sugar. Add the juice of one cup of
berries and two tablespoons of hot
water, and simmer until it thickens.
Remove from the fire and stir in the
whites OF four eggs. beaten stiff, with
two tablespoons of sugar Add one
quart very ripe strawberries. Serve
cold with sauce made of one-half cup
butter and one cup sugar, stirred to
cream and piled on top.
Pineapple Dessert Jelly-Make a
Jelly with gelasine by tho directions
that comes with the packages, using
somewhat larger amount, so that the
Jelly will be stiff. When cool enough
to begin to thicken, so that the fruit
will stay where it is put, place a LAYER
OF thinly sliced pineapple that has
been lying we'll sprinkled with sugar
for two hours in glass dish, cover
it with the jelly, and as soon MS it sets
add moro fruit and moro Jelly until
the dish is full Set it upon Ice and
serve with whipped cream.
water Ioast-Toast thin slices of
bread. Put them into shallow nm
with q, pint of water and half n tea.
spoonful of salt. Dip each slice oulck.
~ into the water, place into, a covered
dish and spread with butter, pilino
one slice above the other. DO not LET
the bread soak in the water; en-
deavor to keep suggestion of crisp-
ness in it, for sloppy, sodden toast is
not palatable. Serve hot with apple
sauce. sweet baked apples or tart
Jelly Water toast is delicious if care
is taken to have it hot. 1t can be
eaten with relish much longer than
milk toast.