The Van Buren press., 1895-10-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Freshly-cut grass is far better than
wet tea-leaves to use when sweeping :
carpet. The latter are apt to leave
slight stain, whereas the grass gives .
very bright, fresh appearances.
-Pickled OnionA Pour boiling
brine over the small button onions, let
them stand twenty-four hours, then
drain and cover with hot vinegar
spiced to taste Orange Judd Farmer.
--Salpicon de Carne.-Gut equal por-
tions of cold meat and cold boiled po-
tatoes into half-inch cubes; mix well.
and dress with plain salad dressing.
adding chopped parsley and fresh mar
joram. Over this place rounds of on
ions which have been previously soak
ed in vinegar for two hours. = Harper's
Bazaar.
-Huckleberry Pudding. Beat two
eggs without separating, add one tea
cupful of sweet milk, one and one-half
cupfuls of flour, one tablespoonful OF
melted butter and bea. vigorously.
Stem, wash and dry on towel one
pint of huckleberries, dust them with
two tablespoonfuls of hour, stir them
into the pudding, add hesping tea
spoonful of dry baking-powder, put in
to q CREASED pan and: steam one hour.
Serve hot. Farmers Review.
Apple Jam.-Half fill a jar with
water, cut some apples into quarters,
remove the cores, and fill up the jar
with the apples, tie paper over the
top, and put into a slow oven. When
quite soft, pulp them through sieve,
and to each pound of pulp add three
quarters of pound of preserving su-
gar, and boil gently until it jellies. Put
into jars, and tie down in the usual
way. In a dry place it will keep three
Or four years. Leeds Mercury.
Veal Cutlets.-Cutlets for breading
should be cut thin, and then cut in
pieces the proper size for serving. Cow
er them with boiling water, and allow
them to stand for five minutes. Drain
and dry. Dip them into beaten egg
and bread crumbs Beat the egg only
enough to blend the yolk and white
and add one tablespoonful Of water to
each egg. Saute in dripping, using not
enough fat to cover, but fry frat on
one side and then on the other When
the outlets are dipped so that the egg
covers them fully MS well rs the bread
crumbs, If the grease is hot enough the
/ covering will adhere. boston Budget.
Grab Apple Jelly.-Wash and quar-
| ter large Siberian crabs, but do not
core; cover with two inches Of cold
water and cook into q mush; pour into
coarse, cotton bag as straincr, and
when cool enough press hard to extract
all the juice. Take piece OF fine mug
lin or crinoline, wiring out OF water,
spread over colander placed over Q
dish and dip the juice slowly in with .
cup, allowing plenty OF time to run
through, repeat this process twice,
rinsing out the muslin frequently To
the juice of one peck of apples allow the
strained juice of four lemons Boil the
juice from ten to twenty minutes. and
while boiling sift in the sugar slowly
allowing one pound sugar TO every
pint OF Juice, and one pint Of water TO
every five pounds apples. As soon as
the juice jellies roll the tumblers
quickly in boiling water and MI them
with the boiling liquid. Then, II you
use jelly tumblers, put on the lids. y
not cover with two thicknesses OF It's
sue paper and paste the edges down
over the edge of the tumbler. Orange
Judd Farmer