The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-27

around the sides of the dish. Stew some
pared and cored apple until SOFT fill UP the
apertureS In the apples with red cur
rant Jelly, pile them in the center OF the
dish, and cover the whole with the whites
of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth and
made very sweet with white sugar Brown
In the oven and serve with cream
80 Minced Ham-Take scraps OF cold boiled
or fried ham and mince them as fine as
possible, removing all the gristle and bits
of bone. Put in a, pie pan and barely
moisten with hot water, then cover and
set on the back Of the stove. Heat a tea
cupful of milk, to which add a tablespoon
full of butter and a dash of red pepper. and
when It boils up once, one well-beaten
egg. Set back and stir into 1t the minced
ham. Have ready some slices or brown
toast which dip in hot water and right
out again, and lay on a hot dish. Pour the
ham over the toast and serve. ..-t..
Beefsteak Stewed Without Water-Take
three or four pounds of rump steak, out
about an inch thick. Put two tablespoon
fuls of butter In frying pan large
enough to hold the steak. wash quickly
in cold water and put 1t into the PAN AS
soon as 1t Is thoroughly heated through
season with saltspoonful of pepper ana
"a teaspoonful of salt. Cover the pan close
and set back where 1t will simmer, not
boil. When perfectly tender, which will
be In an hour and half or two hours, re-
move the steak to a hot platter and add
half q teacupful of tomato or two table,
spoonfuls of walnut catsup to the gravy
in the pan. Let 1t boil up and pour over
the steak.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
If your old gilt picture frames are hope
lessy duh, give them a coat OF white
enamel paint and touch them up In lines or
leaves OF gold.
If rice or oatmeal or anything Of that
kind seems determined to cook to the bot
tom of the vessel, put a thin piece OF tin
or sheet iron between the Kettle or pan
and the stove.
A woman who make O business of pack
ink dresses for swell society women who
are about to travel says that If you will
fold newspapers inside of gown folds there
will be no creases.
Half an ounce of gum arabic dissolved
In a gill of boiling water and thickened
with plaster of paris makes an excellent
cement for china. 1t must be used at once
before hardening, which 1t does very rap
idly. ,.
When the color has been taken from a
fabric by an acid, liquid ammonia applied
without diluting will often restore the
color. 1t Is well to experiment with a
scrap of the material first, however. as
there are some colors that Will not stand
ammonia at ALL
You can easily test a soft custard to see
If it Is done by lifting some in a spoon; II
1t leaves the spoon clean it is not done.
II 1t clings, 1t is ready to be removed from
the fire. The eggs are bound to separate
form he milk and form a kind Of curd If
you leave custard over the fire too
long, even when both eggs and milk are
perfectly fresh.
To stain tin, use as q body shellac or
gum sandarac varnish. To make 1t adj
here, add to 1t half. a part of the boracic
acid to one thousand parts of lacquer.
Color with suitable pigments, such as
gamboge, Prussian blue or carmine.- AMI
line colors may be used, but tend to fade.
Excellent results may be attained by add
ing q little castor oil, which make the
lacquer tougher.
An accident which happened not long
since in one well-regulated family has had
the happy effect of suggesting an i'm
proved form of Welsh rarebit. 1t was be-
ing prepared in a chatting dish and the
chief cook suddenly discovered the alb
sence of the mustard jcan. This was
brought from the closet sprnkled into
the cheese and the rarebit was pronouced
delicious. A casual glance at the mus
tard can little later revealed the fact
that powdered chocolate had been used
by mistake.
There are two kinds of freckles, sun
4 lYat f,.At
the sun, last all summer and disappear at
the approach of Jack Frost: the others
come from a superabundance Of iron in
the blood or a bad condition Of the liver.
Citric acid. applied to "the pinches Of
Phoebus." Is recommended by reliable au-
thorities. No harm will be done the face
even If they do not come off. The dis
colorations will wear off as the weather
and the sun cools. and a diet Of carrot is
said to assist nature. Nothing will do
away with constitutional freckles but a
blood purifier or liver reform.
Housekeepers who have never had tin
covered table for kitchen use are still I'M
acquainted with one of the most valuable
| articles of domestic economy An ordi-
nary kitchen table takes kindly to the
metal cover. Fit a sheet of tin on the
table and perforate the edges for tack
ing. The tin should cover the thickness of
the board top, that 1t may be tackled on the
under side of the table. A table so COW
cred needs no scrubbing, is impervious to
hot kettles, sheds grease as the proverbial
ducks back does water, and in fact cheers
the heart of the kitchen maid more than
anything on earth, except her wages and
her company.
WOMEN GROWN FAMOUS:
Mrs. Ellen Davis, late of Niagara Falls.