The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-25

one tablespoonful of melted butter, two
heaplng teasDoonfuls of baking powder
and one pint of Strawberries. Beat the
eggs, whites and yolks. together. until
light. Then add the milk, then the fioul
and beat until smooth. Then add thu
butter, melted; salt and baking powder
Drain the berries, dredge them with
flour. Stir them into the pudding ant
turn into a creased pudding mold
Cover and stand In a pot of boiling
water and boil continuously for thret
hours. If the water evaporates In the
pot replenish with boiling water. Serve
with butter sauce.
Strawberry Sponge.-One pint Of
strawberry juice, one cup Of sugar, one
half box of gelatine, one-half pint OF
boiling water. four eggs. Cover the gel
atine with a half cup Of cold water ant
soak for half an hour. Then pour ovei
1t the boiling water add the sugar ant
stir until dissolved. Add the straw
berry juice and strain into tin basin
Put this basin in pan Of cracked ict
to stand until cold and thick, stirring
occasionally. Then beat ITO a stiff broth
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and beat until smooth. Turn into 6
fancy mold to harden. Serve with va
nilla sauce poured around It.
Strawberry Tapioca.-One cup Of ia
pioca, one quart Of strawberries, sugar
to taste. Wash the tapioca through
several waters, then cover with colo
water and soak over night. In the
morning put 1t on the fire with one PIN
Of boiling water, simmer slowly unit
the tapioca Is perfectly clear. Stir the
berries into the boiling tapioca ant
sweeten to taste. Take from the fire
turn into the dish in which they are te
be served and stand away to cool
Serve very cold with sugar and cream
This will serve eight persons.
Strawberry Water Ice.-One quart Of
Strawberries, one quart of water, one
pound Of sugar, and juice of two lem
ons. Add the sugar and lemon Juice tc
the Strawberries, mash them, and stant
aside an hour. Then strain through
a fine sieve, add the water, and turr
into the freezer to freeze.
Cream Strawberries.-Put a half
pound Of granulated sugar and q half
cup Of water over the fire to boil. Stil
until the sugar is dissolved. Then boi
carefully until you can spin a thread
from the tine of fork. Turn on 6
creased platter, and when cool, no
cold, stir with a spoon until 1t granu
lates and is perfectly white. Scrapt
the mixture together and knead 1t for 6
moment. Then put 1t into little
saucepan; stand this in another Of boil
ing water and stir constantly until II
melts. . If then you find 1t too thick, ado
drop by drop sufficient water to make
1t the right consistency. Select me
dium sized ripe berries. Pull the hulls
close to the stem, dip the berries dowr
into the cream, and replace the hull
Put them at once into paper cases, ant
stand away for use or heap them on q
cut glass dish as you prefer. Straw
berries having soft outside cover vii
only keep a few hours.-Philadelphia
Record.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
A novel work-box can be made by lining
the bottom of tambourine with quilted
satin of any desirable shade, while be
tween the metal clappers are spools
thimbles, wax, etc. II desired, a secont
tambourine size larger may be converted
into al cover by lining 1t with satin ribbon
across 1t in such a way as to form com
partments for scissors papers or needles
and other necessaries Of a. sewing outfit.
Bananas are excellent fried as dough
nuts are fried-in q deep vessel of boiling
fat. These may be eaten simply, or with
a little glaze of sugar and lemon. An
other way to serve them Is to bake then
in their jackets and eat them with sugar
and cream. The fruit should be vel
ripened and the oven fairly hot. Ten oil
twelve minutes will usually suffice to cool
them.
Here is an excellent recipe for making
typewriter ink: Take petroleum Of higf
melting point, melt 1t on q wrter bath, anG
incorporate, by constantly stirring, as
much lampblack or dropblaL,l az Vt will
take up without becoming granular If the
petroleum remains in excess the print will
be liable to have a greasy outline; IL the
color is in excess the print will not be
clear Remove from the fire, and while II
is cooling mix equal parts of petroleum
benzine and rectified oil of turpentine, an6
in this dissolve the fatty ink, introduced
in small portions under constant stirring
The solvent should be added in such pro
portions that the finished ink shall be Of
the consistency of fresh oil paint. Now
wind the ribbon on q piece of cardboard
place on a table several layers Of news
paper, then unwind the ribbon in such
lengths as may be most convenient, anf
lay them smooth on the paper Apply
the ink by means of a soft brush, like 9
tooth brush, rubbing 1t in well. Hardly
any ink should remain on the surface
For colored inks use Prussian blue, rec
lead, etc., especially the aniline colors.
specimen formula given Is: Aniline black
one-half ounce; alcohol, fifteen ounces
eiycerine, fifteen ounces. Dissolve the
enillne In the alcohol and add the glycer.
Inc, mixing the ribbon as before.
Very pretty picture frames may be made
as follows: Take the top or bottom of q
good stiff pasteboard box. and lay the
picture to be framed exactly In the center
then mark around 1t with a lead pencil
The margin about the picture should be ir
proportion to its size, at least, and the
wider the margin the richer looking the
frame. Cut away the inside by laying 9
ruler along the lines and cutting through
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careful to cut Just the tlniest bit inside OF
the lines all around so that the picture
will not drop through when put on the
back. Take enamel paint of any color you
desire. and paint the pasteboard, giving 4,
two coats. If you use dark paint use
dark cardboard, and light for light, then
1t will not show through If you spread the
paint too thin. Mount your picture on q
niece of paper-thIck brown paner will
place 1t neatly over the open.
ing in the frame, adjusting from the back
and paste the brown paper to the frame
You can hang with ribbons or tack to the
wall. II the pasteboard seems to be flimsy
paste two pieces together before You be.
gin to paint. The enamel will not WARP
the paper in the least, and is as hard and
shining as marble. The effect is very
pretty indeed.
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