The herald., 1895-09-01
Out-0f-the-Way Information Worth Remembering,
From Cooking to Housecleaning=
H0usekeepers Should Know
OF THE MANY THINGS TOLD IN THESE PARAGRAPHS
Variety
Liable Called Every Day-.From Making
Yeast Peanut Sandwiches All Told
o 10 TheseC

| loses valuable compounds during the pro.
cess of cooking.
That the secret of making sponge cake
is nos to beat the air all out of the eggs
after it is once beaten In. Beat the yolks
to mass of bubbles and the white to a
stiff paste. then cut them into each otner
with few crossw;se strokes of fork,
and cut the eggs into the cake mixture
ia the same fashion. DO not beat the
cake after the eggs are added.
That to remove iron-mould stains from
linen, oxalic acid should be dissolved in
solution. when the IRON ould will be
found to disappear without injury to the
fabric. The mixture may be kept in q
bottle for any length of time, but it
should be distinctly labeled and kept oct
of the way of children, as it Is strong
poison.
That in bottling or preserving fruit
erything depends on the weather at the
time the fruit is gathered. The weather
should net cn!y be bright and fine at the
time the fruit is gathered, bus should
have been So tor at least twenty-four
hours before. With vegetables the same
thing may be said. The bottles the fruit
and perfectly dry.
That to wash printed delaines without
injuring the colors, rice should be used
instead OF soap. Boil half a pound OF
Iice in rather more than two quarts OF
water, let the water become tepid ana
then wash the fabric. in it. rubbing it
with the rice as if it were soap; rinse
two or three times in rice water, from
which, however, the rice has been
strained, and use the last rinsing water
we'll diluted so that the material may not
become too stiff. Iron while slightly
damp.
That the following method OF serving
cfau uad lam
pare some kidneys in the ordinary way,
cutting each in half. and stew them very
gently in good thick sauce until they
are quite tender; then place each half on
mashroom which has been trimmed
and cooked in butter, and fill up the mid
die of the kidneys. with tomato catsup
which has been made hot. and to which
a piece of butter and dust of cayenne
have been added. Dish the mushrooms
and kidneys on wall of spinach and
all up the middle with the brown gravy,
after adding small quantity of white
wine.
That the incest afternoon tea biscuits
imaginable may be made in the following
way: Beat quarter of pound of but
ter to cream with quarter of pound
of white sifted sugar; add beaten egg
and the grated rind of a lemon; work
into this to form soft dough half a
pound OF flour, to which half a teaspoon
Iul OF DaKlng powder mas Deen a0Ged. roll
out to an eighth of an inch in thickness,
and stamp with plain or tluted cutter
into biscuits the size preferred. Bake in
a moderate oven a very pale brown. The
biscuits may be varied by the addition
of a teaspoonful of ground ginger or a
few currants or caraway seeds, in place of
the grated lemon peel.
That to keep fresh meat in summer Oh
must have cool. dry and airy place, if
possible. with c thorough draugh through
it, as this insures freedom from flies and
has great deal to do with the keeping
of the meat. Directly the meat comes
from the butcher it should at once be
we'll wiped, first with a damp and then
with a perfectly dry and clean cloth. and
hung up Immediately. Nothing will turn
meat SO quickly as letting it lie on
plate or slab. All unnecessary fat. mar
row, kidneys. etc., should be removed as
soon as possible, good dust of freshly
ground black pepper applied around the
bones, and the joints should be Toured all
over. Prepared in this way meat will
hang for a considerable time, even in hot
weather. If you fear Its tainting dust it
over with little powdered charcoal, for
this will nearly always keep it fresh and
sweet. If. owing to a sudden change of
weather, the meat appears to be inclined
to turn. wash it well before cooking In
weak solution of vinegar and water
New York World.