The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-24
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Light Family Biscuit.--One 4uart
Of flour, one teaspoonfnl of salt, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
tablespoonful of butter or lard mixed
In. Wet with sweet milk and roll out
soft and cut with the top OF 9 glass =
Prairie Farmer
TO clean old furniture dust care
fully and wash. Then apply with
rubbing -pad-made by rolling two
inch strip of wooden cloth-a poiisn
made as follows. Mix one quart OF
linseed oil, two ounces of vinegar and
q half pint of spirits of turpentine.
A wise cook of many years stand
ing saws that the most frequent cause
of want of favor in reas is that the
water in which they are dropped, whiie
hot. is below the boiling point. II
should be bubbling. A pinch OF eoaa
| in the water will soften peas and ali
green vegetables.
| Lettuce Salad. - Carefully wash
| and place in the salad dish enough let.
tuce for dinner. Slice four hard boiled
eggs over the top. Then take cup OF
rich sour cream, half cup OF vinegar,
three tablespoons of sugar. one tea
spoouful of salt Mix well and pour
over the lettuce.-Western Rural.
Eggs on Toast Chatting Dish Re-
ceiptl Put one tablespoonful OF but
ter with little salt and pepper into a
chafing dish, and when hot add one
Gill of cream and six eggs slightly
beaten. Stir constantly for two or
three minutes and; serve on slices OF
hot buttered toast Boston Budget
brown Betty Pudding-Butter
a dish and put in alternate layers OF
bread crumbs and sliced apples. Put
butter. sugar and cinnamon on each
laver of apples. Cover closely, steam
three quarters of an hour, then uncover
! and brown quickly. Eat with ho'
sauce or whipped cream. Chicago
, l-Record.
J An exchange says women wn'
work over gasoline stoves should know
. that an ounce of alum in the rinsint
; water will render anything rinsed In
, almost uninfiammable. If aprons ant
5 dresses are rinsed in alum water ant
r then ironed as usual the danger
1 their catching fire while at work owe
/ the oil stove is much lessened.
Cottage Pudding. Two well-bea'
en- eggs, one cup sugar, one-haif Gu
sweet milk. one and half cups fou
a with two heaping spoons OF bakin
l. novder. pinch of salt and one spoonfr
o buttcr. Bake in biscuit pan; leave tn
> pan cold, smear with cold lard, the
n dust with -four and it will turn on
n without sticking.-R New forke
II busting and Sweeping.-ln dus
L ing do not forget the backs OF pictur'
n HANGING on the walls. A skewer use
3 under the edges of carpets, and
RI sl;ohtlv-damped cloth or sponge, wi
N ave much dust and labor if occasio
D. ally used in place of the broom. New
T. shake a mat or rug. Remove them
e. the ward, hang them on a line and be
" we'll; afterwards lay them on the gra
TO and brush them thoroughly with {
An broom. They will last as long agar
ar and look brighter and fresher AT
'h this treatment Leeds Mercury.
~ Canned Strawberries firme
and finest berries are those first pick
a. from the vines, and are better for ca
ming than those gathered later. AK
two baskets to quart jar and Z
only the perfect berries. Put one-n
pound sugar and two tablespoo
= water on to boil, and when it becon
a crystallized drop in the fruit careful
is and let it boil up at once. Skim
al the fruit into the jars and fill to ov
,ur flowing with the boiling strip. >
as usual. Strawberries put up in I
nat manner keep their shape and color
the are best liked by those who prefer
lis. to have berries very sweet.-oral
It's Judd Farmer.