The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-08

constantly. but carefully. until the whole
Is partly congeaied. Turn into molds that
have been wet with cold water. and stir
over the fire until thoroughly melted:
cool When the pudding is ready to
serve turn IRON the mold. pour over this
sauce and serve.
Fricassee of Calls Heart.-Soak one
| calfs heart for one hour in cold water.
wash thoroughly and remove all blood.
Cut into pieces shout one inch square.
discarding all sinew and gristle. Throw
into the kettle. Just cover with boiling
water. add a slice of onion. a bay leaf
ard sprig OF parsley. Simmer gently
Rue tablespoonful Of ofiur and one Of
butter together. Stir IL carefully into the
stew ana s.:r until smooth and thick. Add
tablespoonful Of salt and u dash of pep
, per. Have ready some nicely boiled rice,
arrange 1t nes,ly around the platter. put
| the fricassee in the center. sprinkle over a
little chopped parsley ard serve.
Onion Apple Saucee.-i'ar, core and cut
into quarters one pound of apples. Put
three-quarters pound OF sugar and half
pint OF water on to boil. Boil and skim u;
| add grated rird of one orange. boil a mo-
ment longer until syrup-iiEe, then add tn c
pulp of two oranges and the apples. Cover
| the saucepan and cook very slowly until
| tho apples are clear and tender. Serve
| cold.
Tarts.-when pies are to be made 1t Is
good plan to make more crust than need
ed Cor present use, and bake II up in
! SHELLS fer tarts. Bake in the gem pans.
! Thes shells will keep quite while in u
| close tin box, and are handy for emer-
| gency to heat moment in the oven then
| fill with some nice jam or jelly. They
| make a pretty addition to the tea table.
| Rice Flour Batter Cakes.-Aielt one
| quarter of u pound Of butter or sweet
| lard in one quart Of milk heated not quite
to the boiling polat. When the butter Is
1alt lts.1 -hnIf ts,tf.
! rate pan and stir into 1t three eggs beaten
! very light and large tablespoonful Of
wheat O!lur Then add rice fiour sufficient
! to make stiff batter. Into this a small
and the mixture then thinned by adding
| the unused half Of the milk. Then cover
1t and let 1t stand until 1t has become
! very light. when 1t Is ready to be baked
| like buckwheats.
Coffee Custard In Cups.-Mix we'll eight
, egg yOlks with eight ounces Of sugar; Gi-
! lutte with six cusssard cups of boiling milk
F, and good cupful of black coffee; pass
through a fine strainer. fll the cups AMI
put them in low pan with boiling water
that may rise to the surface, cover the pan
and let simmer gently for twenty min
utes. Whea tho custard is well set. let 1t
cool in the water. drain, wipe the cups
| and serve cold.
Soda Discut.-One quart flour, one tea
spoonful soda dissolved in milk, two tea
| spoonfuls cream of tartar; mix 1t well
with the ofiur: one tablespoonful butter
| or lard; make II either with milk or water,
roll out cut It and bake in a quick oven.
| Quaker Oats Blanc Mange.-Br!ng one
| quart sweetened milk to boil, salt slight
| ly and stir In one cupful Quaker oats.
Cook thirty minutes. stirring well: Just
| before removing from the fire stir In two
| eggs very We'll beaten. Serve either hot
| or cold with cream or sugar.
Bread Omelet.-Crumble cupful stale
bread crumbs and soak them In half a
| teacupful of milk. Then beat them quite
and three beaten eggs. Butter a shallow "
| pudding dish well. your In the mixture and
bake In an oven about ten minutes; serve
at once in the same dish, as 1t falls
| quickly.
Fruit Corn Muffins.-Take two cups
| grains of gold, one cup white -four. four
teaspoonfuls sugar. one-half teaspoonful
salt. two teaspoonfuls baking yowder. one
tablespoonful butter. two eggs. one and 9
half cupfuls milk, one cupful of any kin
Of fruit, peeled and sliced. Bake in hot
oven twenty minutes In muffin pans.-Phil-
adelphia Record
HOUSEHOLD HELPS:
When boiling tough meat or fowl, they
will be made tender by putting table,
spoonful of vinegar In the pot.
Adjusting q typewriter ribbon inks the
hands for days. Acid phosphate will re-
move those stains when all else has failed
| A broom dipped In boiling suds three OF
four times a month will last much longer
, and always sweep well. A broom should
| always be hung up.
Beware Of using water that has stood In
lead pipes for several hours. Water that
has been allowed to stand for some time
Is undesirable for cooking or drinking.
To clean knives cut an end OF a firm p0.
tato, dip into powdered knife brick. rub
the blades briskly and the result will be
tho disappearance of all stains and rust. =.
To improve the flavor of canned brook
trout, broil them on a close wire broilei
over q hot fire and serve piping hot. with
q sauce Of drawn butter und lemon juice.
When your eiderdown comfort loses Its
elasticity. hang 1t on the line where the
and In a few hours 1t will be restored
The same holds good for feather beds and
pillows.
After Ironing linen place It near the fire
to ry, or In the sun, as the garments will
be much sitter il dried quickly. This Is
especially true Of collars. cuffs and petit.
coats, which must be very stiff to be &C.
csptablc.
The thrifty housewife keeps her mat.
tresses clean and fresh by making coy.
ering for them Of plain calico, made to III
like a pillow slip. This can be removed
and washed when soiled, and the ticking
be as nice as ever.
To clean tinware rub well with a damn
| ClOtH uipfseu Ill Sal SOua, tHen OTy. Al
equally effectual method Is to place tiT
articles in large vessel Of water In which
soda has been dissolved and let 1t boi
from ten to fifteen minutes.
Try rubbing your shoes clean of dus
and blacking with a soft cloth dipped ir
milk. Set aside to dry after saturatina
them pretty well. and then rub with q lit
tie vaseline. Don't wear for at least TWEEN
ty-four hours after this treatment
Cleanse hair brushes by shaking then
through bowl Of hot water to which am
monia has been added Rinse in cold wa
ter and set up In draft to dry. Be care
full that the back Of the brush does moi
come in contact with the water
TO clean silver wash it in hot soap suls
to which ammonia has been added In the
proportion of one tablespoonful to a quar-
Of suds. Brush we'll with an old tooth OF
rail brush or. better still, with small
hand brush. which can be bought for
trife.
Even IL it takes three clean dresses
day, let the baby exercise its muscles by
kicking and tunnbing about no floor
That Is the way a baby grows fat ant
strong. Tho baby that has to sit in 1t.
high chair or 1t carriage two-thirds of tn,
time grows with flabby muscles.
Good -four should be white, with fain
yellow tinge; II wet and kneaded, Il
should work dry and elastic; II lump o.
dry -four Is thrown against the wall 1
should adhere altogether and not fal
apart: good oflur when squeezed In tn,
hand should retain the shape thus given.
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