The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-14

A Bread-Making Hint-The benefits of bak-
ing bread In the double dripper, or rooster,
are comparatively unknown, and this method
OF BAKING but little practiced. Yet 1t Is worth
the while Of all housekeepers to inquire into
the why and wherefore OF bread thus baked
TO dainty finish. and to accept for practical
ana everyday use. such bread-baking pans.
There Is upon the market double dripper,
outslde-lined, or covered with asbestos which
reduces the danger of burning bread to a
minimum. The upper pan is just sufficiently
Aaise tnat II rests upon, or over the lower
ana smaller one forming tall and roomy
TOOL space for the raising of the white and
ig1t loaves beneath it, and bread thus risen
ana baked is hakier, more tender in crust,
and sweeter and moister than loaves baked
after the usual plan, in an open bread pan or
large dripping pam
Yeast Foam-Home-made Yeast is scarcely
worth the trouble in these days of perfectly
mace, dry and compressed forms of yeast
cakes. IL is apt to become sour, and at the
BEST soon becomes yalueless from some one
or more Of many causes. Yeast foam is to
pc depended upon, is inexpensive and in dry
FORM; Good bread may be counted as as
provided, OF course, the best brands Of -four
are USED, the bread not chilled from start to
nhish' ana care taken to do right the things
that must be done in general bread-making.
AT noon, pare and boil, and mash smooth
Iour or i've large potatoes. When cooled to
iuheWarm, add one-half yeast cake that has
peen soaked in few teaspoonfuls of warm
water. MIX thoroughly by beating and keep
warm. BY evening the mass Will have be-
come a perfect foam. Before retiring. mix
sponge consisting of three pints of potato
water saved when boiling the potatoes at
noon, TIE potato; yeast teaspoonful of salt,
ana Two tablespoonfuls of white sugar Heat
thoroughly and if the weather is chilly, cover
cloSeIy enough that the mixture shall be kept
warm lne night through Warm the -four be-
lore mixing into a stiff loaf the following
morning Knead until lmooth, set to rise.
I I down once and again set away to rise
When this time light mold into leaves place
drinHpr Or h2E aF onxyor or1d
let RI until ready for baking. And every
good housekeeper knows by appearances when
ioaveS are ready for the oven. An excellent
test however, for tie inexperienced is to
press the loaves with the finger. IF the bread
is suhhclently elastic to Immediately resume
shape again after the indenta ion it is ready
Tor TIE oven. II not, 1t should stand until it
VIII pear the test, and respond Ordinarily
one hour is the time which should be given
TO the baking. But much depends upon the
size OF baking. and upon degree Of heat of the
0Nen. IN THIS. experience is all-essential
bread UNDERGONE is distas cful, better let it
get little overdone than run any risk
hltchen neutrality-suspicious. upon kitchen
work tables and shelves. and strips of car
peting upon the freshly secured floor. give
TO a. woman's workshop air of ''honleli-
ness ness ana cozlness Ingram strips from the
dlnlng room worn carpet, lightly tackled
down to keep in place, are heater easier
to handle when needing to be shaken and
washed than are strips of rag carpet. and
almost every one has them. Paper the kitchen
walls often, for paper is cheap. and walls
become so rapidly soiled and specked. and
py putting on few strips now. and few
more tomorrow, and the following day a few
strips more, you need not be nearly so tired
when is all finished as you invariably are
when the washing is on the line. Nor need
the Kitchen be kept in a perpetual state of
upheaval until it is all done. No especial dis
order need attend the labor. We know, for
we nave so papered for years.
inexpensive Kitchen Cloths-Having never
tired sugar sacks for dishcloths and dish
towels, avail yourselves of the opportunity
to secure them for two and one-half cents
apiece, and thereby be convinced that moth.
ing could be nicer for the purpose and as
suredly nothing less expensive. Every grocer
has them in numbers. His SUPPLIES of granu-
lated sugar are shipped in one hundred pound
sacks of soft thin muslin. such as is never
to be found upon the shelves of the dry
goods merchants. They take up the moisture
from dishes rapidly, wash easl1y are easily
kept white, and wear well.
A Word of Warning The pail of water that
is left standing in the kitchen over night
has absorbed all the gases odors. and i'm
purities of the afr. and it has thus been rem.
dered unfit for use.l No matter that the water
is cold to near the point of freezing. The
colder the water. the more perfectly has IL
absorbed the foul doors and gases about it,
1t must be thrown away fresh-drawn water
brought in for the coffee pot and tea kettle
and for the general breakfast cookery