Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-27
Housewives Helps.

There is nothing SO sensitive AZ hut.
ter. and yet you may see 1t at any time
placed near to meat and vegetables.
1t should be kept covered tight when
put in the ice che st, 90 that it will not
absorb the odor of any food lying near.
Keep butter as far removed as possible
from onions and cabbage.
To preserve the color of gingham and
prints, wash them in. water thickene
with -four starch. Flour is very cleans
ing and will do the work of soap in one
or two washings in the starch water.
This, with riusiDg, will be sufficient,
and the goods will look fresher than il
washed and starched in the ordinary
way.
According to Thurdicum. the great
English authority, not many geners-
iions have passed since the tima whsn
rabbits were considered vermin, and
their chase beneath the dignity Of a
sportsman. This gentleman gives a
number of recipes interesting in
preparation aud good 10 eat. Roast
rabbit is not popular dish in
Englsnd-in fact. the English culinary
works take notice of it. 1t is, he says.
however. ready method Of preparing
a dish quickly. as a rabbit can lie
roaste in from 80 to 40 minutes. To
prevent the rabbit from getting dry,
cover it with yo!k and crumb. and
bsste it with butter.
In broiling chicken wipe dry before
seasoning. The breast should he cut
from the bone or fattened by pound
ing. Rutter the gridiron before pInc-
ing the chicken on it. While broiling
dip the meat occasionally in melted
butter and water. Broil from hal to
three. quarters Of an hour. Never broil
any but young fowl.
A good way to utilize cold boiled
rice is to make it into fritters. The
ingredients are one tescupful of cold
boiled rice. two we'll beaten eggs. two
teacupfuls of sweet milk, a little salt.
-four to make batter, stiff as for grid
die cakes, one heaping teaspoonful OF
baking powder. Fry on a hot griddle.
Serve with butter and sugar rubb d
together and seasoned with little
nutmeg.
With . little experience macaroni
may be prepared in a variety of ways,
in fact, an Italian cook says its possI-
bilities are unlimited. A few spices
will change the taste. II garlic is OBJ
jectionsbe, an onion chopped and
fried brown m ~ be added. The prin-
cipal ingredients, when cooked in the
Italian way, are lean beef, Parma
cheese and condensed tomatoes
To avoid carpet moths we are adviaed
to use the ounce of prevention. In
other words, after your carpet has been
laid, spo-ge thoroughly in a strong So
luton of salt and water. Above all,
keep your rooms sufficiently light. To
avoid reaches and ants use another
ounce of prevention. Sprinkle mix
ture of powdered borax and pulverized
alum under the paper of your pantry
shelves.
Fifty years ago, We learn from an
old writer, the art of carving WAS re-
garded by the most polished society in
this country As the Indispensable ac-
complishment of every lady who had
to preside at the head of her table.
1t was reflection upon her fitness for
that post to say that she managed the
carving knife with little skill, or was
ignorant of the choice parts of each
dish.
In eating fruits there are only two
restrictions. They should not be eaten
later than dinner time; they should
be eaten while fresh, ripe, perfect and
in their natural raw state, without
milk, cream, sugar, spies water or
any other liquid within an hour after
ward. Fruits are known to be cooling
and healthful; the reason is, their
acIdity. We are advised to eat the
berries. the apples, the plums-not
only Of these, but Of all others. a,
freely and as often as we can get them.
Through either the ignorance the in.
difference of parents, most of children
do not know how to eat fruit as it
should be eaten. They are 8, LION
told or taught that the skins of fruit
should not be eaten, and that under
no circumstances should the seeds of
oranges, apples, pears. cherries or
grapes be swallowed. The seeds of the
grape, we are informed, is exsctly the
right size and shape for cloggin9 up a
small duct, the clio sing of which results
in appendicitis-that dreadful disease
which arouses an element of fear even
in the ordinary mortal who attempts to
pronounce it correctly.