Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-09-24

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Chickens are much better if killed
and dressed the day before using.
Keep in ice or in cool place.
A large basin OF water kept in a
sick-room and frequently renewed
benefits both patient and nurse.
Always wash kettles as soon as you
are through using them; they should
not be allowed to stand until cold.
Apples, pears and plums when taken
without sugar diminish rather than
increase the acidity of the stomach.
The location, size and ventilation of
bedrooms is OF far greater Importance
than of the other rooms of the house.
The freshness Of eggs may be told by
placing them in pan of cold water.
Ii fresh, the small end will come to the
top.
Take for a nervous headache cup
of moderately strong tea with which
two or three slices of lemon have been
infused.
Everyone should eat something
light before going to bed, especially at
this season, when heavy dinners are
IN impossibility.
Try the putting Of two good sound
apples in your cake box to keep your
cake moist. When the apples become
withered put others in.
A weak solution of salt in water is a
good remedy for slight indigestion, e.
pecially that characterized by a sense
of weight and oppression.
A weak solution of salt in water is
good for sore throat when used as =
gargle, and this is still better, if q few
grains of red pepper are added.
If you should spill grease on your
floor cover it at once with corn meal or
try baking soda. Moisten the soda and
rub it on the grease spots with cloth.
Persons who suffer from the cold
should wear loose clothing in chilly
weather, remembering that two thin
garments retain more heat than one
thick one.
To make white soup use veal for
stock, and beef for brown stock; to
color amber soup use a little burnt
sugar, just enough to make the desired
amber shade.
For binding OF cuts and wounds al
ways use linen, not cotton, as the fibres
of cotton are fiat and apt to irritate .
sore place, while those of linen are per.
fectly rounded.
If the glass stopper becomes fastened
in the neck Of your bottles try placing
the neck of the bottle in hot water
for q few minutes. This will gener-
ally loosen the stopper
If you want baked potatoes in a
hurry, boil them about fifteen minutes,
then put them in your hot oven and
they will soon be done and are as nice
as if all the baking were done in the
oven.
A nice flavor may be given to a
broiled steak by cutting an onion in
half and rubbing the edges over the
heated platter intended for the steak.
The platter should contain a little
melted butter.
One of the very incest colorings for
creams and ices, when a pink tinge is
desired, may be obtained from poke
berry juice. Put the berries in gran.
tie stewpan and cover them with wa
: ter, cook and then strain; allow one
pint of juice to one pound of sugar
Cook few minutes, then seal up in q
bottle.
Take tepid suds, made with the best
white CASTLE soap, and rub the handler.
chief loosely and carefully with the
hands till clean. Then rinse several
times, shake out, but do not wiring al
all; hang up to dry. While still damp
iron them on the wrong side with q
warm iron, so that they will look like
new.
Egg Balls-Hard boil ten eggs. Rut
the yolks to smooth paste; then ado
two baked sweet potatoes that have
also been mashed and rubbed smooth
Add a tablespoonful of salt, half
spoonful of pepper, and then worl
in the whites of two eggs. Form into
balls the size of a walnut. Dip in al
egg, then in bread crumbs and fry ir
hot fat.
The best soup is made by cooking
the stock the day before and adding
the cooked vegetables to this. All
soups should be we'll skinned as otter
as there is a scum arising to the sur
face. Allow quart of water to one
pound of meat. Always put your souI
bone on in cold water and fill up from
the boiling tea kettle, so as not to stoI
boiling.
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