The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-18
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
GOOD HINTS TO GOOD WOMEN.
Are these Good or Not?

Are these Good or Not?
THE COMMONWEALTH wishes to be
helpful to every one OF its five thousand
readers, and we suppose we may help
greater number of persons by helping
the housewife ttan III any other war.
10 this end we have selected some re-
cipes ior the housewife. Perhaps some
of them may be helpful. We think
they ore worth reading. Here are a few
When food scorches in the kettle the
latter seems ruined beyond redemption,
but a possible remedy is to take the
kettle at once from the fire and set it
in pan of cold water. This treatment,
oddly enough, will, nine times out OF
ten, remove the burned taste entirely.
Cans of potted meats or fish may be
kept some time alter they are opened
and rartiy used, If they are coyered
with a little melted butter or lard and
kept in cool place. This makes the
contents all right. and is easily removed
when needed.
Corn mullins are made thus: Stir
one-third of a cup of butter and the
same amount of sugar together until
they are creamy add three well-beaten
eggs and two cups OF milk. Put into
sieve one and two-third cups of flour,
one cup of yellow meal, half a table
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful and
one-quarter of soda, and two and one
half of cream of tartar Silt these dry
ingredients twice before adding to the
LIQUID mixture. Put into buttered
patty tins or gem irons and bake in a
moderate oven thirty minutes.
A delicious corn bread is made by
stirring small cup of sugar with hall
u cup of butter, adding three well-beaten
eggs, pinch Of salt, ana one pint OF
! milk. Mix small cup of yellow bolted
meal with two cups Of -four, add three
tahlespoonfuls OF baking powder, and
stir into the other ingredients. Butter
biscuit tin and bake in moderately
hot oven. -
A very soothing drink;for an inflamed
throat or lungs is Haxseed lemonade.
To make it put two tablespoonfuis OF
flaxseed into an.earthen bowl and pour
over it a generous pint of boiling water
y Cover the bowl and place it at the back
: of the stove, where it will keep warm
3 for three or four hours; strain the
LIQUID, and add to 1t the juice OF two
] lemons and as much sugar as is de-
sired. This drink may be taken hot OF
cold as the Individual fancies.
A high stool or chair Is Of great con
venience in kitchen, as 1t enables the
housewife to sit down when doing work
: that must be accomplished on table
An excellent muffin is made with
cold boiled hominy. Have one cup O
fine, cooked hominy, put with 1t two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, ane
heat them with fork until the hominy
ia fine and smooth. Add one and one
half cups of sour milk, pinch OF salt
and a tablespoonful of sugar. Stll
= these ingredients we'll together befor'
. adding two well-beaten eggs and hall
y teaspoontul of soda dissolved in littl'
4 hot water. Beat in half cup OF Hour
Butter patty tins or rings, fill them two
le thirds full with the mixture, and bak'
in brisk oven.
IS To make hominy balls put one pin
r. of milk over the fire in double bolle
er and moisten half cup of fine homln.
with little cold milk. When the pin
of milk is boiling stir in the prepares
hominy, and cook from so to 10 min
utes. Before removing the !omln
from the fire season with salt an
oe paprika and good tablespoonful G
er chopped parsley. Finally stir IN
A beaten egg. take from the fire, and tur
,g into a shallow \iisn to cool. Whe
II. cold roll the holniny into balls the siz
ne of Enc,isi, walnuts, roll them IL I'm
n. crumbs aud brush with beaten eg
i'd and again roll in crumbs. Try in he
III lard !, declicate brown and let thef
ad drain upon brown paper, placing ther
on in ti;e mouth of the oven where the
p Will keep hot These balls are ''s
on crouuet:es. Care must be used tbs
every part be covered with the efl
to which will form coating over thei
en- as soon as they are put into hot lat an
t's will prevent their cracking open.
les To Make Ordinary Cloth Waite
l." proof.-Put half pound OF sugar
lead in pail Of rain water with halt
pound nf slcm stir at intervals unit
the water becomes clear, and then Dol
lat it off into another pail, put the c!oI
p's or garments into 1t and let them star
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