The record-union., 1897-08-01

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spoonful to a gallon of water, the proc
ess Will be more beneficial.
One of the lesser evils attending the
outbreak in a family of contagious dis
ease is the disinfectiOn which follows.
Until recently, to burn sulphur was the
means relied on by the health authori-
| ties for house fumigation, and many
housekeepers who have suffered from
the double in1iction OF disease and fu-
! migation know what this means. The
word, therefore, that a new and eff
cient agent for disinfection has been
! found-One, too, which will not injure
| the most delicate fabric-iS most well
| come. The new germicide is applied
from the outside, its vapor generated
from jar placed over a spirit lamp,
| the fumes carried into the closed room
through rubber tubing.
Some bits of wisdom CLEANED from a
cooking school examination are: That
croquettes will break open if the fat is
not hot enough, if too many are in at
one time if they are not thoroughly
coated with egg, and if they are not
| too large. That the proper proportions
of ice and salt to freeze cream or
! ice are: One part salt to three parts
ice; too much salt makes ice cream
coarse grained and soft. That the cor
rect way to boil eggs is to place them
in cold water and bring it slowly to a
| boil. That to tell when custard is
cooked and baked one must insert a
spoon; the cooked custard will coat
the spoon; a baked custard will not
| cling to a spoon passed through it. A
| test for frying is to put piece of
bread in the lard, and if it browns
while forty can be counted, twenty for
each side, the lard is hot enough for
] cooked foods, like crOquettes and the
| like; it will take the counting of sixty
thirty to each side, for uncooked foods.
A spoon to serve peas with has long
graceful vine like handle, which ends
In an open pod, showing a row of peas
| in green enamel. The bowl which is
shallow and perforated, is in a leaf
| design.
Titan cream, or angels food, should
be stirred from the bottom of the dish
20 the top, and the stirring continued
until the contents of a spoon, when
/ dropped, will keep shape.
The recipe for lemon ginger-ice calls
for six lemons. one pint of cold water,
two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful pre-
served ginger minced very fine, two
tablespoonfuls syrup from the pre-
serves. Steep the grated rind of three
lemons iv he j,,io e
all six; squeeze through a bag, mix
with the sugar, water and syrup. When
the sugar is dissolved add the minced
ginger. turn into the freezer and freeze.
For baked apples with candied fruit
| the apples should be peeled and baked
| tender the dish set in a pan of water.
When cold arrange in a dish with can
died fruit, and pile the whipped cream
around them.
AT recent English wedding the
bridesmaids wore sheer organdie
dresses of white ground, sprigged with
different flowers; there were two with
heliotrope, two with rosebuds and two
with violets, each carrying a bouquet
of the flowers printed upon her gown.
The maid of honor wore white. her
nosegay being composed of some of
each of the bridesmaids flowers. The
bride carried no bouquet, only sprig
of orange blossoms. The organdie cos
tunes We're so dainty and airy one Won
dered that the fabric, much more eff
fective fowered than plain, was not
often utilized around the marriage
altar At another. and an army we'd
ding the bride cut the wedding loaf
with her fathers sword.
| Following the lines of the shopping
| bureaus. there have sprung up in
some cities professional marketers. per-
sons who secure the patronage of a
number of families and relieve them
of all care of providing food supplies.
| These agents do not as a rule charge
their clients any sum for the service,
relying, as do now all professional shop
pers. upon the discount allowed them
| by the trade for remuneration. The
plan has been very successful in sew
eral places, and may be the thin edge
of the wedge again ror successful CO.
| operating housekeeping.
Hard sauces are preferred by most
| persons TO ilquld ones. one that is very
good is made by rubbing to a cream
| two cups of brown sugar and one cup
of butter, adding three tablespoonfuls
of milk, one by one, at the last. and
beating the whole at the least one hour
| A tablespoonful of vanilla should be
stirred in just before serving Anoth-
er sauce is made from one cup of gran
ulated sugar and nearly one-half cup
milk. boiled together to a thick syrup.
and then stirred till cool, when it may
be favored or two cups brown sugar.
one and one-half cups of milk, and but
| ter the size of walnut may be boiled
| to the consistency of honey and then
strained.
He Was Successful.
| did my predecessor reach the hearts
OF your people?" asked the new mis-