Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-22

The dajn,iest tray TO serve radshes is
ned OF cracked ice. The French
ona,hod of preparing them for the table
u being gradually adopted by all to
.'horn delicate feasting means something
.s;de merely gorging. The two centre
oeS ..hes,tu green leaves are left on TO be
" .,.n with the root, as they are neces-
es,v mart OF it and valuable assistants TO
J;asstiou. A famous French Chef tells
VI ~ breakfast at which Alexander Du-
mas mere, was one OF the guests. In
nassine the radishes to the irascible
povelist, such a wave oil anger. passed
oyer.hi countenance that me iuckIsss
vaiter nearly dropped his dish. The
S"srianatiop youchsafed was that the
,odshes had been presented TO him with
IKE Green leaves cut of. A little Of the
eel should be cut from the bottom Of
he found French radishes, which are
un,v more generally used; while four
ru,s down the radish, dividing II into
metals. transforms it into the semblance
of a rose.
Left over maccaroni is invaluable for
.scallops. One OF cold mutton is very
appetzing, when between each layer of
the sliced meat is placed layer OF
maccaron with oysters or tomato sauce.
An escallop of duck, composed OF alte-
nate LAYERS OF duck, sliced apples, baked
maccaroni and brown gravy is exceed
ingly palatsble.
An extract from the journal Of Eliza
beth Woodville, aiterward Lady Grey,
and finally Queen OF Edward II, shows
that the girl Of the fifteenth century was
a very all-round kind of person. 1t is
doubtful If even our up-.o-daie fin-de-
steele girl could equal her 4oo-years-
back sister in activity and variety Of
housekeeping accomplishments.
Monday morning-Rose at 4 o'clock
and helped Catherine to milk cows.
Rachael, the dairy maid. having scalded
her hand in SO bad manner the night
before, made poultice and gave Robin
penny to get something from the
apoihecary.
6 o'clock-The bullock Of beef too
much. boiled and beer little stale.
Mean to talk to the cook about the first
fault, and to mend the other myself
by tapping a fresh barrel Immediately.
o'clock-Went to walk with the lady
(niy mother) in the courtyard; ted twenty
live men and women; child Roger
severely Tor expressing some il.-will at
attending us with some broken meat
s oclock-Went into the paddock be-
hind the house with my maid Dorothy;
caught Thump, the little pony, myself;
rode a matter Of ten miles without sad
die or bride.
10 o'clock--Went to dinner. John
Grey a most comely youth, but what is
that to mel John ate but little and stole
a great many tender glances at me.
Said women could never be handsome
in his eyes, who were not good-tem-
pered.
II oclock-Rose from the table, the
company all DESTROYS of walking in the
field. John Grey lifted me over every
s,ile, and twice squeezed my hand with
much vehemencce.
q o'clock-Poor Farmer Robinson's
house burned down by accidental fire.
a o'clock-Went TO prayers.
s o'clock-Fed hogs and poultry.
Asparagus rolls are very popular
English dish. Cut the asparagus in hail.
inch pieces, rejecting all tough parts.
Boil in sailed water twenty minutes and
drain. Take seven or eight stale rolls,
remove the tops and take out the soft
inside crumb. reserving the tops or
future use. Boil one pint of milk,
thicken with one tablespoonful Of ar
rowroot and two well-beaten eggs;
season with milk, salt and pepper, and
one tablespoonful Of butter; add the
asparagus, fill the rolls, which SHOULD
have been heating in the oven, replace
the tops and serve.
A quaint custom practiced by Chinese
mothers when child is restless and
does not sleep, is to write the following
verse, and pin coy OF it on each OF the
four corners oil the house, that the pass
ers-by may read and the child find
rest. Literally translated the verse
reads:
Brilliant, sparkling heaven.
Brilliant sparkling earth.
In my house there is a child who cries at night;
The gentlemen coming from the four quarters
behold,
Peaceful sleep till break of day.
Equally curious, and withal touching,
is custom peculiar 10 Constantinople.
In the tekke OF the Halvitia ,Dervishes,
the tenojd or petition for divine pity
upon persons who caunot sleep is chant
ed every midnight. This prayer can
only be repeated here and In St. Sophie,
excepting during the fast OF Ramazar,
when it may be repeated anywhere al
will.
Silk stockings should be washed and
rinsed in lukewarm water and wrung be-
tween towels. Silk underwear should
be soaked twenty minutes in warm suds
and ammonia water, allowing table
spoonful of ammonia to a gallon OF
water. Rub gently with the hands,
squeezing or pressing, never rubbing.
Use only the best white soap, and that
sparingly, and never rub 1t directly on
the garment; always use in solution
Rinse through the clear, warm water OF
tue same temperature as the suds, ad-
ding to the last water, trifle OF ultra
marine blue and teaspoonul liquid
gum arabic, Shake and smooth out,
hanging as re ully as possible to avoid
the wrinkles so hard to iron out OF silk
without injury to the fabric. When
nearly dry press under muslin.
When acid OF any kind gets on cloth
ing, spirits Of ammonia will kill it. APP
ply chloroform to restore the color.
There is no article used in cookery so
valuable and yet so often despised as
garlic. As seasoning herb 1t is con-
sidered invaluable on the continent, and
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