The herald., 1898-01-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A mixture of vinegar and rock-salt 10
useful to clean the inside of decanters.
Dissolve a handful of salt in about gill
of vinegar; pour into the decanter and
shake thoroughly until the stains have
disappeared; then rinse well In clear
water.
| A diet for persons with tendency to
| Bright's disease omits any highly sea-
| soned soups or those made from meat
| extract, or rich in stock. instead the
soups for such persons should be pre-
pared without stock and with mix or
cream. They may be thickened with
| flour, arrow-root, rice, barley, tapiocas
| macaroni or vermicelli.
In flats and apartments where space 10
at premium. an arrangement sug-
gested by which additional hanging
space Is gained, is to fit wooden poles In
the usual space of closets and wardrobes
into sockets made for the purpose. Hooks
may.then be attached to these poles, and
the hanging spaces be doubled or trebled.
The same idea is useful in a small hall
bedroom, where, perhaps. it is impos-
sible to nail the necessary hook-piece to
the wall.
At a childrens party the other day the
lice cream was served in way to draw
forth the most extravagant exclama-
tions of delight from the young company.
1t was packed in little candlesticks
cleverly made of pink paper; and to add
Ito the illusion, in the hollow of the tube
which formed the candle short taper
was inserted and lighted. Most children
had seen burning plum pudding at
Christmas time, but ice cream on fire
was a paradox to which they were not
accustomed.
A good piece of beef. according to
cooking school teacher, Is known by Its
bright red color, and from being well
notified with fat. Lamb. as distinguished
from mutton, is pinkish in color the
joints are uniformed, and the blood has
not receded from the bone In mutton,
the bones are developed, the flesh Is
darker, and the blood has left the bones.
The end of breast bone is flexible in q
chicken, and the skin is tender, while
in the fowl the breast bone is hard, the
skin tough, and the scales on the leg
hard.
Escalloped scalops are often relished
by those who find that sea food is too
rich when fried and served with sauce
tartar. They should be first fried a light
brown in butter, and shaking often to pre-
vent their burning. When partly cooked
take a baking dish and spread with a
layer of bread crumbs. On the crumbs
put a layer of scallops and so on till the
dish is full, having the crumbs at the top.
Made white sauce of two tablespoonfuls
of butter and two of -four, cook together
and stir smooth in pint of milk. Pour
this over the scallops and bake about
half an hour, or until we'll Drowned.
Hamburg steak Is as a rule found to bs
more palatable when made into small,
round cakes. The tastelessness often
arises from want of good seasoning. 1t
should to begin with, be chopped very
! fine whilQ in its raw state, and should
be thoroughly sprinkled with onion Juice
/ and plenty of salt and pepper before be-
ing moulded into cakes. When the but
, ter has got very hot in the frying pan.
put the steaks in and fry brown on one
side before turning and browning we'll
on the other. Remove then to hot
platter, add tablespoonful of flour to
the butter in the pan, stir until smooth,
add q cup of boiling water, or boullion
made of beef extract and stir until 1t
boils. Season with chopped parsley or a
little Worcestershire sauce or tomato
catsup, pour around the steaks and
serve hot.
A set Of wall pockets, admirable for
the use of writer, is made of denim, Of
which one and half yards are used as
a foundation. At one end a deep hem
is turned. through which Is run slat,
such as is used at the bottom of window
shades. This holds the pocket straight.
and by 1t, it can be hung up. Six pock-
cts, each five inches deep and as long as
the denim is wide, are made and are
sewed one above the other. The six are
then divided into five divisions by being
machine-stitched from top to bottom,
thus providing thirty pockets. each
large enough to hold long envelop to
contain clippings. On the end of each
envelope Is written the subject referred
to, such as tariff, temperance, SANTA
tion," etc.. and thus there will be thirty
easily accessible subjects.-New York
Evening Post.