Evening star., 1898-11-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

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With the coming on Of winter the diet
should be changed to include a plentiful
supply of the carbohydrates or heat and
energy producing foods. Split pea soup,
while too heavy for frequent summer use
Is a capital cold weather food and should
occupy a prominent place on our bills of
fare. Quite as valuable as the bean, and
| already freed from the skin or ceflulose
| matter, which is apt to be indigestibIe. the
split pea should be more employed in soups
and as vegetable. This is an excellent
| recipe for split pea soup: Pick over, wash
and soak over night one cup of split peas
In the morning put in kettle with three
pints of cold water and simmer until dis
solved. Add one cup of tomatoes and rub
all through a sieve. Add one tablespoonful
Of butter, tablespoonful of Hour dissolved
in cold water, one teaspoonful of salt and
little pepper, and let come to a boil just
Iefore serving add croutonS or squares of
buttered bread Drowned in the oven If a
saftspoon of soda is added when the peas
are put on to simmer it will hasten the soft
ening process.
Quail on toast" is again in season. and
the hearts of invalids and dainty feeders
are reioiced within them While ousils
simply roasted with plenty Of pepper and a
little salt are quite worth the eating, broil-
ed and served with bacon they become n
dish fit for king. Carefully wipe off his
auaiIship-to wash him is sacriieseNspIit
| and break the leg homes. Salt and pepper
| the birds-it is safe to say you have at
| least half dozer-lay in fat dish and
cover with two tablespoonfuIs of the best
olive oil. Let them lie In this bath Tor ten
! minutes, then wrap In paper case Spread
with olive Oil and broil for eight or ten
minutes over clear fire or saute in the
chatting dish, cooking the birds about six
| minutes on each side. Have ready six slices
delicately Drowned toast, place the birds
upon them. baste with a mixture of one
ounce sweet butter, half a teaspoonful fine
ly chopped parsley, a tablespoonful of lem
on juice and one grating of nutmeg Law
upon each plump brown breast a thin slice
of delicately Drowned bacon, and eat with a
thankful heart.
When furnishing a room it should be re-
membered that to make it pleasing TO the
eye there should always be harmony he
tween the woodwork and the floor and wall
covering. The appropriate woods fer the
parlor for instance. are the light woods
birch, sycamore. bird 's-eye maple or satin
wcod-while the walls and furniture cover
lngs, to harmonize, should be light with
gi aceful effects. The library and sitting
room, on the contrary, with massive furni-
ture and heavy stuffS for coverings and
Graperies, demand deeper-colored wall ua.
pers and woodwork of mahogany or stained
cherry. The English love for the natural
woods is shown in the wainscoting of their
dining rooms-a fashion we are copying.
In the dining room, therefore, the wood
work dominates the room, but in all other
rooms the wood should be subordinate to
the other decora tionS.
Chops birds and dry fish are all most
delicate waen broiled in paper. Use heavy
white note paper spread with olive oil or
| butter. When the article to be broiled is
laid therein. salted and peppered, the edges
Of the paper case should be turned over
several times like a little hem. and pinched
together close to the meat. The paper will
char a long while before igniting, and the
| contents will be pasted in their own juices.
The time required for broiling in paper is
usually about eight minutes. When the
paper Is well Drowned the contents will be
done to turn-juicX, delicate and digest
hle for even the stomach of an invalid.
Serve in its envelope, which conserVeS the
heat and juices to the moment of eating.
The large flet of chicken broiled in this
way is delicious and easy of assimilation.
Frizzled venson made of the "jerked''
meat is d choice luncheon dish, and may be
prepared in the, Chatting dish. Shave the
venison In thin slices and put in the outlet
pan with generous lump of butter. Toss
| lightly until it frizzles or curls, add spoon
ful of currant jelly and serve with baked
potatoes, rolls and coffee This is popuiarly
supposed to be the accepted way of cook
ing venison when in camp; but the camp
which furnishes its occupants with jelly
cream rolls is it is needless to say,
camp sui geEeris.
In opening a bottle of olives bear in mini
that those remaining over will quickly
mold and become worthless, unless at once
replaced in the liquor in the bottle and
corked. If the liquor gets thrown away by
mistake a fresh brine of salt and water
may replace it.
The kitchen floor should never under any
c!rcumst laces, be covered with WOODEN ma
terial while oilcloth and painted pine are
likewise Objectionable. The ideal kitchen
floor is tiled and the walls as we'll; but
falllng that, a Georgia pine floor covered
with two coats of paraftine oil will be found
most isiactory. In cold weather there
should be three or four rather small. thick
rigs that the cook or housekeeper may
not suffer with cold feet. These, needless
to say, should be shaken and aired every
day.
Tabccloths past use for the table may
have the whole ends neatly cut Off and
neatly hemned with linen lace borders. IN
this guise they will do service for d long
time as -olct napkins and scarfs.
a book shelf for the cook books on house
hold economy should hang in every we'll
regulated Kitchen where they can De read
liy consulted. slate and pencil should
hang beside this, where the cook may make
memorandum of supplies needed.
The latest name for sandwiches ma of
c1esS lettuce or nasturtium leaves Is the
significant one of Acknowledgement sand
wicheS.''
Do not forget that an invalid should not
touch pork, and should he given veal or
l&mb only in the form Of soup.
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