Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

cooks. are much risher with twice cooking,
even If fried in deep fat. They also assert
that the Householder fhf the north really
knows nothing of the best sweet potatoes
which are grown in the tidewater regions
of southern Virginia, n where the soil is
sandy and the binters mild Here are
raised the most priced variety, which are
too delicate for transportation, and are,
therefore, used at home. The commonest
way of cooking them is to boil or steam
| until nearly done, then peal, cut in half
iEch slices. pile IN aflbaking dish inter-
spersed with bits of butter and sprinkled
over the top with sugar. A little vinegar
Is then poured over them and they ar. then
| baked. A sweet potato sante is thus made
| in the chatting dish: Cut nint of boiled
sweet potatoes into Slices Put two table
spoonfuls of butter in the chafng dish.
When very hot, lay the potatoes in sprin-
kle two tablespoonfuls of sugar over the
top, pour two tablespoonfuls of vinegar
| lightly over them and cook until brown
While the majority of people prefer
plenty of salad oil in a mayonnaise dress
| ing, there are some who dislike too much
| of the oil. In this case cream NAV be sub
stituted. Put the yolks Of two eggs in q
cold bowl add quarter of a taaspooufuI
OF salt, a saltspoon of sugar, and a salt
spoon of mustard. Begin beating with a
| Dover beater, fork or egg whip, adding
| drop by drop gill of salad oil. When lie
! dressing is thick, thin it with two table
spoonfuls lemon juice and two scant table
| spoonfuls of vinegar. When ready 10 serve
stir in carefully one-half cupful sweet
| cream, beaten to stiff froth. and grain
of cayenne.
A simple way of cooking quail in the
| chatting dish is to split the birds in two
lengthwise, then put in the chatting dish. in
| which two tablespoonful of butter have
color. Cover the birds and cook five min
| utes, then turn and cook five minutes
| longer. Add a half cup of seasoned broth
or stock heaping tablespoonful of cur
rant Jelly: tablespoonful of mushroom
catsup, a half teaspoonful onion juice, and
celery salt and white pepper or paprika TO
| taste. Many advise the addition, also of a
gill of port or claret, but that is a matter
OF individual taste and conscience
She was a little lady of expedients. and
the tape needle having taken leave Of alb
sence unto itself, she rose to the occasion
threaded the spring of a safety min with
the cord, clasped the pin and sent it on its
way through hem that needed a shirrinp
string. Il can do better than that" said
her cousin, who was watching her. and 90
| ing to her work basket she took out a mai
ent Whalebone that had an eyelet in the
ehd ran the next gathering string through
that, and in almost no time the second cur
tain was Shirred and ready to nut I'm
Gluten gems baked in hot buttered gem
pans in hot oven for half an hour make
an acceptable accompaniment to the ma
tutlnal cup of coffee. To two cupfI,ls of
the gluten allow a half teaspoonful of salt
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, two table.
spoohfuls sugar one egg and two cups milk
or nan milk and half water. Sift thu flour
with the salt, sugar and baking powder
Beat the egg, add the milk and flour. and
BEAT again until light and foamy. Have
the pans kissing hot when the batter is
poured in.
One of the most convenient little articles
IN the sick room is a medicine glass cover
which has a movable hand To indicate tho
hours. A circle of pasteboard is cut ont
little larger than the top of glass. This
is covered with linen, its edges buttonboled
with yellow floss, and the dial face marked
with Roman characters, also embroidered
In the center of the dial is the movable
brass indicator which can be set at the
hour for the next dose" This contriyance
Not only keeps the medicine free from flying
aust, but saves burdenfng the memory at
time when even the grasshopper is a bur-
den. II
The southern way Of serving mashed
sweet potatoes is this: Boil dry and then
peel the potatoes. Mash fine and add two
tabespoonfuls melted butter four table
spoon1uls sugar and saltspoon of salt. II
too dry meisten with little hot milk Beat
until light and place in a round vegetable
dish, moiding them in a cenical shape
Brush them over with the yolk of an egg,
mixed with a tablespoonful of milk and
bake in a moderate oven until golden
brown
woman who has a perfect horror of
handling dirty money, asserts that she not
| only has all her silver washed, but her bills
| as We'll They are put in basin of luke
warm soapsuds, rubbed gently, and dried
| by pressing with warm iron. In this way
| she Is always supplied with bright silver
and crisp new bills, that she can carry in
her pocket with no danger of contracting
| disease in their handling
An excellent salad to serve with duck
| IS made of peanuts. Soak one cupful of
| the meats In olive oil for a half hour Drain
| and toss IN the salad bowl with two cup
| nus OF finely cut celery and ten OF twelve
| ported olives Mix with mayonnaise dress
| ing and serve on lettuce leaves
IF you are hoarse' prescribed a doctor
| Yesterday to a public speaker who consulted
MIN, and want to your voice this
| evening. confine yourself all day to a diet
| or raw oysters and oranges and your voice
| Will be as clear bell by night"
|