The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
corning Matters in the Gull
nary Department.

The most delightful and slvo-y of all
vegetable soups is this French soup.
The ingredients necessary are ore pint
of white turnips cut in cubes. one-haif
pint of carrot cubes, II pint of potato
cubes, one-half pint OF leetss (the white
part), large onion. L Glove of
garlic, Il eschalCt, Il tablespoonful
of salt, three tablespoonful of butter,
n tablespoonful of sugar, one-third
tablespoonful of pepper, two quarts of
water. Cut the onions fine and soak
them slowly with the butter for half an
hour, then add the boiling water and
carrots and cook half an hour longer.
at the end of this time add the turnips,
potatoes and seasoning, and cook an
hour. If you have parsley or cerfeuil,
add a t~caspoonful ten minutes before
serving. The sos, is improved If some
bones or trimmings Of meat be added.
\ most delicious cream vegetable
! soup is made By rubbing Il portion of
this soup through a PURGE sieve and add
ing milk and a little salt TO it. 1t should
/ Just come to the boiling point and be
served with fried or toasted bread.
While the custom of serving pine
apples at luncheon and dinner as Il
first urse is becoming popular, it is
not to be commended. The juice of the
fruit has medicinal properties of the
highest order and is helpful as a d.
Eester. but taken on an empty stomach
it begins work on the coating of that
organ pending the arrival of other food
supply.
The natives of the West Indies use
the juice as Il remedy in diphtheria.
taking it without sugar. From theIG
the British military surgeons adopted
the treatment, and it is now largely
used for the dread disease, both in
England and America.
There are many ways of preparing
~pineapplcs for the table. One excel
lent way is to select Il medium-sizcd
pineapple. which has both crown and
stem. Remove the stem and throw
away, but after twisting out the crown
keep il for future reference. Scoop
ont the inside, Just leaving the shell,
cut fine or shred, always using a silver
knife or fork. as the acid sorrodes
steel; mix with it the juice of a large
orange, a little sugar and some mar
aschiHo cherries or wine, as preferred, !
and return to the shell. Chill thor |
ou@hly. return the crOwn and carry to
the table Oh 4 low glass dish decorated
with some of the pineapple skins. Serve
from the fruit in tiny glass cups.
The latest substitute for coffee comes
from Germany, and is neither more
nor less than asparagus seed. The sup
plies conc from the asparagus gardens
in Brunswick, where waste seed is plen-
tiful. Tons of this material have been
gathered during the last few months
by poor persons. who get about So Tor
every hundred pounds of it. The grow
ers do not object to this, as only the
poorer seed is taken, the seed of the
finest plants being used for the propa-
cation Of the vegetable.
To prepare Spanish eggs in the chat
ing dish. cock two slices of onion until
light yellow, in Il Scant tablespoonful
of olive oil, then add one cupful Of
mushrooms. II of tomato, two table
~spoonfuls of tongue minced fine. three
raw eggs Wnbcatcn). Il tablespoonful If
salt and Il quarter of Il tablespoonful of
cayenne. rs soon as the eggs are set
Es mixture is ready TO serve.
\. suggestion COMES from the A-gen-
tine that mly be useful in c~ountcract-
ing the chill and %ampness often cXpe-
ricncCd in basement kitchens or in any
room that has Il brick or cement tioot.
A good thick layer of sawdust is
s%prinkled evenly all over the floor, a car
pet laid over this and nailed all around
to the edges of the Dashboard.
When feeding babies it is quite as
necessary to stcrilize the bottles as the
milk. Wash in cold water. then IN
soap and wafer. y little rice shaken
with the soapsuds in the bottle will be
found helpful in cleaning it. Then
place TIE bottle in cold water and bring
to the boiling point.-Washington Star.