The record-union., 1899-01-22

An old housekeeper who has many
practical ideas uses for shortening plain
cakes like gingerbread and for frying
of all kinds a com bination of flank fat
and leaf lard, a proportion of one-third
of the latter. In putting it on the
stove to try out, she covers it at first
with cold water, and the fat heated in
this way, by the time. the water has
evapOrated, has lost the unpleasant
odor so disagreeable and penetrating
in house.
While clover is said to be the finest
food for honey producing bees, and
clover honey deservedly ranks first,
there are many who prefer the stronger
flavor of buckwheat honey. 1t will
probably be news to many that in some
parts of the country fields of golden rod
are cultivated by bee keepers for the
feeding of insects, and golden rod
honey is an esteemed variety. Both
the comb and the syrup of this honey
are a deeper color and the syrup is con-
siderably thicker than that obtained
from other blossoms Some housekeep-
ers beat in little strained honey with
the icing which they prepare for cake.
Corduroy has entered into a number
of the modish sofa cushions this WIN
ter. In plain dark colors it is used
as a. backing for some much lighter
face, while in brighter colors it is often
the background upon which are
wrought elaborate designs. A beauti
full holiday cushion was of cerise cordu-
roy, one side plain, the other side or
namented with Persian design picked
out with gold thread worked in the
plain cross stitch of our grandmothers
samplers. The coarse canvas was bast-
ed on the corduroy and afterward the
threads pulled out, leaving the design
on the fabric. A heavy cord of cerise
and gold finished the edge, a gold tas-
sci hanging from each one of the four
corners.
For hanging satin lined waists the or
dinary wire hangers are taken and
wound neatly with satin ribbon of any
color desired and neatly fastened on the
under side with little bows. These are
simple to make and are pretty gifts to
make a fastidious woman.
The recent talk in the public prints
upon the value of cranberries as
Nprophylactic in grip has in it undoubt-
edly an element of truth. The vege-
table acid of the berry is an excellent
Alternative to the system, and materially
assists in the preventing of any clogging
of the alimentary canal. This in itself
is an excellent ally. Lemons used rather
freely will be found to be equally SER
viceable. A physician recommends as
q very good tonic glass of hot lemon
ade. not too sweet, taken just before
going to bed. 1t is not necessary that
this should have any alcoholic addition
indeed, its medicinal effect is better
without it. The same practitioner rec
ommends the free use of sub-acid fruits
during fever epidemic. A box of or
anges in a typhoid fever season will
often save doctors bill.
The question, What shall girls do
for living?" is becoming almost as
pertinent as the same query made con-
cerning their brothers. gentleman.
who has given the matter some inves-
tigation discovered that in a single resi-
dence apartment house in New York
there were lodged women artists. act
signer, bookkeepers. buyers. a caterer,
clerks, a costume designer canvassers,
composer, dressmaker, doctors, de-
tective. a dancer, director, editors,
elocutionists, a faith healer, illustra-
tors, an inspector, an investigator
Charity organization society, a lee
turer, journalists, house decorator, a
manicure, a masseuse, musicians, a
mic ci0
lists, poet, proofreader, a promoter,
publishers. playwrights, readers (MSS.).
reporter, a seamstress, a storekeeper,
stenographers, singers, translators,
trained nurses. typewriters and teach
ers. Apparently the girls have answer
ed the question themselves.
The big Spanish red peppers which
are imported canned are delicious fried
with steak in place of onions They
are sweet peppers. with a distinct fla
vor of their own, and are not hot. The
green Spanish peppers, the seeds of
which are so very hot, are allowed to
ripen in Spain, and are then dried when
they have something the appearance of
prunes, and are sold by the pound.
They are used for stuffing chickens and
An olive sauce may be served with
baked fish and some kinds of meats and
game. Beefsteak with olive sauce is
an esteemed dish. A tablespoonful of
butter is Drowned, and into it is stirred
a heaping tablespoonful of -four. Half
a pint of beef stock of water in which
little beef extract has been dissolved
9 added and the SalIpa stirred until
smooth and thick A high seasoning
of salt and pepper is necessary, with a
tablespoonful of some good sauce like
Worcestershire or Tabasco sauce. be-
fore a dozen olives which have been
stoned and chopped are added. The
sauce is kept on the stove only long
enough to heat the olives through be-
fore it is poured over the meat or fish,
in a sauce-boat.
Eggplant served by the average cook
at the home table is apt to be tough,
underdone or greasy 1t will be found
to be much improved if 1t is cooked in
oil instead of lard or drippings. The
slices should not be over a quarter of
an inch thick, and should be thoroughly
salted and placed on a sieve for fully
half an hour before cooking. The moist
ure that will be developed by this
process should be carefully wiped from
each slice before it is busted with flour
and dropped into a hot skillet that is
well smeared with olive oil. The slices
should be fried quickly over a clear
fire, drained on piece of brown paper
before they are slipped on a folded nap
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