The Winslow mail., 1900-06-28
IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Items of Information for the Instruc-
ton of Inquiring House-
wives.

With the blooming of the elder the
woman who likes to gather her own
store of simples against a day of pos
sibIe need will do well to lay in a stock
of the creamy white cymes for her
home dispensary. Plucked while in
fresh bloom and baked in cakes we
have the Suabian so-called little
cakes" warranted sure protection
against fevers and agues. Served as
fritters they make "a dainty dish to
set before the king" whether feverish
or not. To make these dainty novelties,
pick while in fresh bloom, look over
carefully to see that no intrusive in
sect is in hiding, and sprinkle with
sugar. lemon juice and orangefower
water. Let the clusters stand an hour,
then make stiff batter, dip in the bios
SONS and drop by sprays in boiling fat
to cook a delicate brown. Purifying
and healing, the fresh blossoms picked
when the dew is on them and SIM
mered in rich, sweet cream make one
of the choicest and most delicate of
healing creams or ointments, says the
Washington Star.
Elder vinegar is also medicinal and
appetizing. Pack wide-mouthed bot
tie with the blossoms and fill up with
pure vinegar-cider or white wine. At
the end of two weeks strain through
flannel into smaller bottles.
In the interregnum between the pas
sage of the mince, apple and pump
kin pie and the advent of the small
fruits. custard, cocoanut and chocolate
pies are the reigning favorites. An eX-
cellent rule for a cocoanut pie calls for
a pint of scalded milk, two heaping
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs, a
scant tablespoonful of cornstarch dis
solved in milk, and a small cupful Of
grated cocoanut which has been soaked
in milk over night. Add the beaten
volks of the eggs to the custard and
bake with a lower crust only. When
done. which can be told by slipping the
point of silver knife in the custard to
see if it comes out clean, spread over
the top a meringue made of the whites
of the eggs beaten stiff with two tea
spoonfuls of sugar, and return to the
oven until the surface is Drowned. If
the oven is hot, allow the door to stand
open to reduce the heat, as a meringue
requires extremely slow baking.
A fowl prepared for roasting by a
Japanese is a thing of beauty, as far
as a dismantled bird can be. Carefully
picked even to the head, and skillfully
drawn, the thighs are then pushed
back close to the body, which pumps
the breast out in an enhancing man
ner-and the drumsticks tucked into
the orifice through which the drawing
was done. Two or three stitches fasten
the legs in place and close the aperture.
The long, dangling neck is then deftly
twisted under one wing, and both wings
brings the head into position, with the
extra neck fullness disposed OF. If one
doesn't mind seeing his roast fowl
served like woodcock, with it's head on,
he can find no fault with the tout en-
semble of his chicken cooked la Jap
anese.
An expert laundress says that if
SneelS anu IdOl6clOUnS are lOlu6u So
that the selvage edges will pass through
the wringer first they will be smoother
and less likely to curl. She also sounds
note of caution against the habit of
pouring boiling water on soiled clothes.
''You know" she says, eff you submit
anything that is soft to the action of
the heat it will bake it hard. Pour boil
ing water in the cake dish and it will
cook the dough in it. If you pour very
hot water on the clothes it cooks the
dirt in. If you are going to soak clothes
you will soak them in lukewarm water.
l wash all the clothes in lukewarm wa
ter. In summer only little warmer
than it comes from the faucet. Some
people put all the clothes to soak-the
clean and dirty together This should
never be done. 1t does not seem quite
nice to put table linen with soiled
clothes from the bed or body, and, more
over, the dirt from the soiled clothes
gets into the clean ones and makes
them grimy."