The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
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SCH is one At the most daiieafe IS
sell as healthful Of an the pat
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httentioR Of the market gardener thae
+ can usually Be found in the markets
the whole yea round. spinach IS one.
Of the vegetables that improve Isl 8
ing warmed oFer. Indeed. The French
housewife usually cooks it BY quantity
looking forwsrd to it's rcheatine. IS.
Is related Of BrilIat-savarin that after
his cook had warmed it over for him ia
times he was 50 much gratifed bv its
improvement that he declared he would
would never eas it again until it had
received its 10 consecutive warnings.
like the majority Of pot greens, spin-
ach should be bianched, and, like the
rest, first thoroughly looked over and
washed. Cut OF all the stalks. and
after looking over the leaves put them
IN a large pan or tub Of cold water.
Plunge them up and down to remove
the sand, then lift the leaves out into =
second pan of water. DO not attempt
to drain the water of, IS that leaves
the sediment whi5h has sunk to Che
bottom. Rinse yet a third time and
cook in q very little boiling sailed wa
ter for Is OF 20 minutes. Drain tt into
cold water, and when cold drain again.
Put the leaves in a chopping bowl and
cut inc Have ready in a spider OF
frying pan a tablespoonful of butter.
add the spinach, season with salt and
pepper and a little cream, if desired
in which case less butter viii be need
ed. Heat thoroughly and serve on 3
hot dish, surrounded by toasted bread
The yolk of a hard-boiled eqp
put through a ricer ever the mounded
spinach makes an elective and appe-
garnish.
An excellent encaustic used by the
for polishing aoors is made Of
one pound of beeswax and one pint 81
t~urpentine. Melt the wax in a water
bath of gentle heat. When quite soft
from the fire and heat IN the
turpentine until it assumes the con-
sistency of a paste. This polish. It
must be remembered, s. extremely in
fammable, and great care must be
taken in mixing it not to allow it to
come in contact with the fire. When
ready to use, melt over -be register or
a pan of warm water until it Is soft
as butter. Spread a thin layer over the
cloth-cOvered brick, begin at one cor.
ner and polish in lengths, letting tie
new row overlap enough 20 avoid show
ing a streak. The corners have to be
done with a flannel cloth, and on the
knees. If there r black spots on this
floor, put on oxalic acid first, then
polish. Bad spots may h9 rubbed Oh
with steel wool.
Much labor may be saved in the care
of lNlished hardwood floors 81 the
use Of the fFottpir, or weighted brush.
AS these are a gre8t expense to buy. an
excellent substitute may be made at
home by covering a b~rRs1Nwith car
and catching it in a clamp With a lonp
used for scrubbing brushes. III
here are plenty Of active children of
people in the family novelplan
S to wrap pieces Of ingram Garnet
lround their feet, strike up lively iig
the piano and turn the children
.oose, In an orphans home in New
York state the children, supplied with
yoolen socks I've their shoes, merrilv
lip and slide about, hand in hand. to
he accompaniment of approximate
dtchen garden songs until the floors
Ill over h building are delightful to
'ehoId. This is similar to the French
Method, where polishing brushes made
y Russian bristles are strapped to the
eet like Acknowledgment Star.