The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-14
HINTS TO HoUSEKEEPERS.
A Variety of Suggestions Regarding
Matters of Everyday
Interest.


The peanut Is valued for it's nour-
ishing properties, containing as it
does more heterogeneous matter than
meat or eggs. Freed from its oil aud
ground, it is used for bread, or with
the oil becomes useful as "a butter.
Pecans, almonds and walnuts are used
largely for CONNECTIONS.
For a plain apple salad, for which
the fruit is now in perfection. a slight
ly tart apple should be used; pare,
slice half dozen and arrange in
layers in glass dish. sprinkling each
layer with powdered sugar and a very
little cinnamon until all are used
Make dressing of six tablespoonfu,s
Of sherry, four of sugar, and one of
Muraschino. Stir the dressing till the
sugar is dissolved, then pour over the
apples and set the dish in the ice box
for half an hour before serving, saws
the Poston Budget.
Few American cooks realize the
value of caramel-burnt sugar, burnt
Hour or burnt onions-for meat and
vegetable sauces. Liaison au rouN,
which in plain English is fried -four.
is useful adjunct i'm the store closet.
IL is simply made. Melt quarter of
a cuDiul of butter in a saucepan. and
stir into IL a cupful OF flour. when
the two have been thoroughly mixed.
let it stand where il will cook slowly
until Il is the color OF mahogany. A
little butter added TO sugar caramel
imprt YES it.
lecturer on foods SAYS that the
amount of sugar to be given to chill
dren and the best form in which 10
provide It are important questions OF
their diet. 1t is admitted by food
authorities of the day that sugar is a
fooG especially adapted for children
because of their great activity, and
Pr"Portionately greater need of heat
and energy, These same authorities
agree that sugar should not be com
bined with the staple food of the
child, that is, put in milk or sprnl,lcd
on cereals, but should be furnished i'm
Jumps of homemade candies The
caution Is added that the perfectly
formed cube sugar is less pure than
the rough cubes. and the latter should
be used for the children's sweets.
Soap has a tendency to discolor
marble. I'm cleaning marble statuary,
the pieces should first be thoroughly
brushed and then washed in a weak
solution of hydrochloric acid.
A cleaning fluid that is useful ad-
junct to the household supply closet
is made as follows: Dissolve one-half
ounce of CASTLE soap in one quart of
soft water. and add to it one-half
ounce OF glycerin, two ounces Of aqua
ammonia and one-half ounce OF spir-
its of wine. Applied with soft
sponge, the fluid will remove spots
on furniture and carpets as we'll as
on clothing.
To make an oyster omelet stew
dozen oysters in their own liquor I'M
til they are plump. Then remove,
drain and cut them in two. Put into
a frying pan two tablespoonfuls of the
oyster liquor, teaspoonful Of butter
and sprinkle of flour. Cook for
three minutes and add the oysters.
Make plain omelet. and when il is
ready 10 turn, pour the oyster mix
ture over it, Fold and serve.
\ new way of serving poached eggs
is TO pour Drowned butter over slices
of tonst before placing the egg upon
il, and sprinkling the whole with
finely chopped pickle
Lemon juice and milk well rubbed
in make an excellent polish for brown
shoes. Afterward rub with soft
duster. Stains may he removed by
with mcthylated spirit. Pol
tSh afterward either with the lemon
juice and milk or with the following
cream: One ounce of muriatic acid,
half an ounce of alum, half an ounce
of spirit of lavender, half an ounce of !
gum arabic and half an ounce Of skim
milk.
\ salad made Of nasturtium bios |
SONS is pleasant accompaniment for
meats or fish. or If desired NAV be
served as separate course. with
CHEESE straws or cheesed crackers. |
70 make 1t. rub the salad bowl with
a slice Of onion and fill il with the
flowers which have been picked with
rather long stems Cover with II !
French dressing and garnish with the !
flowers and young leaves.
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