The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-01-04

tle oo4ee. and percoIatss into the bot
tom of the pot. With one of these
pots of ordinary size sufficient coffee
may be made fir ten or twelve peO-
pie by adding now and then a little
more coffee and pouring in extra wa
ter. Coffee boiled is coffee spoiled.
A tin chatting dish costs a dollar
and will answer the purpose just as
well as much more expensive one.
TIN chatting dishes are, however, diff
ficult to get.
Wood alcohol may be used for
chatting dish cookery, but as it burns
away more rapidly and evaporates
more quickly than good alcohol, it
makes little difference in the final
cost.
To scour tins, use ordinary sea
sand moistened with little dis
solved soap This polishes the tin
without scratching. This is also an
admirable way to clean brass or cop
per.
Cracker machine. This term is ap-
piled to the ordinary brake which is
sold in the sou,n for the making of
Maryland biscuit. 1t looks much like
wringing machine when it is fas-
tened to the end of wooden slab.
The dough is put backward and for
ward through these rolls, and may
then be rolled as thin as one pleases
for crackers and biscuits.
The boxes in which crackers and
coffee are bought may be saved to
store groceries. They may be used
plain, marked or painted. A pound of
paint (gray is preferably will paint
fifty boxes of the ordinary size. When
the boxes are dry they may be lettered
with either white, black or blue
enamel paint. They will answer every
purpose and will save money Baking
powder boxes may be used in the
same way for the keeping of spices.
Select boxes of even size.
To keep sandwiches moist for a
| few hours until serving time, wrap
them carefully in a dampened nap
kin and put them in a closely covered
tin box
Thick sour cream may be seasoned
with salt and pepper, beaten up a
little to make it light, and used as a
dressing for lettuce, cold caulihoWer,
or cabbage.
Onions will be crisp and tender if
cut into slices, pulled apart into cir
Giles and plunged down into hot fat
at temperature of about $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit Lift them two OF
three times into the air, and then
plunge them back into the fat until
they are sufficiently brown.
Tomato ketchup. Just suspicion
of asafetida adds greatly to the flavor
of tomato ketchup. Asafetida is one
of the oldest seasonings now in use
1t may be purchased powdered. 1t
must be used judiciously.
Caramel is burnt sugar Articles
favored WIN caramel are favored
with sugar that has been Drowned
and burned.
Frappe is usually made from wa
ter 1t means a partly frozen mix
ture Cafe frappe is partly frozen
coffee. Lemon frappe is water flaw
ored stronly with lemon, sweetenet
and partly frozen.
Cafe au lait is coffee and milk il
equal quantities. 1t is usually served
in large cups for breakfast, the no
milk being put into the cup first.
What baking powder really is
Baking powder is a combination o
an acid and an alkaline material. Al
soon as they are moistened the!
evolve carbon dioxide, which is hell
by .ne thickness of the dough, max
ing it porous and light. The momen
the -four is moistened the gas is
evolved, hence the necessity of work
ing rapidly, and Of having your ovel
hot before you start mixing the bak
ing powder with the flour. Sift thu
flour several times after the baking
powder has been added and then rul
in the shortening. Add the moisture
and bake quickly.