The Cook County herald., 1902-06-07
COUNTY OFFICERS.
THE DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.,
"A Few CULINARY suGsos1lona wAAeh
Nay Prove OF value 10 a.
XOunG d0UD0vvl1o.

Young HOUSEWIFE.
"For variety sometimes" says .
housekeeper, II boil the potatoes with
which I am planning to make potato
salad, In some white soup stock. For
example, if am boiling up chicken or
turkey bones or veal bone, put in
the potatoes after several skimmings
Of the soup and let them boil in the
stock. The salad has quite differ
ent flavor that n pleasant for =
change"
1t should not be forgotten that the
monotony OF winter desserts is easily
relieved by an orange short cake,
made as all short cakes should be.
with light biscuit dough. The fruit IL
cut in small pieces and we'll sugered
and spread between and on top the
cake, while it Is hot. This may be
served with whipped cream or with a
plain liquid sauce, says the New York
Post.
The average kitchen maid keeps
the cereal box, be It one or several,
open, after It il once broken into until
the last dust is used up. The mistress
may know that this practice is most
uneleanly, inviting dust, not to soy
the ravnges OF insects or mice that
may invade the pantry shelves. An
easy and efficient way to take care OF
the cereals ID to empty each package
ns opened into glass jar duly labelled
and which ID kept tightly covered.
Not only IL this the eleanly way, but
by excluding the air, the favor and
sweetness OF thu -four are preserved.
1t Is we'll to have q variety OF eereals
at hand that they may be shaneed
often to rvoid monotony.
A cooking-teaehsr advisae ehat Mn
preparing any ,aish with cream sxlce>
In the ehahng dish. such ss e1eamed
oysters, sweet breads eggs or whist
not, the operation will be hastened
and improved if the milk or cream Is
heated before it il added. This should
be done in double boiler, the vessel
kept covered to prevent scum rising
to the surface. The same teacher sug-
gested rubbing the blazer in which
oysters were to be creamsd with the
cut ha4 Of an onion before the dish
ID prepared. This Will give q partie-
ularly good flavor.
Hot chicken salad was ons Of the
dishes demonstrated at a cooking
school lesson which some housekeep-
er may like to try for a winter lunch
con. A cup of diced chicken was mar
mated with a Tablespoonful of olive
oil, few drops of onion juice, and half
tablespoonful Of lemon juice with q
quarter of teaspoonful of salt and q
dash of paprica and celery pepper.
Into the blazer was put two table
spoonfuls of butter, with which, when
it reached the bubbling point, was
stirred two tablespoonfuls of -four.
mixed with \ quarter of tablespoon
full OF salt. When this was smooth. q
cup of milk and cream, mixed, was
slowly added, and when the sauce
boiled, the marinated chicken was
stirred In. When hot it was served
on thin oblongs of toast, with finelv
chopped celery, prepared beforehand,
sprinkled over the top. The teacher
advised that if celery is put in ice wa
ter, to which a slice OF lemon is add
ed, it will crisp quickly.
A stuffed stew" is what Mrs. Rorer
calls a preparation of beef that is ex-
ceedingly tasty az we'll as economical.
buy at least six pounds Of piece of
lean beef from the under round. Mir
teaspoonful of cinnamon, a half
teaspoonful Of pepper, a grating of
nutmeg, half-teaspoonful of ginger.
and rub we'll into the meat. Nix two
tnblespoonfuls Of vinegar and two
OF oil or melted butter; moisten the
meat thoroughly with this, and stand
aside over night. Next morning, add
to half-cup of bread crumbs a table,
spoonful Of melted butter, a hail.
teaspoonful Of salt, and dash Of pep-
per. Make gashss in the meat about
two inches long and almost through
the meat; NIL this stumng into the
gashes, and tie the meat tightly into
shape. Put it into'a baking pan, near
~ hll the pan with water, and cover
with another pan. and bake in mod
erately quick oven about four hours,
basting every 20 minutes. Serve hot
when first cooked, and have it cold.
sliced thin, thereafter. On account of
the spices. it will keep at least . week.
Queer ;Ysl1ovsteae cr,a. 49,.
Obsidian cliR, in the Yellowstone
National park, was 81. once neutral
ground, where many Indian tribea
came to make spearheads and arrow
heads. The cliff is hundreds Of feet
in height and is composed Of a sub
stance resembling black grass, small
pieces OF which arc transparent,