Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-03

you have q sufficient number of slices
cut run tho knife under, keeping it
close to the rind, and the slices will
be free.
After your bacon is sliced off do not
throw away the rind as useless. Scrub |
off the outside with plenty of water !
and vegetable brush, and use the
rind with the scraps Of fat remaining !
to season your dried pea soup, or your
kettle Of greens
"Split pea'' soup, by the way, is
one of the fastest most nutritious
and most economical of soups. Put a
cupful OF the peas to soak over night
in three quarts of cold water, having
first washed them thoroughly, The
next morning put in saucepan, add
ing BAN bone il you have it, or a
little piece OF bacon and the rind,
together with sliced onion and tiny
bit Of red pepper. Simmer for four or
five hours until perfectly soft, adding
more water from time to time as re-
quired. When nearly ready TO serve
pass the psils q rough sieve and add
to the pulp enough stock water or milk
to make u soup about the consis tency
of cream Thicker slightly with a
tablespoonful Of -four and one OF butter
cooked together and made smooth by a
half cupfnl ol tie lou r, before adding
to the pot. This tnickening will keep
the heavy part OF the soup from sot-
tling to the bottom. Serve with crou-
tons \ good dried Lean soup may be
made in the same way.
The hodsekaerer who has come to
look with unconcealed suspicion upon
| almost everything edible as liable to
adnlteration at the hands OF tho willy
manufactures or grocer, may take to
comb -honey-sure at least that there
is the genuine work Of the bee.
The head of the largest bee supply
houso in the country has had stand
ing offer Of thousand dollars out for
several years, to 60 TO any one who
could furnish a fairly good counterfeit
box Of comb honey.
That scores OF people have tried goes
without saying; but the ingenuity of
man, even with ., thousand dollar bill
hanging in front of him, has failed to
| produce even an approximate present
ment. Nor is the strained honey always
open to suspicion. Tons of absolutely
pure honey are shipped to the East
from Arizona and California every
year, and whom the bees themselves are
doing so we'll it would no superfiuous
for man to add his labors to theirs.
That there arc different grades Of
honey Is we'll known some infinitely
preferable in flavor to others; but the
glucose Imitation may only be feared
at the hands Of the cheap and un-
reliable grocer.
In strained honey, as with spices,
teas and coffees, the consumer is
largely at the mercy OF the grocer
Hence tho advisability of adapting
Polonius' advice to Hamlet and
The honest grocer found, ard his adoption
Cripple him 10 tbs soul with hoop. Of steel.
In this connection, a'word of defence
for 1.-The butcher, the baker, the candle
stick maker" That there are roeues
and tricks in all trades is, unfor-
tunately, true, but that dishonest
methods are more especially charac.
teristic of certain trades and pro.
fessions than others is to he doubted.
II we 60 on the assumption that "all
mon are liars IL is almost an in
, centiye for them To become so, while
| il, on the otLer hand, man feels that
be is on his honor, that his customer
! trusts him and is willing to pay fail
! price for ii iira' class article, it is tC
/ his own advantage TO SEQ that sht
I has IL.
i If any ono gets taken in, YOU will
} usually lind 1T tho brow beating, bag
Cling, suspicious customer This ii
r human NATURE
Specially delicious is the Devonshir,
a cloLted cream, served with strawterrie,
i or black cars Put painful Of new
milk on the fire. Heat gradually to Tn,
[ scalding point, hut do not boil. Leay,
\ IN the stove for atout half an hour
! then set away in cool place for fiy,
or six hours, until ali the cream ha
: risen. This sill keep for some time.
. Crystallized orange served with nut
n and raisins makes u good finale to
\ dinner, md 1t is not at all bard /,
4 prepare at home. Cut the fruit cross
!, wise into thick slices, picking out al
the seeds. Dip each slice in the heateI
r white of egg, and then in fine crystal
4 lizcd sugar. Dry on sleeves in COG
s oven Emma Paddock Telford