Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

you are HOl YOUR SidnunuoInci'
II has been said in criticism OF wo-
men of today that our foremothers
secured with soap and sand till tables,
chairs, and floors were white an tin
ware shone like silver. Their spick-
and-span neatness would put to blush
many a modern housekeeper. But it
should be remembered that many of
those neat housekeepers let their
kitchen sinks drain into a green pool
under the window while rotting vege-
tables in the cellar bred epidemics of
disease.
| 1t is well to have a memory that
runs back forty years, for it recalls
great progress in household sanitation.
We no longer scour boards, neither do
we sleep on feather beds that have
been used by consumptives or fever
patients. Retrospection in house
keeping makes one glad to live today.
1t should be remembered, however,
that the better understanding of dan
ger in neglected drains, poor ventila-
ton, and ill-kept cellars brings new
duties. Taking spinning, soapmaking,
and kindred employments from the
home has not left the housekeeper n
idleness. She is the engineer who
runs the complicated machinery of the
modern household. In the morning
complaint is made of the kitchen
plumbing. or the ice chest leaks; the
evening brings trouble in the electric
lighting or a defect develops in the gas
range Her watchful eye must take
in the care of the bathroom, and that
the contents of re garbage pail, ash
and waste paper barrels conform to
the health laws. Increased comfort
in living does not come as free gift.
Ideal Lemon Pie.
Line a plate with good paste and
prick it with fork in several places
to prevent blistering in the baking.
Make filling with one cup Of sugar.
two level tablespoons of butter. the
yolks of two eggs, one cup of boiling
water, the juice and grated rind of one
lemon, and two level tablespoons Of
cornstarch dissolve in a little cold
water. Stir the diluted cornstarch
into the boiling water, and cook until
clear, then add the butter and sugar
Take from the fire and add the lemon
and the beaten eggs. Fill the baked
crust and cover with a meringue made
from the whites of three eggs beaten
stiff with one tablespoon of lemon juice
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Spread evenly over the pie and set in
very slow oven for twenty minutes.
Butter Balls.
The best way to make individual
butter pats is to work the butter into
little balls with the grooved butter
paddles made of wood. Keep the
paddles in cold water until well chilled,
then take piece of butter about the
between the paddles in either a rouno
ball or a tiny roll Place the rolls in
ice water until they are to be served.
This is a great improvement over set
ting cut or broken pieces of butter on
the table, as must be done in the emer-
gency. 1t takes but a little time 10
make up all the butter needed for the
day.
Raised Oatmeal Mullins.
Scald threequarters cup of milk, add
one half cup Of sugar, one level tea
spoon of salt, one-half yeast cake dis
solved in four tablespoons of milk,
one cup of cooked oatmeal and two and
onehalf cups of -four. Let rise and put
into buttered muffin tin or iron gem
pans and let rise again and bake in a
quick oven.
Orange Fritters.
Peel two oranges and take off all the
white skin. Make a batter with two
cups OF milk, three eggs and one cup
OF -four and small pinch of salt.