The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
THINGS WORTH. KNOWING
Bits of Scrapbook Wisdom on Vari.
GUS Household Tonnes. 49,. .~.e,

An ancient kitchen tool recently revived
is the salamander iron, which may be
made one of the most useful Of fancy ap-
planes. The salamander is round disc
OF 1ron' quite thin and fiat, and fastened
to wooden handle. When thoroughly
heated over Goals, the iron is held, close
to pastry, meringues, ETC., coloring them
a beautiful brown. A delicious dish of
spaghetti is, made by boiling the paste in
sailed water seasoning and sprinkling
thickly with parmesan cheese. At the
last moment hold the salamander closely
| to the cheese, long enough to scorch it
slightly. There is a piquancy about
spaghetti cooked in this way that is
never forgotten by those who once taste
it, o.
! Linen is always a welcome gift to the
housewife OF slender means. A new fea-
ture in able linens is the round cloths
for the now popular circular table The
most, expensive ones have rich real lace
centers,. with deep, irregular lace borders
set in like medallions.' Among the choice
and beautiful designs are the king Ar
thur" with perfectly plain centers and
deep hanging lace borders and those
with designs in lilacs, wistaria chrysan-
themums and American Beauty roses,
| There should be a centerpiece of some
description on the home table, if it be
nothing more than a simple, inexpensive
vase holding a few fern leaves. This
gives the charming touch of refinement so
desirable on the table around which the
family gathers daily. One of the daugh-
tiers of the house with taste for en-
bro1dery should make at least half
dozen centerpieces of linen with escal-
loped or hemstitched edges, and this
forms a dainty foundation for the vase or
low dish. - ...s-,
Il scf.rs III. I'D
If you have some old daguerreetypes,
glass-covered and gilt-matted, take them
out of their embossed leather cases and
frame them in some dull shade of close
piled velvet, sage green, or dull red, or,
if you like in silver or. pewter, and you
viii have a fashionable bit of brio "a -brac,
and at the same time preserve an
esteemed antique. = 81
! A luncheon suggestion useful when to-
matoes are in season-and that in the
cities is all the year around-is to serve
the oyster cocktails in tomato shells. Sc
lect small firm tomatoes, have them ice
cold, scoop out the center, and fill with
the oysters and seasoning. -
A dentist advises that fruit eaten at
night presupposes the use of the tooth
brush as surely as if candy had been
munched. The traces of acids should be
AOA1ONOu 4u1IS VI OHIplly DIS Those OF
sweets. Care should be taken, too as
to what is eaten before teeth filling APP
pointment. Acids are to be avoided, par
ticularly those that set the teeth on edge.
Persons with sensitive teeth will find that
this care may save them several pangs.
Delicious fancy cakes are made of one
and one-half ounces Of rice flour, two and
one-half ounces Of wheat -four, four
ounces of butter, four ounces of gran
ulated sugar, three eggs, rone-ha1f tea
4 spoonful Of baking powder, extract of
vanilla, some apricot jam or preserve, and
blanched almonds chopped and Drowned.
i Put butter into a basin and beat thor
oughly with a wooden spoon, adding by
d degrees, the sugar Mix the flours to-
4 gether and divide the mixture into three
Y portions. Add one egg to the beaten but
i ter and sugar, and when that is well
mixed stir in gradually one Of the three
portions of flour. Next add to this the
J. second egg, then the second portion of
flour. the third egg and the third portion
Of flour. Beat all well and stir in a tea
:, spoonful .of-vanilla and half a teaspoonful
!. Of baking powder.
Butter some patty pans, dust them
!, lightly with flour mixed with little
sugar. Put in the mixture and bake in
: very quick oven. When they are cool,
pass some apricot jam through sieve,
then warm in a small saucepan, adding
two or three drops of carmine Cover the
tops of the cakes with the jam and then
scatter the chopped almonds over the top.