The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
Housekeepers Exchange

boiler, and YOU will be surprised. When
they boil ten minutes wash on the board
and rinse in the usual way This IS the
best preparation 1 ever saw Or used, and
/ hope some poor housewife viii be
helped by this as I have been by your
most valued column. MRS NIKE.
ANY LABOR-SAVING SUGGESTION
of this sort 1 am more than happy to
pass on" There is no danger that
wOmans work viii be made too easy,
no matter what number OF helps she has
IN A RECENT ISSUE OF YOUR
paper someone asks for a recipe
for putting up gOoSeberries. am Iono
jelly of them. Ny faYOrite method is
stewing them thoroughly, without TOO
ally stews them for table sauce. Fiji
jars to the brim, boiling hot. and seal
Immediately. Mine always keep Wen
OF course, the berries must be topped
and tailed and well looked over.
Yours truly, MRS y
LET ANOTHER HOUSEWIFE ADD
TO this excellent recipe the recomme noa-
ton to drain off superf1uous syrup-0I
which. there is always goodly guam
uty-strain, bring to the Doll, adq more
sugar, heated dry in the oven. and when
this has fully dissolved. take from the
IRE and put up in tumDlers. 1ou VIII
have a delicious tart jelly as well as
your preserved berries.
Il ONCE ASKED a WOMAN WHO
was an excellent baker to give me her
recipes for bread, biscuit, etc. She did,
and when read them over -four was
not mentioned so 1 spoke to her of II,
to which she replied: Why, anybody
with good sense knows you always put
flour in bread and biscuits. At any
rate, III say, use good rubbers.
"A reader asks for pumpkin sauce /
feel bound to give the following, as 1t is
certainly old-fashioned, but 1 cannot
vOuch for il. as l can for the corn, and
] am very doubtful as to whether 1t is
what E F. wants
Pumpkin Mush.
Two quarts of sweet milk. Let It come
TO a boil Haze ready. some stewed
pumpkin mashed and the liquid drained
of. Take a full pint of the pumpkin, a
little butter and a teaspoOnful of ground
ginger. Stir gradually into the milk as
II comes to a boil. then add. slowly. a
pint of Indian meal, stirring It con-
stantly. If il seems too thin, add in
equal proportions more pumpkin and
meal, till the mush- IS so thick you can
scarcely stir IT. Boil well, and let sim
mer one hour without cover Add mo-
lasses If liked or eat with sugar or milk
I hope that is near the recipe z. F.
wants, and I thank you for the help and
-'O' '''-''' '1' e. P. H"
AND I THANK YOU AND THE REST
of the blessed sisterhoOd for your cordial
cooperation with me in the endeavor to
make the Exchange a genuine help and
a continual comfort to tOiling house
wives all over our beautiful, bOuntfu
land God bless it-and you'll
During THE CIVIL WAR, WHILE
on march, about eight miles southeast
of Port Royal in the State of Virginia,
on the ID day of June, 1864, I picked UD
a neat pocket Bible. morocco bound. gilt
edge and brass clasp, with the following
written on the fly leaf: jeffrey HUFF
ferd, presented by his sister, Julia HUFF
I carried this precious little volume
with me 10 the close of the war; have
had it now nearly thirty-nine years, and
prize it very highly, yet, if either the
brother or sister or any of their near kin
should see this item and viii Communi-
cate with me / will send it to them.
Wv. H. k
PUBLISH THIS ON THE CHANCE
that among our Southern readers there
may be someone to whom the name
given may prove familiar Such relic
of a member Of a family who fought in
the great war would be of unspeakab bic
value to any OF his surviving kin or
friends. ] appreciate the spirit of fra
trrGity that led the present holder Of
the precious book to send this word into
the world, on the chance of its catching
the eye Of someone 20 whom 1t might
prove Of especial interest.
Il WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
through Your columns, or viii enclose
stamp. so YOU may answer direct If you
prefer, what viii keep air-tight (sheet
from stoves from rUshDg2 When the
weather mOderateS and the fires are not
kept up constantly the stoves will rust
right in our rooms and they do not
appear damp in other respects. What
should be done before putting them
away for the season?
MRS. !. F. b"
no NOT KNOW or ANYTHING.
unless YOU mix a little kerosene with the
polish you use on the stove. You know
that kerosene will take of rust stains
and it may prevent their coming by
covering the iron with light coating Of
oil. To keep the stoves from FUsting
during the summer, rub them well with
some grease or oil. and, If YOU can man
age il. cover them with neWsDapers
This should prove eficacious.