Middletown transcript., 1906-06-16
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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| Dougi!.lit5 will not soak lard SO readil
| il equal AMOUNTS OF lard and beef fat ar
used.
Always wash the dishcloth thorough,
and hang in the sunshine to dry afte
each using.
Alcohol applied to window glass o.
mirrors after cleaning thoroughly vii
produce nice polish.
Three or four scented gerauium leaves
added to about five pints OF apple jelly
give it delicious flavor.
To clean plaster ornaments, busts
vases, etc., dip in clear starch mixed Will
water. When drv, brush off.
A few drops Of spirits of turpentine on
cube of loaf sugar will relieve a cough
when other remedies have failed.
When roasting or baking meat in the
oven place the dipping pan on dish OF
water to prevent the gravy burning or
boiling away.
When anything is accidentally made
too salty, it can be counteracted by add
ing tablespoonful of vinegar and table,
spoonful of sugar.
Washing window curtains in winter can
be easily accomplished by rubbing them
in dry corn meal, and then allowing them
to hang little while in brisk wind
Fish is much improved in flavor if fried
in fat that has been used for former fry
ing, and baked fish is much nicer if
skewered with thin slices of salt pork.
Have little bag hung on the inside OF
the sewing machine frame at the left hand
to receive clippings that so quickly ac-
cumulate when working at the machine.
The odor that clingsso persistently to
a utensil in which fish or onions have
been fried may be dispelled by placing in
a hot oven for ten or fifteen minutes after
washing and drying.
A homemade paste that never sours
nor dries up is made by adding to one
pint Of smooth, thick-very thick-paste,
which has been thoroughly cooked, one
of powdered and ten drops OF
Glove oil.
If threads draw hard and break easily
when preparing piece OF fancy work,
little white soap rubbed on the wrong side
Of linen is all advantage. A lather applied
brush is often a convenience and does
not harm the linen,
Ask your grocer or baker for bean bags
for which he will charge 5 cents each.
Cut down both sides and across closed
end, hem all around and you will have
two good towels, 1896 inches, suitable
for all kitchen purposes, at cost of only
two and one half cents each.
Fragrant red clover blossoms are bloom
ing in suburban fields just in time for the
favoring of butter which is to spread
dainty sandwiches for June affairs.
Wray the butter iu napkin and bury it
for several hours in a bed of flowers.
Use no other filling with the butter as
the flavor is too delicate.
The application of fabrics to woodwork
is one of the new effects in decoration,
and cretonne in handsome patterns is be-
coming quite popular for this purpose.
A doorway frame covered with fabric and
the portieres hung in the usual way per-
mits of tie use of most effective color
and is artistic as well.
Should there be a bad odor in a room
or house caused by cooking foods such as
cabbage, onions, ETC., take few half-dead
Goals on fire shovel, sprinkle table
spoonful of coffee oyer these and allow to
smoke in a room with windows and doors
closed. Raise the windows after short
time, allowing smoke to clear. This de-
stroys any nauseating odor and also acts
as fumigator for germs that often collect
in lace curtains, draperies, etc., and it is
harmless.
To remove the paper which has lined
the cake pan from the cake after it is bak-
ed is work requiring skill. Turn the
cake from the tin on sieve, and when it
has partly cooled turn the cake bottom
upwards and brush the paper with
chilled water until it is thoroughly damp,
when the paper can be easily peeled off.
When the paper is not used and you
which to prevent your cake from sticking
to the pan, grease it we'll, dredge it with
dried -four, and shake out all the -four be-
fore pouring in the cake mixture.
Nothing puzzles the ameteur cook quite
as much as the contrariness of "noodles."
Sometimes they mix up nicely SO they
can be rolled and cut in full perfection
at other times they turn into sticky,
soggy mass, utterly impossible. An infall-
ible rule is to fill one-half the shell of the
eggs used with cold water and then beat
Or .'fold" in only as much -four as can be
absorbed. Put enough on molding
board and rolling pin to prevent adhering
and the result will be smooth, brittle
paste, which can be shredded without
any difficulty.
Since the war in the Far East has
drawn the attentions of Americans to the
lighting qualities of the Japanese, yege-
sarians have been Studying the nutritive
qualities of rice, the most important quail |
ties of rice, the most important article in
the Japanese dietary. Professor s. A.
Knapp, who has been conducting investi-
yations on behalf of the Philadelphia |
Society, says that the rice
which iseaten in America will never make
muscle for Americans as it makes muscle
or the Japanese, for the reason that the |
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