Middletown transcript., 1908-03-28
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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the ham and to cupful of it allow tht
same amount OF shredded white cabbage
small cucumber pickle and picked
button onion, both chopped fine. Make
border Of the cabbage and turn the ham
into the centre and sprinkle with the
minced pickle. Dress with oil aud vine.
gar and garnish with olives and Spanish
red peppers.
Celery, green peppers, apples and
slice of onion cut up together make an
appetizihg dinner salad. Garnish il with
radishes and dress with oil and vinegar
and dash Of paprika.
Pimentos and cold boiled string beans
mixed make delicious salad.
A couple Of tablespoonfuIs Of cream
cheese added to the French dressing
makes variation in an ordinary vege.
table salad.
To blanch vegetables for salad, cut
them into the shapes and sizes required
and boil each separately for three or tour
minutes. Then drain, turn it into cold
water and boil in salted water until tender.
Fish and meat used in salad should
always be cold and should be allowed to
stand for time covered with oil and
vinegar, which should be drained off be-
fore the salad dressing is turned on.
For slightly, and delicious salad, boil
spinach tender, drain and chop fine and
season with oil, lemon juice, salt and
paprika. Put slice OF hard boiled egg
into the bottom Of each of the individual
moulds to be used and pack in the sea.
soned spinach. When it is thoroughly
chilled and just before serving turn the
moulds onto lettuce leaves and serve with
mayonnaise.
The vital question Of the time to the
woman who owns set Of furs is how to
pack them so that they will be free from
the pesky moth. OF course, the very
safest way is to send them to some re-
liable firm to put into cold storage, but il
this cannot be done, first hang the fnrs
UP for a good summing AID then pack
them away with goodly supply Of
camphor balls. One woman who has a
very fine set OF furs, which she guards
very carefully, takes them out about once
every month, shakes them well and suns
them again and then packs them with
new supply Of moth balls. She be-
lieyes that eternal vigilance is the price
to pay if the pests are to be kept at bay.
The time for wearing the low shoe
approacheth, and with it the ever-present
fear that hole in the dainty silk or Isle
stocking may develop in the "twinkling
Of an eye." Every woman knows that
this comparison is not inapropos for it is
possible to start out wearing a perfectly
new pair of hose and before half shop
ping expedition is over have a horrible
little hole appear. Here is plan which
one woman has found to remedy this
trouble, and which she cheerfully and
generously passes along. Get little
strip of velvet and paste it inside the
slipper, just at the top where the binding
of the shoe is likely to rub. Similar
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS matching the shoes
and stockings-will prevent many q
maiden dancing holes in her best silk
hose, a calamity devoutly to be guarded
against.
Freshness must be the first considera-
tion in selecting fish. A fish of the most
inferior variety when fresh is far superior
to the most aristocratic member of the
finny tribe that has been kept for long
time out OF water. Fish that are pre-
served by freezing or by any other method
are not to be compared in favor to the
fresh fish. When a fish has a firm eye
and firm, hard flesh il is good indica-
tion that it has not been long out of its
native element. This, therefore, should
be the main test. II you buy frozen fish
be sure that you thaw it in cold water
and not in warm water. Many fish are
good when prepared in any way, but
there are certain kinds which are es-
pecially adapted to certain methods Of
preparation. Small and white-meated
fish are generally best when fried. Fish
OF oily, dark meat are better when cooked
in some other way. Baking is the best
method Of preparing large fish with or
without stufiDg. On account Of its
superior richness, salmon can be boiled
to good advantage, this being the only
fish that dees not suffer in the boiling
process.
Broiling is an ideal way of cooking fish,
but at the same time it is the most waste
full way, the juices being drawn out in the
process. If the meat is rather dry brush
over with olive oil and then broil under
over the coal fire. A tablespoonful of
olive oil is ample for a large fish. II a
drawn butter sauce is made from the
water in which the fish is cooked, then
there is no waste.
You might obtain the desired relief
through the aid of cayenne pepper. When.
blown into the cracks where ants con-
gregate it will drive them away. The
same remedy is also good for mice. When
washing wooden floor put two table
spoonsful of paraffin oil into some clean,
soapy water, as hot as you can bear your
hands in. Ii will also destroy all insects.
When polishing your stove mix the
stove blacking with vinegar. This will
make the backing stick better, and also
gives better polish.
Pie dishes, plates and cups, marked
with brown stains from being used for
baking, may be cleansed by applying
powdered whiting on damp flannel or
by common salt.
If lemons are kept in cold water their
freshness will remain unimpaired for sew
eral weeks To get the greatest possible
value ont Of lemon. heat it thoroughly
before squeezing, and you will obtain
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