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The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
TO GET BEST RESULTS.
Two Approved Methods for TIE Cook
ing of Sweetbreads.

The Housekeeper presents two re-
cipes for cooking sweetbreads. In the
first they are stewed white and in the
second they are stewed brown. In
gredients-TwO sweetbreads, one pint
of veal broth, seasonings, one ounce
of -four, one ounce of butter, two yolks
Of eggs, One-sixteenth pint cream.
Method-Soak and prepare the
sweetbTeads as in the second recipe,
stewing them for an hour in veal
broth with a seasoning Of mace, white
pepper, salt and a very small slice of
onion. Press them till cold, trim them
and strain into a bowl Melt the but
ter in a stewpan, stir the -four into it
and let it cook without browning. Add
the strained veal broth and stir till
well boiled, then remove from the fire
and beat in the yOlk of two eggs or
warm in this without boiling, then
dish them and serve, garnished with
slices Of lemon and spTigs Of parsley.
Ingredients - Two sweetbreads,
three-quarters of a pint of brown sauce
and tomatoes.
MethOd-SOak two sweetbreads in
warm, salted water for an hour. Put
on stove in cold water. and bring to
boiling point. Take out sweetbreads
and rinse. Put on again in fresh water
or white stock, and allow to simmer
gently for an hour Drain and press
sweetbreads between two plates with
weight upon top Of them. Trim neatly
and cut into thick slices. Put the
sWeetbreads into a stewpan with
three-quarters of a pint of rich brown
sauce, and let them get quite hot. In
the meanwhile pour boiling water over
some tomatoes, skin them and place
them in a buttered tin with buttered
paper over. Bake till tender but un-
broken.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Hot sunshine will remove scorch.
Hot tartaric acid will take ink
stains out of white cloth.
A package or envelope sealed with
white of egg cannot be steamed open.
Even delicate glass can be safely
washed in very hot water if slipped
in edgewise
Insects like neither salt nor alum
and enough adheTes to the carpet to
keep them away.
Saturate grass stains on children's
pinafores, etc, in paraffin and then
put into the Washtub.
Burning oil is spread by water. To
eXtinguish it throw down -four, sand or
earth. The idea is to prevent the oil
from spreading.
Starch should be mixed with soapy
water, for thus the linen Will have a
more glossy appearance and be less
likely to stick to the iron.
ClOtheslines and pegs will last much
longer if they are boiled for ten min
utes when new. 1t is a good plan to
repeat the boiling occasionally.
1t is not generally known, but to
prevent cakes from burning place a
little bran at the bottom of the tins
This will save a lot of grumbling and
veXatiOn.
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SOME GOOD DISHES
METHODS OF COOKING AND sERV-
ING MEATS.
Colorado Feast Venison Something
New TO tire Average Housewife
Vel Ei76s sn Appetizing
Addition 10 Menu.

Lamb ScaIOps. - One cup cold
! lamb. one cup stewed tomatoes, one
cup bread crumbs. Arrange in layers
in a buttered dish, having crumbs on
top with bits Of butter; put salt, pep
per, and bits Of butter between the
layers; bake
Beef LOaf.-Chop or grind tOgeth-
er two pounds of the round Of beef and
One-half pound bacon, crumb One-half
loaf of bread, and beat two eggs. Mix
the meat, bread and eggs together and
season with one teaspoon salt, one
half teaspoon pepper, teaspoon poultry
dressing. Pack firmly in baking dish
and bake l y hours.
Colorado Roast VenisOn. - Cover
the venison roast on all sides
with white paper; secure firmly with
cord. Then make a thick batter Of
-four and water; spreading same all
over the paper; dredge with -four;
bake 25 minutes to a pound; take from
the oven and crack of the batter,
which has formed a crust.
Remove the cord and paper, salt and
pepper to taste, lay strips of fat pork
cut thin on top, and dredge meat with
flour
Place in oven until we'll Drowned; ;
make brown gravy and serve with cur
rant jelly. Many who dislike game
enjoy it if prepared thus, the cooking
of the game in this way extracting the
strong taste sometimes objectionable
Veal Birds.-Use slices of veal
from the loin cut thin. Remove the
bone, skin and fat and pound till one
quarter of an inch thick. Trim with
pieces 21a by four inches. Chop the
trimming fine, with one square inch of
fat salt pork for each bird.
Add half as much fine cracker
crumbs as you have meat. Season
highly with salt. pepper, lemon, cay
enne and onion. Moisten with one egg
and little hot water as for veal loaf,
Spread the mixture on each slice
nearly to the edge, roll up tightly, and
tie or faSten with skewers. DTedge
with salt, pepper and flour.
Fry them slowly in, hot butter till a
golden brown, but not dark or burned.
Then half cover with cream and sim
mer Is or 20 minutes. Remove the
strings and serve on toast. Pour the
cream over them. Garnish with points
Of toast and lemon.
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FOR STUFFED TOMATO SALAD.
New Recipe Recommended by Fannie
Merritt Farmer.

"A stuffed tomato salad is one Of my
new recipes" writes Fannie Merritt
Farmer, the great cooking authority
in her monthly page in the Womans s
Home Companion. Peel six small to-
matoes, cut a slice from the stem end
Of each, remove the soft inside, sprin-
kle the insides with salt and let stand,
inverted, 80 minutes. Mash half ten
cent cream cheese, add six chopped
pimolas, one tablespoonful Of finely
chopped parsley, one tablespoonful Of
tomato pulp, OnefOurth o a teaspoon
full Of dry mustard and enough French
dressing TO mOisten, Fill the tomato
cases with the mixture, and serve on
lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dres-
sing, which may be successfully made
If one will but follow directions. Mix
one teaspOOnful of mustard, one tea
spoonful Of salt, one teaspOOnful of
powdered sugar and a few grains of
cayenne. Add the yolks of two eggs,
and stir until thoroughly blended;
then add One-half teaspoonful of vine
gar. Add olive oil gradually at first,
drop by drop, and stir constantly. AS
the mixture thickens, thin with vine
gar or lemon juice. Add oil and
vinegar or lemon juice alternately.
stirring or beating constantly, until
two tablespoonfuIs each of vinegar and
lemon juice and ~ cupfuls OF olive
oil have been used. If the oil is added
too TaDidlV the dressing will have
curdled appearance. A smooth con-
sistency may be restored by taking
the yolk Of another egg and adding the
curdled mixture slowly to it. Olive oil
for the making of mayonnaise should
always be thoroughly chilled. The
utensil used in the making of mayon-
naise may be a silver fork, wire whisk
small wooden spoon or Dover egg
beater.
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FOR PURE VANILLA
SECURE BEAN AND MAKE FLA.
VoRING AT HOME.
Dessert Requisite in No Way Hard to
Prepare and Housewife May Rest
Assured She Has the Genu-
Inc Article.

Vanilla pods, or beans as they are
popularity called. as found in the
shops, look ike dark brown, narrow,
flexible strips, from three to eight
inches in length, flattened and hooked
at the stem end.
The surface is furrOwed lengthwise
during the process of curing, and is
often covered with tiny crystals.
Within are innumerable minute, shin
ing. bead-like black seeds, imbedded IN
an aromatic sticky pulp. Much OF the
commercial extract is adulterated with
the TOnka bean, which belongs to the
same family, but is not nearly so deli
cate.
The cheapest bargain" extracts are
made entirely from the Tonka bean 1t
has been said that in most cases where
poisoning has taken place after eating
ice cream, cheap vanilla has been the
flavor employed. Where the pure arti-
Gle is prepared at home there is never
any danger.
The vanilla plant is N orchid and
the only one whose fruit has COM
mercial value.
Another way of preparing the flavor
ing is to split four beans and clip in
bits with scissors. Put seeds, husks,
and all into a bottle, pour over them
one pint of brandy or whisky, cork
tightly, shaking frequently for the first
four or FIVE weeks.
Vanilla Sugar for FlaVoring.-An-
other excellent way to utilize the pods
for favoring is this: Cut one ounce of
the Mexican vanilla beans into very
small pieces, using shears or knife.
Add one ounce grain alcohol, macerate
for 80 minutes, then add two ounces
sugar of milk. Break up seven ounces
rock candy crystals with a hammer,
first wrapping a cloth around it,. and
add TO the other ingredients. Add also
two pounds powdered sugar, When
thoroughly mixed put into a we'll
stoppered bottle. This is unequaled
for purity and flavor.
Lemon Extract.-BefOre cutting the
lemons to extract the juice, scrub well,
rinse and wipe with a soft cloth. Then
CRATE off all the delicate yellow skin,
taking care that none o. the white
part of the rind gOes in, as this will
give a bitter taste. Pack a small bot
tie full of these yellow shavings, cover
with pure grain alcohol and set away
for three weeks. At the end of that
time strain and bottle.
Lemon Sugar.-Place the grated vel
low rind of lemons in a wide-mOuthed
bottle and cover thickly with granu-
lated sugar. Keep the bottle tightly
COrked. The sugar becomes saturated
with the oil from the peel and when
used imparts a delicious flavor.
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Hot Water SPONGE Cake.

Work together IL cupfuIs OF granu.
lated sugar, or IA cupfuls of pow
dered sugar, with the yellows Of four
eggs well beaten. Whip separately the
whites OF four eggs until they are light
and fluffy as snow, and add them to
the yellows and sugar.
Take 11a cups of flour through
which two small teaspoonfuIs ot
baking powder has been thoroughly
mixed and stir in JriskIy with the
above. Put pinch Of salt into four
tablespoons of boiling water and ado
to this mixture.
Crate lightly the outer yellow part
of the rind of Cne-half lemon, and add
for fIavoring Bake in a moderately
hot oven in e cake tin which has a hol
low cylinder,
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Almond Surprise.

Dissolve one package of raspberry
gelatin and half a pint Of granulated
sugar in one and a half pints of boil
ing raspberry juice from canned fruit,
as this imparts a better flavor; strain
it, then stand away to cool When it
IS slightly stiff stir into it half pound
of ground or rolled chocolate almond ;
put it in the refrigerator, and when
perfectly firm serve icy cold turned
out upon a glass dish, or in individual
glass punch glasses, with one table
spoonful of whipped cream on top of
each cup. 1t is well TO prepare all
dishes where gelatin is used the day
before they are required, thus giving
them ample time to stiffen, and avoid
ing anxiety on the part of the cook.
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Washinu delicate Embroiserfes.

Make a good lather with soap and
warm water, adding One-fOurth Of a
teaspoOnfUl of powdered boraX to each
quart of water. Place the articles in
an ordinary glass fruit jar, then near
ly fill the jar with the lather. Seal
tightly, shake the jar a little and
place it in bright sunlight for "A hours.
Of course, if the weather is cloudy,
the time should be allowed for. Turn
the jar around occasionally, so that
the sun may penetrate every part.
When the time is up, pour of the
lather, press the fabric gently then
rinse several times in clear. soft
water. Return it to the jar with more
clear water. set it again in the sun,
changing the water daily, until the
material is white. I recently renOvat-
ed a bit of fine old hand embroidery,
which had become as yellow as SAT
from, by this method, and it was beau
tifuI.-Woman's Home Companion.
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Cold Tomato Sauce.

Peel and chop fine half peck of to-
matoes. Drain through colander. Chop
fine two large stalks of celery, two
large red peppers, half cup of chopped
onions, half cup grated horseradish,
one cup of dark and yellow mustard
seeds mixed, one cup of brown sugar.
half cup salt, one teaspoonfuI each of
ground cinnamon, mace, cloves, and
black pepper, two teaspoonfuls of al
spice. and one quart of the best cider
vinegar. Mix well together; put in
two quart glass jars and seal 1t needs
no cooking and will keep for a year.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
To Clean Silk Gloves.

Washing silk gloves rOts them rap
idly, especially at the finger ends, yet
nothing is less excusable than sOiled
white or other light silk gloves, be
cause it is so easy to wash them.
To prevent this rapid destruction
Of the finger ends the gloves should be
hung to dry with the tips up. This can
be accomplished only by pinning each
finger out on a cloth and then hanging
up the cloth with the arms of the
gloves down. This lets water run
into the portions of the gloves which
receive the least wear, dries the tips
more quickly and prevents the destruc-
tive action Of water on the siIk-De-
lineatOr.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
Chicken in Green PeDDer Cases

Cut three large sweet green peppers
in halves from stem end down, remove
the stem and seeds and scald five min
utes. Mix one cupful Of minced cooked
meat. either veal or chicken, one.
fourth cupful of bread-crumbs or boiled
rice. with enough white or tomato
sauce to moisten. Season and pack
the mixture in the pepper cases
Sprinkle buttered cracker crumbs
over the top, lay the peppers in d
shallow pan with water to cover the
bottom, and bake about 20 minutes A
garnish of the tops Of celery makes
an attractive setting for the green
pepper cases.
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EIorentine Loaf.

The Housekeeper considers a Flor
entine loaf a dessert worth trying
Take one pint of orange juice, the
juice of one lemon and add to this one
pint of sugar; stir until the sugar dis
solves, then boil for ten minutes and
turn into a quart brick mold and cool
Season one pint double cream with
one teaspoonful of grated orange and
lemon peel mixed, add half a cupfuI
of pulverized sugar Whip until thick
and then pour into the brick mold
cover with buttered paper, butter side
up, and large enough to come over
the edge when the cover is placed on
Tie down securely and bury in crushed
ice and salt for three hours; when
ready to cut into slices, wipe off the
mold, remove paper. run a warm cloth
over the sides and bottom, inyert the
mold onto the dish.
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Bud Salad.

Boil as many eggs as you have peo-
pie to serve. Boil hard, peel, and put
into cold water. Shave small new cab
bage into mere strings. Arrange cab
bage about one inch thick in each
salad dish
With a daTning needle and a heavy
white linen thread draw through the
egg. Hold the egg Iengthwise. Cut
into nye strips from the top of the egg
half way to the bottom. Be careful
not to scar the yellow. Loop back
the white part so as to let half of the
yellow stand alone. Remove thread.
Season TO taste and serve with
French dressing.
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Italian Cakes.

Half a cup Of butter, warmed but
hot melted, and the same quantity of
sugar, beaten to a cream. Add one by
one, beating continuously, four eggs,
whites and yoIks. At the last beat in
very hard half a cup of pastry flour.
Pour this mixture to the depth of half
an inch in a shallow buttered tin and
bake in a moderately quick oven for
10 or 10 minutes. Turn upside down
to cool; spread thickly with a firm
jam or Jelly, preferably strawberry or
raspberry, and then overlay this with
stiff chocolate icing. When firm, cut
into odd shapes, squares, discs, dia-
mOnds, triangIes, etc.
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Fruit Wafers-

Mix three cups Of graham or whole
wheat -four with a cup of cold sour
cream; add half a teaspoonfuI Of salt
and knead well. Divide in two parts
and roll one thin; on this spread a
layer of chopped figs and lay on the
other layer; press the two together
with the rolling pin. cut in squares
and bake quickly. Instead Of figs you
can use dates, OF dates and figs
chopped together, or fiss and nuts. Or
stewed and stoned prunes may be
used alone or with the figs.
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RAD Carpet Without sewino.

Tear rags about an inch wide. cut a
buttOnhole in each end. lay one strip
on the other so that one hole is over
the other, take the end of the lower
one and draw it through the hole Of
the upper one tightly, and it will look
as if sewed Now take a large Gro
chet hook and crochet as if making
common round tidy. You can make
it as large as you want and quickly,
can be washed in a tub, and with care
will last a lifetime.
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To Prevent Moths

To keep moths out Of upholstered
furniture, sprinkle well with benzine.
1t will not spot or stain the most deli
cate cOlors, and the unpleasant odor
soon passes away in the air. When
it is known that the moth miller has
entered a closet. burn a tablespoonful
of gum camphor in the room, closing
the door and letting the clothes remain
in the fumes.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
THE REAL PEACH coBBLER.
One of the Most PaIatabIe of All
Forms of Dessert.

Every cook can make peach cobbler,
but it is down south that this palata-
bic dessert approaches perfection.
Here is a recipe which is guaranteed
to produce a delicious result: Select
the richest and ripest fruit. usually
some variety Of the yellow peach, be-
cause of its superior richness. Butter
a deep earthenware pudding dish at
least three and One-haIf inches deep.
Line the side with good pastry, then
fill the dish with peeled peaches torn
in halves instead of cutting. Leave in
enough pits to impart flavor Sweeten
abundantly, then cover with a rich
layer OF crust, sealing down so that
none Of the juices may escape. Bake
in a hot oven about thTee-quarters of
an hour, covering with paper if there
is any danger of it browning too rapid
ly. When nearly done draw to the
oven door, dTedge over with powdered
sugar and set back to glaze. a real
Old-fashiOned cook is a stiCkler for a
few spOOnfuls of brandy poured over
the peaches before the top crust is put
on, but the majority Of folk find it
quite delectable enough without any
spirituOus additions.
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Cornish turnover.

Equal quantities of boiled rice and
breadcrumbs, one fnely-chopped onion
and a small quantity Of parsley and
thyme; mix into a paste with two
beaten eggs. Make a light pastry. cut
into small circles and make into turn
overs, filling them with the mixture,
about half tablespoonful to a turn
over. Brush over with white ok egg
and bake in a quick oven.
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Sard.ne Salad.

A quickly prepared tasty salad may
be made with sardines as a founda-
ton. Arrange crisp leaves of lettuce
on individual plates, put two of the
fish on each. sprinkle them with lem
on juice and turn over them a spoon
ful OF mayCnnaise. GaTnish with cold
boiled beets and serve with cream and
cheese balls.
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LYMAN Salad.

Select long green peppers, cut in
halves lengthwise, remove the seeds,
and fill with grapefruit pulp, celery
and apple finely cut, and pecan nut
meats broken in pieces. using half as
much each of celery and apple as of
grape fruit, and allowing three nut
meats to each case. Arrange on let
tuce leaves and garnish with may
Onnaise dressing
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
To Pack China

When moving. a new way to pack
china that is valuable as we'll as deli
cate is to wrap each piece carefully
in parafine paper and sink it in the
flour barrel A delicate piece of
Wedgewood china and a piece of val
liable statuaTy were packed in this
way, and neither piece was injured. OF
course, the flour barrel must be reason
ably full of flour.
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To Clean 4 Bean Pot.

Instead Of scraping and securing an
earthen pot in which beans have been
baked, put in one teaspCOnful Of bak-
ing soda and FL tp with cold water.
Cover well, so ii can steam eff ali the
black that adheEes to the edges Of the
pot Leave in the oven two hours or
more. Your bean pot viii cleanse as if
by magic.
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Eco and Beet Salad

Slice and peel several wellcooked
beets and lay into a pan with two Ia
blespOnfuls Of olive oil Let the beets
stew in the oil until hot Lay the beets
in the center of a hot dish and around
the edges place poached eggs. Sprin-
kle lightly with salt aEd pepper aaS
squeeze tie juice of a lemon over the
NhesN
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Sliced Beef Relish

Take two pounds Of raw, tender
beefsteak, chop it very fine. put into
1t salt, pepper and a little sage, two
tablespoons Of melted butter. Add two
rolled crackers, made very fine, also
two well-beaten eggs. Make it up into
the shape Of a rel aBd bake it. Baste
with butter and water before baking
Cut in slices when cold.
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When Rurnina Rubbish.

When burning vegetable refuse, old
papers and rubbish in the stove OF
furnace, throw a handful of salt il the
fire and there will be no unpleasant
and disagreeable odor.
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Warm RaIsIns and Currants.

A good baker warns the raisins and
cur ants before putting Eem II the
breA al or cake dough
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Pest Afro-American Accommoda-
ton in the District.
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Why married people don't stay
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"BRoN TiDi."
Hollow Noises That Came from Some.
where,

Hollow Noises That Came from Some.
where.
Interesting acoustic phenomena
called, in Italy, "brontidi," have been
investigated by Prof. It. Alippi, of the
meteorological and seismical observa-
tory OF Urtino, italy. These brontidi
are mostly hollow noises, resembling
the echo of a distant explosion, and
are usually observed with a bright
sky and calm air, occurring rather
seldom In windy or rainy weather.
They usually occur In the afternoon
both in winter and summer. These
noises would seem to be of atmos-
pheric origin. They do not produce
any physiological effects of their own
nor do they seem to be connected with
local earthquakes. though they some
times cause window panes to vibrate.
They are nearly everywhere consid-
cred as presages Of bad weather, and
are popularity supposed to be due u
strong tides or storms at sea, whose
echoes are transmitted to distance.
Prof. Alippi has obtained his results
by means of circular letter t, which
2l7 observers havs replied and l2j
OF whom had noticed the sounds. rhe
observers In question were distributed
throughout the whole of Italy and its
African colonies.
These noises do not appear to be
due to artificial causes such as mine
explosions or gun shots, as they most
ly occur In central mountain regions
where such causes are absent, while
In some populated valleys where
mines are common their existence
Is never noticed. The author is not
inclined either to ascribe this phen
omenon to natural causes, such as
winds. while the hypothesis some
times suggested of thunderbolts I'M
der the horizon cannot be maintained
either. owing to the equal distribu-
ton OF brontidi over summer ana
winter.
There may be some connection be-
tween certain brontidi and seismlcal
phenomena, while another class Of
orontidi may be connected with mete
geological phenomena; and In order
fully to elucidate this question. the
observations will be continued from
the Italian Central Meteorological
and Geodynamical Once, which in.
tends to send out more inquiry forms.
Scientific American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

big fellow three days ago, and he was
neatly harpooned from the pulpit. Dex-
ter then leaped into dory and fol-
lowed the fish until 1t lay quiet upon
the surface. Then he rowed up along
side and. putting the hooks into the
fish, swung 1t into the dory. The sword
fish occupied nearly the entire bottom
of the dory, and as soon as he was out
of the water he began to thrash about.
Dexter prepared to give the fish the
finishing stroke and failed to notice
that the creatures tail was under his
seat The fish suddenly struck the seat
a tremendous blow with its tail, and
the seat and its occupant went sailing
through the air and dropped into the
water.