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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
The Ease of a
Course Dinner
By orline Dorman Poster.


Many of our housewives who want
the elegance of a course dinner, yet
who are limited to the services Of one
maid, would be much amazed at the
ease with which they can both cook
and serve if little forethought be used
in the menu.
COCKTAIL.-A preliminary cocktail,
prepared beforehand from bottled
sauce or catsup and marinated oysters
or CLAIMS, makes a good beginning and
can be made ready in the early morn
ing and placed on ice to great advan--
tage.
SOUP.--A clear soup with vermieelh
or noodles can be cooked the day before
and may simmer quietly for half an
hour before serving time without fur
ther care.
FISH.-Fish is well represented by
deviled crabs. seasoned and turned into
little mounds in the center of cookie
shells. This NAV be done any time sew
eral hours previous to the feast and all
they need at meal time is a simple
browning in the oven.
MEAT.-Large and substantial roastS
are not only hard to prepare and serve
but also fill the oven to the exclusion
of everything else, 50 why not have de-
Iicious little steaks, fIet of beef, with
canned French peas and pOmme de terre
au gratin, served in ramekins and pre-
pared early in the day from mashed
potato and a sprinkling Of grated
cheese
SALAD.-Most salads may, without
serious injury, be mixed several hours
before using and placed in a large bowl
in the refrigerator, placing il on tho
lettuce leaves at serving time Cheese
balls are better made early and iced
DESSERT.-Certaiply for dessert
nothing could be more delicious, mere
appetizing or more decorative than
individual Charlotte Russo, more pOpu-
lar than iee-eTeam with bot maple or
chocolate sauce and stuffed waters. or
more soul satisfying than q tutti-frutti
French cream, all of which may be
either ordered from the caterer or made
at home early.
With bonbons. coffee, cigars and IL
oueurs (if used) this provides for a
really elaborate dinner Of eight courses,
which could be prepared for that mat
ter by the housewife herself in the fore
noon. inasmHch as the only thing which
must be actually cooked at mealtime -
the steak Almost any maid could be
trusted to do the rest.
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oven will be in prime condition for
baking, and the top will be hot enough
for cooking purposes.
TO REMOVE DRIED INK STAINS.
The best way TO remove ink stains
that have dried is to rub them with
milk till the stain fades away, changing
the milk as ii becomes discolored: az
forwards rub with ammonia TO remove
the grease.
Fresh ink stains should be sprinkle
with salt, which absorbs the ink. and
so prevents the stain from spreading.
Brush it into a dustpan as soon as it
is discolored, sprinkle with fresh salt,
removing that in the same way.
LACQUERED RBAsS.
Lacquered brass must not be allowed
to get black, but should be cared for
in the beginning, while it is still new
and bright. and thus ensure longer
and brighter existence of it.
IT should be washed occasionally with
slightly warm, soapy water, then dried
with a clean cloth and polished with
clean, dry chamois leather.
In damp weather laequered brass
should be well rubbed every day with
q clean, dry leather. Treated in this
way the lacquer can be kept beautiful
~ bright.
FLUSHING WASTE PIPES.
Give thorough attention every week
to the plumbing of the house. All
waste pipes should be flushed with
boiling lye in sufficient quantities to
eat away the accumulation of grease
that coats the interior of the pipes
leading from the kitchen.
A solution of permanganate Of potash
is invaluable for flushing the pipes
leading from stationary washstands.
The solution in either case should be
roured rapidly so that the pipes are
full, and every Bit of the interior sur
face is thus made sanitary.
4 pound Of copperas dissolved in
bucket of water is an excellent disin-
fectant, as IS also a boiling solution
Of common or washing soda, one pint
to three gallons of water.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
TO MEND CHINA.

One Of the latest known, though also
one of the simplest and effective ee-
ments for mending china is white oil
color, such as is usually sold in tubes,
from which it is squeezed out in the
desired quantity.
Broken things should always be
mended as soon as possible after the
accident. but, of course, there are oeca-
sions when this Is not feasible.
Paint the broken parts with the oil,
press them IN position, tie them to-
gether and the operation is complete.
The only precaution 10 observe to in
sure perfect success Is to put the mend
ed article away to dry thoroughly for
six weeks. after that period, however
neither heat nor cold nor moisture
should affect the cement.
IF. after complete drying. any color
remains. having possibly oozed out, it
must be carefully scraped of with q
knife.
If any kind Of eartheuware vessel is
cracked and leaks II can be so treated
as 10 be quite Of use again.
Put the cracked utensil into fish
kettle or other suitable vessel that win
hold IL conveniently. covering il com
pleteIv with cold milk Set it over a
moderate fire. let the milk boil MP
gradually and nearly boil itself away.
When the liquor has been absorbed
bv one-half stand the vessel aside and
when the contents are quite cold the
dish VIII hold water again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
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There is no better sport for young
girls when they meet in the evening
than candy making. Delicious varieties
can be prepared with little trouble and
small expense. Probably the most pop
ular, however. are chocolate caramels
or chocolate candies in all forms.
CARAMELS.
One-quarter of a pounds of brown
sugar, one-quarter of a pound of but
ter, one tumblerful of milk or cream.
Put all together and let them melt.
Boil for twenty minutes. pour on but
tered dishes and before quite cold cut
in small squares with a sharp knife
After taking off the saucepan add
half a teaspoonfuI of essence of vanilla
Be careful not to take the caramels
off the fire until they are cooked. Test
by dropping a little in cold water.
CHOCOLATE DROPS.
Scrape one pound of chocolate, lift
and beat into It four pounds of sugar
Beat to a froth the whites of four eggs
and add the sugar and chocolate. Beat
as stiff as paste. Grease a papered
pan and drop the mixture upon it
(about the size of five-cent piece).
Bake in slow oven.
MoLAsSEs CANDY.
Half gallon of West India molasses.
one pound of sugar, quarter of a pound
of butter.
Boil for three hours, and just before
the candy is done add the juice of
lemon. Try some by cooling it on
plate to see If it is sufficiently stiff
Pull as for sugar candy for half an
hour
A little vinegar on the hands will
make the tafy crisp. 1t should be
light yellow color when pulled.
BUTTER SCOTCH.
Two cupfuls of sugar, two table
spoonfuIs Of water, a piece of butter
the size OF an egg. boil without stirring
until it hardens on d spoon. Pour out
on buttered plates to cool.
COCOANUT CANDY.
Crate the meat of a cocoanut and
have ready two pounds of graduated
sugar and the beaten white of two eggs,
also the milk Of the cocoanut Mix
them all together and make into small
cakes. In a short time the candy viii
be sufficiently dry TO eat
PEANUT TAFFY.
One pound Of brown sugar, quarter
Of a pound Of butter. one quart Of
peanuts toasted a light brown.
Put the sugar and butter IN a skillet
with two tabIespoonfuls Of water, let
this boil untn the taffy is a clear, dark
color, then stir IN the peanuts, boil for
fifteen minutes.
Have ready the gridiron on which
breakfast cakes are baked and drop
one spoonful OF tafy on at 4 time: it
vii! cool quickly, and makes pretty
cakes. Soapstone griddIe is the best
and It cools the taffy quickly and does
not retain heat
LEMON TAFFY.
One pound Of brown sugar. quarter
Of a pound Of butter, four tablespoon
fuls OF water.
Let it boil until a clear brown color.
season with e little lemon juice after
1t is taken of the fire. then drop ii on
the soapstone gri5dle as in directions
given for peanut taTy.
LEMON CANDY.
Put into a kettle three and half
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26

pounds of sugar, one and a half pints
of water, one teaspoonfuI of cream of
tartar, boil until it becomes brittle
when dropped in cold water.
When cooked pour into a shallow dish
which has been CREASED with a little
butter. AS soon as this has cooled
enough to handle, add one teaspoonful
of tartaric acid and the same quantity
of extract of lemon, work them into
the mass. The acid must be fine and
free from Jumps. Work this in until
evenly distributed and no more, as it
will tend to destroy the appearance OF
the candy.
WALNUT CREAMS.
One cup of graduated sugar. half
cupfuI of hot water, boil hard for
three minutes or until it jellies in cold
water, cool it and beat fast until it
creams, spread on platter and put on
walnuts split in half
NOUGAT.
Blanch one pound of shelied sweet
almonds and with a sharp knife split
each almond into two slips. Spread
them over a large dish and place them
in a moderate oven.
Take two pounds of sugar, put it into
q pan without water; set II on a alsn
with feet "a chafing dish will answer),
place this over a slow fire and stir
with wooden spoon until the heat has
entirely dissolved it.
Take the almonds out of the oven
and mix them with the juice Of two
or three lemons, put them into the
sugar, a few at time, and simmer
until il becomes a thick, stiff paste,
stirring ali the time.
Have ready a mould or pan creased
with sweet oil, put the mixture into it.,
smooth it evenly and set in a cool place
to harden. When almost hard cut 1t
into long slips.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
POTATO WATER FOR SILK

Potato water cleans silks Of any kind
or color.
For every quart Of water 20 be used
IN washing a Dress. for instance, pare
and CRATE one large potato. Pat the
grated potato into the water, which
must be soft water and cold; let stand
two DAYS without being disturbed IA
anv wav. then very carefully pour OF
the clear LIQUOR from the sediment inta
a Tarve. convenient vessel. Dip ths
pieces of silk MP and down in It.
SIX u5use NOS be creased by wiring
ing II: let il hang and drip nearly dry
then lay It fat On a table ana wipe ~
first on one side and then on the other.
If necessary to press il, do 50 be-
tween flannel with moderate iron
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
! Household Wisdom
MATCH MARKS.

Marks Of matches on a Kitchen will
disappear if rubbed first with the out
surface Of lemon. then with clean
cloth dipped in whiting.
Afterward wash the surface with
warm water and soap. and quickly
wipe with q clean cloth wrung out Of
clear water.
WHEN CLEANING COPPER.
When cleaning copper use hot vine
gar in which a little salt has been
dissolved.
A thorough washing with soap and
warm water must follow. and every
trace Of the acid be removed before
finally polishing with dry whiting. II
any vinegar is allowed to remain, YER
digris viii appear and the article De
completely ruined
To keep copper articles bright for
several weeks an immersion IN boiling
ale l. recommended. Steep the outside
Of the copper in hot ale and put near
the fire to dry. Utensils thus treated
must not be wiped after being miners
ed
ECONOMY N FUEL
Economy IN fuel for cooking IS not
always practiced bv cooks. II IS
great mistake to Ill up the Crate to
the top with coal and heat the stove
50 as TO make the top red-hot- Keep
the IRE well burning. and add only
shovelfuI ar q time.
II this Is done at the proper time the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
CLEANING GLASS.

Place pulverized pumiee stone be
tween the layers OF d folded piece Of
soft muslin and stitch around the edge
10 keep the powder from splitting. Wipe
lamp ehimnevs or window panes with
this dry cloth and they win be clean
and sparkling almost instantly Enough
powder viii remain IN the cloth 20 be
used manv times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
REMEMBER THIS.

a spot on polished wood caused by
a hot dish being placed upon it viii
disappear if II be covered with a lit
tie salad oil and salt, which, after It
has been left on for an hour or so,
should then be rubbed off with soft
cloth
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
APPLE SAUCE CAKE

Stir into one cupful sweetened apple
sauce one teaspoonful soda. Cream
half cup butter with one cup sugar
and half teaspoonful salt. Beat this
well into the apple sauce. adding one
cup raisins or currants. or both, mixed.
and spices to taste. Last of all stir
in one pint of -four. Bake in loaf in
slow oven
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26

COCOANUT WATERS.
Roll rich paste into a thin sheet and
cut in strips five inches long and one
inch wide. Brush these over with beat
en- egg and sprinkle generously with
grated cocoanut. Place on a buttered
baking sheet. chill thoroughly. and
,ake in a hot oven. Cool before serv-
ing.
IMPERIAL MUFFTNS.
One cup milk scalded. one-half tea
spoon salt, one-fourth cup lukewarm
water. one and three-fourths cups -four.
one cup cornmeal, one-foarth cup melt
ed butter.
Add the sugar and salt 10 the milk.
and when lukewarm add the yeast and
-four. Let rise until double in bulk,
then add the cornmeal and butter. and
let rise over night. In the morning
cut down. III buttered muffin rings or
gem pans half full and let rise until
nearly full. Bake in hot oven.
VIRGINIA FLAPJACK.
Make a biscuit dough. roll half an
inch thick. make into a cake the size
of the spider: bake over moderate
fire in the CREASED spider: cover with
lid until it is raised; when brown
turn with a cake turner; this saves
heating the oven and is good for an
occasional change. The cake may be
scored, so it will break in squares.
Spread with butter and sprinkle with
brown sugar.
GERMAN EGG SALAD.
Eight hard cooked eggs, one head LETT
tuce six thin slices breakfast bacon,
vinegar and pepper. Wash the lettuce
and arrange ii on a platter; slice the
eggs on the lettuce and sprinkle with
salt and pepper cut the slices OF ba-
con into very narrow strips crosswise
and fry crisp; remove from the pan
and sprinkle them over the eggs; to
the fat in the pan add vinegar and
pepper to taste; have the mixture
boiling and well blended; pour 1t over
the salad and serve at once.
BEEFSTEAK WITH OYSTER
BLANKET.
Wipe a sirloin steak 1 IL inches
thick: broil FIVE minutes and remove
to platter. Spread with butter and
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Clean
one pint Of oysters and cover the steak
with them, sprinkle with salt and pep
per and dot with butter. Place on
CRATE in hot oven and cook until oysters
are plump.
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GOOD BREAKFAST DISH.

Put into the double boiler one large
cup yellow cornmeal and four thin
slices of bacon cut into dice. Add a
little salt and I'LL the cooker with cold
water. Let 1t cook about an hour and
& half, turn out into a pan 70 cool.
slice cold and fry. A good breakfast
dish
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
Good Things to Eat

The following recipes have all been
tried and are recommended to house |
wives:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
NoCoANUT MAFERs.

IF necessary to thin. add a little oyster
juice.
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BROWN BETTY.

Slice apples fine. crumbIe your bread
and put layer of crumbs in pudding
dish, then a layer of apples. Sprinkle
with cinnamon and currants. Continue
until you have amount required. then
drop bits of butter here and there on
top Add a little water and cook in
slow oven until brown.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
CANNED PEACH PUDDING.

Slice sponge cake into inch layers
and cut with a round cooky cutter.
Place in a glass dish and mosten with
the syrup from a can of large half
peaches. Place a half peach on each
piece, with the inside UP. Sweeten
whipped cream and flavor it with
vanilla. Chop nuts very fine and add
them to the cream. Heap this on each
half raach
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26
DROP CAKES.

Beat the yolks of three eggs with
one cupful of sugar, add one cupful of
molasses, one tablespoonful of melted
butter. three-fourths of a cupful of
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda
dissolved in the milk, one cupful of
raisins, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.
Add -four to make drop batter. Drop
by spoonfuls on a baking sheet, and
bake in moderate oven.
DREAMED OYSTERS. y
Melt two tablespoonfuls butter in
saucepan and add two heaping spoons
of flour; stir in gradually two cups OF
heated milk. Wash and pick over care
fully one quart Of oysters, boil them in
their own liquor, then drain and add
to the cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
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