Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-06

If meat used for soup is cut into
small pieces more nutriment will be
obtained.
To peel tomatoes without scalding,
rub them backward with the blunt
edge of a knife.
Hammock pillows may be cheaply
made Of burlap trimmed with bands of
Persian trimming.
For the roast of cold lamb cours
serve an egg salad. sprinkled with
minced mint leaves.
The neck of a baby's frock should
never be starched, as it will chafe the
tender skin.
In selecting beef the pieces which
are well notified with fat will be found
the richest and tuiciest.
A cupful of liquid yeast is equivalent
to half a compressed yeast cake or a
whole dry yeast cake.
When leather arm chairs look shabby
they should be wiped with a soft cloth
moistened with olive oil.
Wooden bread boards are kept in bet
ter condition by rubbing them with
san than by simply using soap.
If In canning or preserving berries or
other fruits they run short, a little
pineapple added will improve them.
While two cupfuls of g~ranulated
sugar make a pound, 1t takes two
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same weight.
Lemonade can be greatly improved
by adding cooked raspberry or straw
berry juice. Current jelly may be melt
ed and added.
Fresh green peas and mushrooms
stewed together and served with cream
dressing in pate cases make a delicious
summer dish.
II fresh Ash Is to be kept over night.
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earthen dish, not placed on a board or
shelf.
Green peas should not be boiled rap
idly, as 1t will spoil them. They should
simmer gently In just enough water to
cover them.
Velvet and ribbons may be cleaned
with gasoline. After cleaning steam
the velvets and iron the ribbons On the
wrong side.
II a recipe calls for half a pound of
rainsins or currants. a heaping cupful
Of the fruit will be found about the
right weight.
Place a box of lime in the close In
which jams, preserves, etc, are stored
away, and 1t will prevent mold from
gathering on the fruit.
Pineapple, shredded or fine cut, COW
cred with sugar and allowed to stand
over night, then sealed in cans, will
often keep for a long time.
Cotton and Isle thread gloves will
stand ordinary washing. but IL they
are colored they should first be STEPPED
in salt to set the color.
Watercress chopped with young on
ions, cooked slowly in butter and mois-
tened with cream. Is sometimes served
by French chefs with veal outlets.
Summer draperies should be free
from ruffies. Ruffies are the greatest
dust catchers imaginable. and curtains
with ruffIes soon become unsightly.
For fiavoring pudding or custard
shave a little of the rind of a lemon OF
an orange; 1t will be found a delicious
change from the usual lemon extract
Oil paints dissolved In gasoline car
be used for tinting artificial flowers. and
win give surprising delicate shades
when properly manipulated.
To make sure hat candles will not
drop when used for decorative light
ing. keep them In the refrigerator for
several hours before they are used.
The best way to measure fractions OF
q spoonful. when dry materials are be
ing used. Is to fill the spoon level and
then divide the contents iengthwise.
II a baby is restless al night, it is a
good plan to give him a te%aspoonful OF
water occasionally. Sleeplessness in In
fancy Is often caused by thirst.
Dough made without baking powder
can be kept In a cold place for several
days. and many good cooks declare that
keeping 1t makes the bread infinitely
lighter.
III a food cutter Is used to chop rails
ins. figs or dates, frst squeeze into the
chopper a few drops OF lemon Juice,
Then the fruit will not clog the ma
chine.
For a delicious cake filling have
ready a cupful of grated pineapple, a
tablespoonful OF lemon juice and sugar
enough to make a consistency that will
spread.
To remove grease from the top OF
soup, drop In pieces OF brown wrap
ping paper while the sou Is hot. They
will absorb h grease and can then
be thrown out.
Pastry to which baking powder has
been added must be put into the over
as quickly as possible. as the action
OF the powder begins as soon as It Is
moistened.
To make batter for griddle cakes OF
fritters. have equal quantities Of liquid
and -four; for cake or mufin dough,
have a cur>2i OF liquid to two cupfuls
OF -four.
In making loops for buttons on .
dreas or shirtwalst they should be
worked over q pencil. ~ they will
iaunder and keep their shape much
more enthusiastically