Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-07

Wood ashes mixed with kerosene
will remove rust from iron.
Home made cakes will be nicer IL tho
Hour is put in last.
String beans seasoned with mint are
delicious served with roast lamb.
Whole peppers are better for season.
ing soups and sauces than ground pep
per.
Jelly cake should have the edges
pared off carefully to make it roll
easily.
Instead of using barley and rice for
thick ening soup, try oatmeal OCCASION
ally
Preserves should always be kept in
closet that is not only cool but abso-
lutely dark.
A teaspoonful of vinegar put into
ing siclsly sweet.
A few minced nasturtium leaves
sprinkled over an omelet give snap
Ply flavor.
Witch hazel and rose water, half
and half, is good for wind tortured
compilations.
Baked stuffed tomatoes or peppers
will be much improved If brushed over
with olive Oil.
Fresh mint may be always at hand
for cooking purposes by growing 1t at
home in a glass of water.
Butter will keep sweet much longer
in crock jar with a tight fitting
cover than in any other way
Faded plush may be frightened by
brushing it lightly with a clean sponge
dipped in chloroform.
Old loose kid gloves worn while
ironing will keep the hands in gooe
condition and free from calouses.
Chopped preserved ginger, added t.
the sauce served with cottage pudding
is delicious accompaniment.
There is nothing in drug store tha
will relieve the pain of bee stint
quicker than q handful of mud.
Lard is much better to grease cake
pans than butter. Butter will burr
and cause the cakes to stick and char
The small end of a potato should b.
pricked before it is put into the ovei
TO bake to keep it from bursting.
Gold edged glassware should not b.
Mill in time make inroads upon tn
.ilt.
Corks may be kept in bottles whel
travelling by sticking them in with ad
nesive plaster. such as surgeons use
Bananas that are not quite ripe ma.
se baked in their skins for from 2
10 80 minutes and served hot witt
cream.
A clean cloth dipped into hot waite
and then into saucer of bran will
speedily clean white paint without in
jury.
When bleaching linen or lace keep
IN the bright sunshine. To keep dus
put of the bowl, place piece OF glas
pNer 1t.
Green tomatoes may be fried tn
same as green peppers. Slice then
lip them in oil, then in crumbs, an
Try In fat or butter
Never keep paraffin in an uncovere
'eceptacle. 1t gathers dust. A tin DO
with tight fitting cover is best flo
the purpose
When cooking tomatoes to strain an
use for tomato jelly, the flavor will b
Improved by bay leaf and piece {
mace added.
Peaches are good baked. Take ou
>ae stone, fill the cavity with suga
chopped nuts and raisins, and bake !
the same way as an apple.
When milk soup or other foods BIO
over on the stove. cover the spot quick
~ with salt 1t will do away with an
unpleasant odor.
quantities, and put away on the she
TO ripen 1t may grow dark, but tt
| older it gets the better 1t will be.
| Black chip hats that have a gray az
| pearance may be made to look almo
| new by wiping with rag that
| sprinkled with a few drops of sweet O
| For a tight hoarse cough, whe
| phlegm is not raised. take hot wat
often, as hot as can be slipped. 1t Wi
| nearly always give great relief
Stewed rhubarb has we'll know
| medical value; besides being compile.
| ion beautifier, 1t is said to be valuab
| for rheumatic troubles
When using vinegar to remove pail
| stains from white goods, have 1t {
| we'll as the cloth with which it is rubbe
| ON as hot as possible.
| A delicious way to serve baked pot:
4 toes is to remove them from the skin
run through a vegetable press and m
\ With salt. pepper and butter
4 Keep all wide-mouthed bottles th
come into the house. They are hant
receptacles for keeping tacks. seed
screws and other small things.
Lettuce. water cress and all SUI
4 things should be kept on the ice
4 in ice water long enough before a me
to get them thoroughly chilled.
TO brighten the eyes. take occasio,
ally, Just before going to bed, the jul
of half a lemon in a small tumbler
water without adding any sugar.
j + cabbage is soaked in cold. salt'
| water for ;,n hour before cooking,
will have most delicious flavor, al
1 the odor will be less disagreeable.
A little muriatic acid added to Il
rinsing water after a blue and viii
fibre is scrubbed with soap and wat
| will help restore the color.
To make butter scotch, mix four Gu
fuls of brown sugar, two cupfuls of bu
ter and three tablespoonful OF wat
and boil until crisp in water.
\ When pouring jelly or canned fri
into tumblcrs or glass jars, set the ia
first on a damp cloth. This goes a loi
way towards preventing their breakin
A silkaeen cover for the parasol W
save the silk of the sunshade wondc
fully. Always slip the parasol into ii
bag when not in use and hang up in Il
closet
Pure olive oil, taken regularly.
teaspoonful or tablespoonful, aft
each meal. is an excellent fattener.
brghtens the eyes and clears the con
plexion.
A delicious salad is made Of cam,
cherries and pecan nuts tossed l
with well-mixed French dressin
Served on leaves of lettuce heart,
is as pretty as 1T Is tasty.
When making sweetened biscu
whether with or without fruit, add
few chopped almonds to the tops
makes the pastry more attractive III
adds much to the toothsomeness.
When using elderberries for a pie,
little vinegar or lemon should be add'
if one wishes to get the full flaw
of the fruit The same Suggestion hol,
good for huckleberry pie.