The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

| OF cold water. Let 1T remain a few
minutes and then remove the veg.
etablcs from the kettle and the
scorched taste is gone, unless they
are very badly burned.
The best way to freshen bread
rolls or biscuits, is to wet the inside
OF a paper bag, place the bread i'll
side, close tight and place in hot
oven for a few minutes and they
will be like new.
Common bluing kept in the chick
en- trough will prevent many dis
eases to which poultry seem 50 ad-
dicted, A teaspoonful to a gallon
OF water is sufficient.
To remove fruit stains from wool
ems, wet the spot with a little tepld
water, then rub on dry starch and
hang out in the sun; if the stained
spot does not disappear with the
first application, continue until the
stain is entirely gone.
One of the best methods for keep
Ing vegetables warm is to place
them in a warm sauce pan, then in
a pan of boiling water. Cooked
beans, mashed potatoes, and the
like keep moist and do not dry out
as they do when placed in the oven
Or heating rack. After removing
the food from the pans. pour hot
water into the food vessels, cover
with lids, and when dishwashing is
done the pans will more easily be
cleaned.
When any one Of the family is
sick and hot wet cloths are neeued,
the best way is to put them IN a
steamer instead of trying 10 wiring
from hot water. In this way your
hands are saved from being scalded
Buckwheat Cakes-If it can lie
hld, use straight buckWheat flour
in this recipe: Dissolve half a COM
pressed yeast cake in a little warm
water, and pour it into a large mix
ing bowl, adding three large cupfuis
of buckwhcat flour, and mix thorO=
ly, adding enough warm water, or
equal parts of sweet milk and water
to make very stiff batter. Cover
the bowl and its contents closely
s. it will keep warm, and set in q
warm place over night. In the
morning add q salt-spoon of salt,
two tablespoonfuls of good molasses,
and enough skinned milk to make
a thin batter, stirring well. Let
this stand for few minutes, then
have the griddle well creased and
piping hot, aud cook the cakes very
thin to very delicate tint of brown
eat while. hot with butter, molasses
or maple syrup.
A good way to use up old lace or
net curtains is to make them into a
bed-set and dresser-cover. On
looking over my last years curtains
| found two which were not good
enough to use for drapery purposes
and yet too good to throw away
So | bought eight yards of light blue
cambria, which was enough to line
the bedspread and shams, and one
yard and a quarter for the dresser
lining One pair of curtains just
m lde the bedspread by basting then
| t ,gether down the middle. The
other pair | used to make the shams
the dresser cover and the few piece:
l had left | made my pin cushion
cover with, and when all was com
plete | felt repaid. The lining cos
me very little, having paid only five
cents yard.
Blankets and quilts, while Otter
aired in properly kept homes, ar,
not washed So often as the sheets
and therefore they should be cover
ed at top and bottom by the sheet
/, 50 they cln not by any possibility
ouch the sleeper.
| The correct width for sheet he
| from two to two and a quarter o.
wo and a half inches; one-QuarteI
nch must be allowed for turning
! under the raw edge, to make tlt