Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-10-01
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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The interior of every refrigerator
should frequently be scalded with water.
Very delicate filagree work may b
cleaned with a paste of sweet oil and
tripali.
Nothing else is so good as kerosene to
keep Vermin out Of garbage kettles.
A nutmeg or cheese Crater is more
quickly cleaned with stiff brush than
in any other way.
White silk waists should always be
washed in tepid water. Warm water
will turn the silk yellow.
Wash ehamois skin 10 tepid water,
with plenty of white soap, and let It dry
witt ont Hringing out hard
Peaches may be easily peeled as toma.
toes,if the fruit is plunged for an instant
in boiling, not hot, water.
The bags in which -four or sugar come
make excellent dishcloths. It is we'll to
stitch up the bags, using them double.
The dishclosh should be washed ia
a good lather after it is used, then
rinsed in clear hot water and hung out
to dry.
Scraps of soap should be put into 9
little muslin bag and tied up. The bag
can be shaken about in water to produce
lather quickly.
Blood oranges are delicious to use
when making ice cream Not only do
they give satisfying favor, but the color
is pleasing.
Don't use securing soap on enamel
bathtubs; the enamel will soon be cut
through if you do. Kerosene applied
with a rag will remove all spots.
Ha lemon is heated. either by being
plunged into boiling water or by being
pat into the oven for q few moments,
the juice will be more readily extracted.
An infaIlibIe rule for all steamed foods
is to place them over cold water, but
when it begins 70 boil never let the
water stop boiling until the food ia done.
Eggs stuffed with sardines are very
tasty. They may be served either hot
or cold; if hot, q cream sauce, seasoned
with little lemon juice, goes well with
them.
If apples are cored before they are
pared, there is less danger of their break.
ing. A Clothespin may be substituted
for the regulation corsr with good effect.
Cut raw turnip in two and use it to
grease" the pancake griddle. II will
do as well as grease and the pancakes will
be without the slightest greasy taste.
A little minced sWeet, green or red
pepper added to the crOquettes, hash, or
morning dish of eggs, whether poached,
or served as an omelet, will
prove tasty change.
If one would have the cheese kept
moist and not mildeW wrap il ina cloth
Erung out in vinegar and then slip into
! paper bag before putting il into the
Kerosene pou red upon muck heaps,
lpon pools, into rain barrels and tanks
wherever there is water or accumulation
If waste-will lesson the breeding Of flies
md mosquitoes.
An excellent wbitener is made by
lddiDg handful Of borax to che pail OF
oapsuds used in washing floors or wood.
work. The borax also renders the suds
ess trying for the skin.
Lacquered brass should never be
,leaned with anything but soft rag,
in tepid water. Bright brass
an be rubbed with soft soap and vinegar
md then polished with whiting.
If the Parmesan cheese is purchased
~ the pound and then grated or run
hrough the grinder it will be less ex-
,ensivethan when bought already pre-.
jared for use with macaroni or soups.
A good way to scent lingerie and blouses
5 to make drawer Innings of . double .
/ white muslin or silk into which pad
t wadding is slipped slightly perfumed
Tith ones fayorite scent.
When making q peach shortcake,
make syrup Of half q Cupful Of sugar
nd four tabIespoonfuls of water. Pour
bis, while hot, over the sliced peaches
etore spreading the fruit on the buttered
AXE.
Pieses of ham may be utilized in
making patties, an excellent luncheon
ish, which is quite sufficiently nourish.
ng to form the entire mesl. Grind the
am in meat grinder. To two-thirds ].
am add one-third bread crumbs, SALT
epper, milk TO hold together; dll Well+
reased muffin sins hall full, break an
gg on each and bake 10 medium oven
ntil egg is set. ~.
To make California rsisin- pie, stew.
,gether 3 pound Of seeded. raiains,. -.
upful of sugar and two Cupfuls Of water.
Fhen the raisins are tender, add the
lice of one large lemon and sWo beaten,
ygs. ThiCken with dry breadscrumbs
nd bake the same as lemon pie. Cover
Iith whipped cream before serving.
People who suffer from heat in t6e
ands and feet can easily obtain speedy
nd easy relief by putting inside their
tockinga and gloves small portion Of
cry fine oatmeal.
After long walk or ride in the hos
IN rub your face with little almond
il instead Of washing il. Almond oil Is
kcellent for the skin, and used in this
ay will prevent that burned, uncomfoft.
BILE feeling that 50 often. follows exposure
, the sun. Leave on the oil for ten
linutes and then wipe of with soft
lg. The oil will remove any dirt there
lay be as well as washing will do.
When the collar of linen or batists
Iouses becomes slightly soiIed, Il may be
eaned With little naptha or henzine
! the same manner as thuse Of sllk OF
tin. With this process the collar doea
Of need pressing. Such waists never look
] handsome after they are lanndered.
Delicious sand for afternoon tea
a made Of raisina and nflfn nhnn4,rfs