Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
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HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
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II bureau or pantry drawers stick. rub
the edges with damp soap
Salt mixed with vinegar is excellent
for cleaning copper vessels.
Almonds chopped fine and Drowned
in sugar make delicious ice cream.
Rustic hanging baskets for tue piazza
are more practical than the zinc-lned
ones.
To test beef press it down with the
thumb. II il rises quickly, the meat =
good.
OIL of lavender sprinkled about IN the
bookshelves. will prevent books from
mi'dewing.
Potato parinss. dried in tho oven. are
good to kindle fires. as they light more
easily than wood.
\ pair of scissors is infinitely better
for trimming of the rind from ham or
bacon than knife.
Grease on top of hot stove can he
quickly rubbed off by putting salt on the
scrubbing brush.
To polish aluminium. make a mixture
of borax. ammonia and water. Apply
with soft cloth.
Tiny ends OF candles should he kept
10 add to the starch on wash days. They
will add 10 the gloss.
When next making rice pudding, flavor
with lemon and cinnamon. II will be
found exceedingly tasty.
To beat the white of egg quickly. add
a bit of salt: in making ma yonnaise, the
salt should go in last
To shrink new flannel, soak it for
twenty-four hours i'm cold water. Hang
ii on the line without wrnging too dry.
If a piece of cheese is carefully wrapped
in a cloth wrung out I'm vinegar il will
neither dry nor gather mold.
When using sandpaper to remove old
paint, try wettng IL with benzine. The
work will be accomplished sooner.
Cold cereal. served with ripe berries,
sugared and creamed. makes a nourshng
luncheon dish for hot day.
If a fish is dipped in milk and then in
flour or cracker crumbs IL will brown
quite as well as though first dipped in
egg.
Cream and butter should be eaten freely
by those who do not eat much meat, rs
they furnish fats for the system.
After almonds are blanched and butter
ed, they may easily be Drowned by shak-
ing them over fire in corn pepper.
If a teaspoonful of water is added to
each egg used for dipping croquettes St
will prevent the egg from becoming
stringy.
Never leave foodstuffs OF any kind in
cardboard boxes. as they will not only
gather moisture, but will attract insects.
The careful housewife never throws
away a bit Of bacon fat She uses II for
fvx-t lrl at4n <1I ID TO-
Minced chicken. to which q generous
amount of mayonnaise has been added.
makes delicious filling for a summer
sandwich.
Nuts are excellent as a substitute for
meat, but should be eaten at meslti,ne.
They are more digestibe with little salt.
A paste made OF emery powder and
olive oil is excellent for polishing steel
articles of any kind. Follow with
clean rag.
For dinner on a hot night try mold OF
jellied chicken. 1t is not difficult 60
prepare, and will be found most appetiz-
ing.
When wiping silver take care TO use
a towel free from lint. Silver, like glass
ware. shows every porticle of lint that
touches il.
IL is a wise plan to add corameal to
gasoline used for cleaning anything bad
ly spotted The meal helps In rubbing
out the spots.
When repairing a rent in a glove IL Is
well to turn the article inside out aud
then sew 1t and over with cotton.
not with silk thread.
When laying oilcloth or linoleur1 on
floors IL the edge is well smeared with
brewers yeast it will keep its place and
will not curl up.
To separate the yolk of an egg from
the white, break the egg in a small fun
mel The white will slip through, leaving
the yolk intact
A little corn. cut from the cob, heated
and seasoned. may be added TO an ONE
LET before turning. 1t makes deilclous
breakfast dish.
It is an excellent plan to keep piece
OF charcoal In the refrigerator 1t will
do a great deal toward keeping II free
from unpleasant doors
To have them tasty always soak dried
vegetables, such beans, peas and len
ills for several hours in cold water be
lore they are cooked.
Never sweep a floor in a sickroom:
instead wipe it carefully with cloth dip
ped in borax water. This VIII prevent
the spread of contagion.
Mashed potatoes should be run through
a vegetable press as soon as boiled. Aft
err pressing they should be beaten with
a fork until light
Dust silk with a piece Of velvet instead
Of a clothes brush. The velvet VIII DO
the work thoroughly and will not in3ure
the delicate fabric.
A bit of lemon peel can be used to re
move the odor Of fish from q knife. APP
plying a burning match to a knife VIII
accomplish the same result.
To obtain the meat from pecan nuts
soak them overnight in water. They
will then break easily and the kernels
will be more easily taken out whole.
In mixing pepper or any powdered sub
stance with a liquid, mix In as small
portion of the liquid as possible, and.
when well mixed, add the rest OF the lio-
uid.
salad made Of diced. cod-noiled po-
tatoes beets and peas, sprinkled gener-
1usly with French dressing, Is delicious.
Serve IT very cold on lettuce leaves.
Do not put garbage to burn on top
OF the range fire; put ii under the side
or back lids. where It will dry out, after
which it will burn very easily and with
out odor.