Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-25
Hints.

To cover ironing board use thumb
tacks instead of the ordinary tacks, or
pins will be found more convenient, for
keeping the ironing board cover in place.
For a good sponge cake, take three
eggs, (take the white of one for icing),
one and one-half cups of sugar beaten
well. with the eggs, add one cup OF flour,
one-half cup of cold water, three-fourths
of a cup of -four more, and one teaspoon
full of baking powder. Bake in two
pans.
A delicious preserve similar to orange
preserves is made in this way: Take
three pounds of carrots, steam until
tender. Add four pounds of sugar, the
grated rind and juice of six lemons, ten
cents worth of shelled almonds, chopped
fine. Cook from thirty to forty minutes.
If lard is becoming slightly rancid the
old flavor and Odor may be removed by
heating it and dropping in a lump OF
charcoal and letting it stand on the back
of the stove for a while. make my own
charcoal by taking brands from the
wood fire and dropping them in water,
then am sure they are clean.
For ice cream frosting put two cups Of
sugar and six tablespoons of water into
saucepan. Bring to the boiling
point aud let boil, without stirring, until
syrup will thread when dropped from
tin of spoon or tines of silver fork. Pour
syrup gradually, while beating constant
", on to the beaten whites of two eggs.
Add one-half teaspoon of vanilla and
continue the beating until mixture is OF
the right consistency to spread.
Fertilizer for house plants. Dissolve
thoroughly in pint of boiling water,
four ounces of sulphite of ammonia and
two ounces of nitrate of potash. Bottle
the liquid and cork tightly. Use tea
spoonful to three quarts of water. 1t
stimulates growth better than liquid
manure and is entirely iuoffensive. A
few drops put into the water OF hyacinth
glasses makes the bloom stalks richer in
color and stronger and has the further
merit of being obnoxious to white
worms.
Minute mullins are made thus: Dis
solve one teaspoon of soda in one cup Of
milk. Stir into one pint of flour into
which two teaspoons cream tartar have
been sifted. Add one egg, two table
spoons Karo Corn Syrup, and little
salt. Many experienced cooks substitute
one.fourth corn starch for all -four, lik-
ing the texture better.
After baking your fruit cake ii it is to
be kept for any length of time, wrap it
nicely in cloth, and tie 1t securely or
sew around the edges. Then melt
some paraffin wax in pan and dip the
cloth covered cake in, one side at time,
until 1t is we'll coated, and 1t will keep
for long time.
Instead of having your buttons loose
in machine drawer or strung together,
try putting them on safety pins. The
largest buttons on large pins, the next
size on smaller ones, etc. Then hook
each pin and when you want the buttons
they are ready to remove, one or all. 1t
will save much time and trouble sorting
them each time.
Having experienced a great deal OF
difficulty in cleaning a crater after graf
ing chocolate, cheese, ETC., discovered
that by using whisk broom every par
ticle Of food could be easily removed.
Having ON hand number of pieces Of
heavy fluted paper which came around
bottles, also cup of candle drippings,
the thought came to me to pour the
melted paraffin over the paper, leaving q
thin coating. On ironing day, use this
to rub my irons on and have an ideal
ironing pad.
Some years ago some nice linen gar
ments with blood stains were scalded,
setting the stain. They were ruined, a.
they were, and SO 1 experimental with
them. l took an agate kettle holding
full pail of water and shaved into 1t
about an eighth Of bar Of soap, then
added two tablespoonfuls Of kerosene
oil. This was allowed to boil, then the
articles were put In loosely. After boil
ing q few minutes every trace OF stain
was removed.
To keep the whites of eggs from fall
ing when being whipped, add pinch OF
cream Of tartar.