The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-04
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

When the mayonnaise separates in
the, making add a little of the white
of the egg, and continue adding the
/ other Ingredients. In almost every
case the separation will be overcome
Cake batters. as well as candies and
coffe, are improved by a pinch of
salt. j..
+ Cold bluefish, or almost any good
cold fish. except coarse. fish like salt
cod, may be utilized for salad. Season
with plenty of salad dressing. tiny
slices of young onions and minced
parsley. Serve on q bed of lettuce.
Never sit on the edge of sick per-
sons bed, and never place your chair
SO that he must strain his eyes or
turn his head to see you. Get directly
in range of his vision, so that he may
see you comfortably. Never whisper
in a 'sickroom. NJ.
To destroy red ants, grease tin
plates with lard and put them on the
floor. with few sticks for the ants
to climb up. Soon the plates will be
covered with ants, which prefer lard
even to sugar. Turn the plates up
side down on hot fire.
Lambs liver, which is very delicate
and not so much used as it deserves
to be. is delicious minced and served
on toast. 1t is also excellent diced,
cooked two or three minutes in
tablespoonful of butter and folded
in an omelet with peppers and a mine
ed olive two.
A sweet biscuit may be made with
ordinary biscuit dough with the addi-
ton of chopped dates. Roll the dough
quite thin. spread with plenty of soft
butter and then put on a thick layer
of chopped dates. On top place an
other layer of dough and cut out with
a small cutter. Bake in a hot oven
The latest way of serving oyster or
clam cocktails is to use a new double
glass quite similar to the glass used
for grape fruit. The outer receptacle
is filled with finely shaved ice. The
oysters are placed directly on the ice.
while the dressing is put in the inner
glass. Each oyster as it is picked up
is dipped in the sauce.
A delicious and simple fruit punch
is made of canned pineapple shredded
Take pint of this fruit and to it add
the juice of three good-sized lemons,
the juice of four oranges, two sliced
bananas and one and a half cupfuls
of sugar. Put the mixture in a bowl
with d good sized lump of ice. Let it
stand for an hour Or SO and then
add a pint of carbonated water.
Leftover cereal may be useful in
either Of two ways, mixed with some
chopped meat and seasoned well it is
always tasty in crOQuettes. An ex-
cellent dessert may be made of the
cooked cereal, sWeetened, seasoned
with spice and then mixed with chop
ped raisins. Then it should be mould
ed into cones and Drowned in the oven.
Serve with syrup or thick cream.
Beeswax and turpentine is a CAPT.
tai polish for furniture which is not
French polished. To make it shred
half an ounce of beesWax very fine
and add 70 it a quarter of a pint of
spirits of turpentine. Stir we'll and
put aside until the next day. Then
stir again and let it stand for an
other day, when it will be- ready for
use. Never melt beeswax and turpen-
tine over a hot fire, as it is highly
inflanlrnable.
Old velveteen should be saved for
polishing cloths. 1T will serve the pur-
pose of wash-cloths for plate clean
ing and save buying anything fresh
Wash the velveteeu in soapy water as
often as needed and lay out to dry :
To get better results from a hot
water bottle wrap it in a soft cloth
Wrung out in hot water. This will
give steaming heat, and is much
more effective for neuralgia etc. than
the dry heat of the bottle as ordinarily
applied.
For a cream whip which is easily
made fill sherbet glasses half-full of
preserved fruit. Heap them with
whipped cream that has been Favored
with vanilla or wine and spread the
tops lightly with cocoa, cocoanut or
minced nuts.