Middletown transcript., 1911-03-04
USEFUL THINGS 10 Know

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ifthey have been stored in dry plac
six or seven weeks before they are used.
Ifgrease is spilled on the kitchen table
cover she spot at once with salt. whicl
win prevent the grease soaking into th
wood.
i When there is much coal dust in thl
cellar il should be mixed with sawdus
moisten with parafin. Form this int
balls the size of an orange, and use fo
banking up fire.
! Cake batters, as we'll as capdies ani
coffee are improved by 8 pinch of salt.
An apple pie made without the uppel
crust is pleasing change. Line thepIste
and bake the under crust; fll with apple
sauce, seasoned 10 taste, and cover che
top with whipped cream.
Hcusekeepers who get butter in the jal
or tub will find that the use of little
charcoal will insure having the butter
sweet. The charcoal is placed in q paper
bag and then put into the Jar.
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.
To keep sandwich cakes from rising in
the center spread the mixture away from
the center of the tin towards the sides.
and the cake will come out Of the oven
beautifully light and quite sven.
For restoring a sponge that has become
Shiny to its former cleanliness, dissolve q
tablespoonful OF sea sslt in quart of hot
water. Soak the sponge in this mixture
until itis quite cold, then rinse in several
clear waters.
To clean frying pan after f ii or onions
boil out tea pan with soda water, wash it
clean; then put on the FIRE and shake a
little oatmeal in; leave this to brown;
after, wipe out with dish cloth; all un-
pleasant taste or smell will have vanished.
When we put new oilcloth on the table
in less than week the corners are cut,
and therefore make the cloth look shabby.
Now, to prevent this just paste piece of
new calico under the corners Of your cloth
and you will find in six months later your
cloth will be no worse.
To remove the deposit from the inside
of tea kettles, fiil the kettle with water,
add to it draw of salammoniac. Let
il boil for an hour, when the fur. or petri-
fsd substance found on the mental, will
be dissolved and can be easily removed. |
Rinse the kettle out we'll, then boil out
Orce or twice before using the contents.
Celery should always be allowed to lie
in cold water TO which little salt must
be added for an hour before it is required |
for the table. This will make it very
crisp. When peeling onions begin at the
root end aud peel upwards, and they will
scarcely affect the eyes. Always put the
sugar used in pie in the center of the
iruit, not at the top, as this makes the
pie sodden.
Old velyeteen should be saved for poll
shing cloths. Il will serve the purpose
# wash-cloths2for plate cleaning and save
buying anything fresh. Wash the yelve.
een in ,soapy water as often as needed,
md lay out to dry.
To get better results from a hotwater
bottle wrap it in soft cloth Wrung ont in
lot water. This will give a sleaming heat,
ind is much more effective for neuralgia,
'tc., than the dry beat of the bottle as or
linarlIy applied.
For cream whip which is easily made
Iii sherbet glasses half.full of preserved
ruit. Heap them with whipped cream
hat has been favored with vanilla or
vine and spread the tops lightly with
COCOA, cocoanut or minced nuts.
Never sit on the edge of sick persons
'ed, and never place your chair SO that
le must strain his eyes or turn his head
0 see you. Get directly in range of his
tision, so that be may see you comfort.
bly,. Never whisper in q sick room.
To destroy red arts, grease tin plates
With lard and put them on the floor, with
few sticks for the ants to climb Up.
loon the plates will be covered with ants,
which prefer lard even to sugar. Turn
he plates upside down on hot fire.
In preparing egg plant press 1t under
paser instead of just saltings as is custom
ry. This prevents the vegetable from
urning black and keeps it much crisper.
Tomatoes cannot be cooked in hurry.
you cannot give them at least an hour
two, do without them for
ime. They will taste raw and offend the
aIate Of one who knows how they should
aste.
Lambs liver, which ia very delicate,
nd not so much used as il deserves to be,
, delicious minced and served on toast.
! is also excellent diced, cooked two or
hree minutes in tablespoonful of butter
nd folded in 40 omeiet with peppers and
minced olive or two. II
A sweet biscuit may be made with or.
mary biscuit dough with the addition of /
hoped dates. Roll the dough quite
hin, spread with plenty Of soft butter and
hen put on thick layer of dough and
ut out with small cutter. Bake in
ot oven.
A delicious dessert is made Of French
hessnu,s that have been peeled, boiled
snder and mashed until they ara smooth 1
nd then seasoned with little vanilla or i
sher extracs and sugar, hsaped around
he sides Of glass dish and filed in she /
entire with whipped cream. The cream !
lay be dotted with jelly.
Never use saudsoap on . porctlain.lined !,
ID or washatand. There is no surer way !,
ruin the enamel. What's the use Of
,pp9 Il means only extra work,
id there is always ths coal oil rag, which Q
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