Middletown transcript., 1911-04-08
USEFUL THINGS TO Know
Don't try to brOiI over slow FIRE.

Oon Try 10 DTOlI over SLOW nIe.
Don't try to broil over a smoky fire.
Don't leave the kitchen door open Whe
you are broiling meat.
Don't put coal on the fire just befor
you wish to use the broiler.
Don't leave the kitchen while you ar
broiling
Tur'ips should always be cut into smsl
pieces before cooking.
Never hurry to your bath when yoI
are exhausted; rest bit first.
When packing, every delicate garment
should be wrapped separately.
Water in which potatoes shave been
boiled is good to wash tarnished brass.
| A small amount Of chopped fgs will
greatly improve nut and apple salad.
To freshen blue serge, sponge it in blue
water and hang it inthe air to dry.
Clothes can be made extra white By a
little kerosene added to the wash water.
BIotting paper saturated with turpen-
tine is sure preventive against moths.
The older woman gets the more water
she should drink and the more fruit she
should eat.
Pencil marks may often be removed
from the white paint by rubbing them
gently with bread crumbs.
When haggard from fatigue try hot
bath in which little vinegar and cologne
have been added.
Washing the eyes morning and night
with water as hot as can be borne is an
excellent tonic for them.
Never take hot bath in the morning,
unless ii lie followed by cold sponge, or
you will catch cold.
A few chopped almonds added to the
top of sWeetened biscuit are very good and
make pleasant change.
Boiled or roasted meat which is to be
used cold should be put away in a wet
cloth to keep it moist and tender.
When ivory becomes discolored paint
it with spirits of turpentine and lay in the
sun for two or three hours.
If shoes have become mildewed rub
them we'll With vaseline. This will usually
remove all traces Of the green.
Ham soaked in milk over night will be
found exceedingly tender and sweet when
used for breakfast next morning.
For spring suppers sliced oranges and
shredded cocoanut, put into dish in al
ternate layers, are very appetizing.
To wash colored silks, use cold water
and but little soap. If the color runs,
stir vinegar in the water until it sets.
A lump of charcoal kept in the drawer
With the silver will absorb any chance
moisture and keep the silver bright.
1t is said that fish is delicious if when
frying it is dipped into milk instead Of
egg before rolling it in the crumbs.
Chopped pecan nuts, almonds and pine
nuts may be sprinkIed over salad and
covered with French dressing; it is deli.
cious.
Candle grease can readily be removed
from any fabric by laying blotting
paper over the spot and applying a hot
iron.
Fresh meat may be kept for several days
by sprinkling little salt on it and then
wrapping it in cloth wet with vinegar.
To remove cakes readily from the pans
place them on a wet towel or cloth i'm.
mediately after taking them from the
oven.
When nuts are tasteless and dry,
soak them in lukewarm water. It will
make them swell somewhat and will i'm:
prove the favor.
When apples are corsd for baking de.
licious dish may be made by filling the
hole with orange marmalade and a little
butter aud sugar.
To cook smelts 80 that they will be at.
tractive, fasten the head and tail together
with tootbpick after the fish is dipped |
in egg and crumbs.
Keep tacks in bottles. 1t saves open
ing many boxes to find particular kind.
Cakes will not stick to their tins if
placed on damp cloth when removed
rom the oven.
In making crust of any kind, do not
melt the lard in the four. Melting will
Djure the crust.
If grauy is too salty, put a pinch of
brown sugar in it. This does not spoil
he gravy in the least.
A tin kettle or coffse-pot is easily clean
ID by being rubbed with a wooden rag
Ioaked in parfin.
When cleaning house use plenty of tur-
,entine in the scrub water. 1t means
certain death to moths.
A spoonful of vinegar put into the wa
er in which meat or fowls are boiled will
make them tender.
Braid Of check material is best mended
~ using several shades of silk or thread
n one needle.
Mahogany or any other coIored wood,
nay be darksned by polishing with cold
lrawn linseed oil.
Leftover cereals need not be wasted.
They are excellent fried like mush and
aten with syrup or honey.
If you rub your hands with a piece of
celery alter peeling onions it will quite
emove the unpleasant smell.
White oileloth is the best covering for
pantry shelves. Keep red pepper around
he edges to ward off insects.
If the coal fire is low, throw on table,
poonfnl Of sugar and it will be more easily
frightened and rekindled.
To test nutnegs, prick them with q
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