Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

the mouse.trsp than cheese.
Equal parts of milk and luke-Warm
water are excellent for sponging palms.
A pinch ofborax in cooked starch make
the clothes sitter and whittier.
It is better TO wipe off mesh with q
wet cloth than to let water run over il.
Dried lemon peel sprinkled over Goals
will destroy any disagreeable odor in the
house.
A bread pudding may be deliciously
favored by few slices Of candisd orange
peal.
To place ferns upon the window sill
means their death, as they cannot live in
in cold draft.
When blowing out candle hold it high
and blow upward to keep the grease from
running.
Hot biscuits, generously buttered and
spread with currant jelly, are delicious
served With game.
A better iron rest than the ordinary
metal stand is irebrick, as it does not
cool the iron so rapidly.
Wafer.like slices of bread spread with
caviare sprinkled with lemon juice and
salt make tasty sandwiches.
Use parafflu paper which lines biscuit
boxes to polish fatirons: it is also good
lining for the cake tins.
For spring suppers sliced oranges and
shredded cocoanut, put into dish in al
ternate layers, is very appetizing.
Clean copper by rubbing it with lemon
dipped in salt. Rinse in clear hot water
and polish with soft cloth.
Banging the oven door is responsible
for half the heavy bread and cake. The
door should be closed very gently.
A delicious jelly is made of gelatine,
favored with grape juice and served with
blanched nuts and whipped cream.
Shredded chocolate cocoanut, which is
bought already prepared, makes tasty
addition to different kinds of salad.
Lace washed in skinned milk should
not be washed in water, but should be
ironed while still damp with the milk.
Macaroni prepared in any ofthe various
ways in combiusticp With cheese, butter
and tomatoes, IS very nourishing.
If fancy-shaped croutons are used for
garnishing, touch the under side with
white of egg. They will then stay in
place.
An old toothbrush or nailbrush is excel.
lent for cleaningsilver, but the final polish
ing should be done with chamois-skin.
A few tiny pieces of lemon rind added
to cream sauce for oysters, fish or lobster
gives decidedly piquant and tasty favor.
Washing coda should not be used upon
china, as it will take off the gilt. Try
clear hot water, but not hot enough to
crack the china.
The stale macaroons mixed with stiffy
whipped cream and sprinkled with pista.
chic nuts, makes an easily improvised
dessert.
Combs will soon warm and break il
washed with water. They should be
cleaned with good, stiff, dry toothbrush
or nailbrush.
A few drops of parafne added to the
shoe blacking will impart good polish to
damp shoes, and also helps to preserve the
leaeher.
Meat loaf or chopped veal or beef can
be made more moist if three or four table,
spoons of cream are added just before bak.
ing.
Few skins can stand glycerine, and 10
should never be used without being dilut. |
ed. Otherwise, the skin will become dry |
and parched.
A variety may be secured by baking |
potatoes with slice of bacon inside. The
bacon is put into hole made by an apple
corer.
A French dainty possible from canned |
foods lie sliced Goose liver served on let.
tuce with either French dressing or may
onnaise.
When running dates, figs or raisns
through the food-chooper add a few drops |
of lemon juice to prevent the fruit from
clogging the chopper.
The spicy morning of the autumn makes
one feel like eating hearty breakfast. We
will have the luscious grape for some time
yet and pears and apples are in their
prime.
Ia many homes cereals, that is, she
cooked ones, are never served at all, be-
cause OF the difficulty of getting it cooked
properly. The inscription on the box
generally reads, "Cook twenty minutesn.
This should be multiplied by eight to |
have q digestible and Well.cooked food.
For those who possess fireless cooker,
the problem is solved, for the cereal may
boil twenty minutes, then put it into the |
cooker and leave over night. Reheat, and |
it is ready for the most delicate stomach,
A bit of bacon is always appetizing for
a cool morning breakfast, and with an egg
and piece of well.toasted bread ,or a
muffin or two, grown.ups will be able 10
worry along until dinner time.
Cocoa is good drink for children oc-
casionally, but too much is bad for the
digestion. A glass of warm milk is easier
digested than cold and on cool morning
IL is very satisfactory.
An occasional morning of griddle kes
is appreciated and Waff1es once in while |
90 we'll these cool days, but IL is ct little
early to eat much OF such food.
For those who have no cooker, either
home made or manufactured, il is she
custom TO set the cereal cooking IN a
double boiler and allow il to cook all dur
ing the dinner hour. Then cover closely
and set away TO be reheated in She morn.
ing. WelI-cooked cereal with good rich
cream makes sufficient meal for Che
growing child aud will have sufficient
staying power to keep the little ones from /
getting hungry before noon.