Middletown transcript., 1911-08-19
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

tTeshIng milk alter cold drive or neIore
reti ing. With the addition OF few fresh
crackers it takes the place OF an oyster
stew. Very good soups are made by using
the tablets OF different havors and with
cheese always on hand and cup ofcoffee
quickly made "hurry-up" meal is easily
prepared.
We wish our guests to feel that they are
welcome and there is no better way to
prove it than by being fresh, unruttied
hostess. We have all no doubt been en-.
tertained where the first course was roast.
ed hostess.
When opening can OF tomatoes, use
the thin juice for soups and the tomatoes
for an escalloped dish.
Look over the ice box before plaL ming
a meal; often things most appetizing are
forgotten.
Wash window now and then. Don't
try and clean the house in one morning.
1t is not always possible even in city to
get things in hurry and the housskeeper
who provides for the unforeseen need have
no feyerish moments when the unexpeCt,
ed guest arrives. She will have in the
storeroom or closet a reserve for just such
occasions and when any is used it is sup.
piled to fill the shelves for the next oc-
casion. Potted meats and fish, canned
soups and choice glasses of jelly and pre-
serves, pickles and olives, nuts, fruit cake
and cookies are some ofthe useful supplies.
A few cans of vegetables, like corn, toma-
toes and string beans may be quickly
turned into a salad or hot dish with
white sauce.
Keep list Of the contents Of the closet
on the inside of the door, aud beside it q
list OF dishes, with the number OF the page
where found in the recipe book. One
cannot always rely on the memory unless
the recipe is very familiar. Then, when
in hurry to prepare meal glance will
show you your opportunities.
A delicious dessert is one in which
musk melon, cut in halves and seeds re
moved, are placed on paper doilies on
small plate. Fill these fruit cups With ice
cream and garnish with a few pieces OF
canton ginger to simnlate seeds. This is
a truly delightful dessert.
When serving watermelon, cut the
melon crosswise and use large spoon 10
cut out cones OF the melon, removing tue
seeds before serving. A grape leaf may
be used for dolly on each plate:
Tie simple French dressing is so easily
made and so much more palatable and
nutritious than the boiled dressings, it
should be oftener on our tablee.
The great reason that so many people
object to olive oil is no doubt because
they have been served with an inferior
oil. There is no economy in purchasing
poor oil for the table. Olive oil should
have sweet nutty flavor and odor, and
slightly greenish color.
When a cake OF soap is worn nearly thin
enough to treak, stick 1t to the new cake
by putting both in q lite warm water,
then press firmly together. When cold it
will be one solid cake. This does away
with small pieces of soap and there is no
waste.
A bit OF reliable coIoring placed in the
water in which tub frock is washed will
restore its color and may be used with
safety if it is properly rinsed and dried.
This applies only to such gowns as are not
with white or other colored
Fruit drinks, salads and meat substi.
Eutes are dishes we are looking for during
The hot days Of summer.
There is no drink which quite takes the
place Of the old fashioned lemonade, and
none next to pure cold water which
1uenches the thirst SO eff-ctual!y. A
very nice drink may be prepared from a
lemon aud two oranges for quart of Wa.
ter. Bruise bunch of mint, and let it
1iffuse in tile juice for an hour or two,
then remove and add the water; sugar to
taste and asprig of mint and slice Of
lemon and orange to each glass.
Wrap.the knife in the oiled paper in
which the bricks Of butter come and
slice, smooth and even will be cut.
Be careful to have the berries for jelly
picked on dry y. After heavy rain
jhe juice is much thinner
Make your wash curtains with equal
1ems top and bottom, then they may be
hung upside down and double the wear.
A really pretty curtain may be made Of
1nbleached factory cloth by stitching on
/ pretty border cut from cretonne or
applying cut.out fl 'wsr here and there,
carefully hemmed down.
For easement window curtains one
young woman coIored factory cloth a
pretty shade Of green TO match the color
If her wall paper
When scissors lose their edge, cut sever
IL times on course needle and they will
be greatly improved.
Dry cut p'ece Of suet and mix it with
equal parts of matted butter and you will
have a fine shortening to use for cakes,
biscuits or cookies.
II the left over breakfast cereal is, care
Fully nodded into bowl or tquare pan
that is first wet with cold water, it may be
sliced and fried as an acceptable luncheon
dish.
To lest drinking water put enc teaspoon.
ful OF granuiated sugar in pint of the
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