Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


the dish uncovered while cooking.
After preparing celery for the table
save the tops and small bits for the soup
and stews.
The green tops Of horsC-Fadish will grOV
again if planted.
For colds, q few drops of turpentine
four or five, on loaf sugar, will break up
cold in one night. If the cold is in tht
head, good greasing Of she nasal pass
ages and the outside of the nose with car
bolated vaseline is great relief.
A severe cold on the chest may be re-
Iieved by good greasiDg Of lard and tur-
pentine, one part turpentine to two parts
lard.
Cough Medicine.-Boil two ounces ol
fax seed with aquart of water. Strain,
and add two ounces of rock candy, a hslI
pint Of honey, the juice Of three lemons.
Boil all together until well mixed Let
cool and bottle. Two tabIespooufuIs, taken
hot, is good dose.
Another fine cough cure is sliced onion
sprinkIed with sugar and put into the
oven in granite dish to cook. When the
onions are dark brown the eirup will be
ready to use.
A glass of warm milk taken before re-
tiring is good sleep producer.
Hot milk is a good drink to take before
starting out into the cold, as it warns and
nourishes at the came time.
Beets are fattening, and they are food
which should sppesl to the thin woman.
Do not leave meat wrapped in paper.
The meat is not only favored by tire pG-
per, but the paper will absorb the juices
of the meat.
When making French dressing, small
piece Of ice in the salad bowl will make
dressing thick and well blended.
The water in which a mutton stew is
cooked or leg Of lamb boiled is a good
basis for a soup.
A most appetiz;Dg breakfast dish is
toast with white sauce generously sea-
soned with cheese and poured over it.
Vermicelli added to q white sauce or a
tomato sauce is another good dish for lul-
cheon, on toast.
II there is daughter or son away to
college, a chicken or small turkey or duck
roasted in paper bag and sent packed in
a new one, to be used in warming it up if
desired, will cause son or daughter to
"riSe up and call his mother blessed"
Another dainty for that box Of goodies
in a nice cake. Que that will keep moist
for several days, is the most satisfactory.
The layer cake of three layers, the mid
die one Of fruit and spices, put together
with orange filling is especially inviting,
and it will surely not last long enough to
dry.
Home made candy aud some Of mothers
good cookies, with a package Of thinly
sliced dried beef, should not be forgotten
in packing the box.
A jar or two of jam will delight the
heart Of boy and his friends will apprt-
ciate it as much as be.
Date cookies are another choice addi.
ton. Bake oatmeal cookies and put them
together with stewed dates that have been
with lemon juice.
Macmillan cake.-Take two cups OF
powdered sugar, one cup Of blackberry |
jam, one cup sweet milk. twC-:hirds of
cup Of sOftened butter, five eggs or the
yolks Of twelve, two tablespoonfuls of
baking powder, spices to taste; mix all TO-
yether and bake 10 layers. Put together
with raizins and nuts and boiling frosting.
Often times milk is ths only food which
~ invalid and child can take, and when
they tire of it the great question is how
IAN they be nourished? There are 90 many
ways Of Disgusting milk in other forms
ind combining with different foods to
make wholesome and nutritious dishes,
hat every one who has family to feed
Ihould make study OF these things.
Milk that al infant cannot digest is
worse than food. A baby shouli be care
ully weighed each week, for it is rot al
ways possible to detect slight falling off.
When the child shows a decrease in
weight the first thing to do is to consult a
,ood physician and carefully follow his
directions in regard to feeding. The milk
nay be too rich in fat, there may be too
much casein, or it may be too hard to d.
,est go that the milk may have to be
One method of modifying milk is to use
he whey, which is made from using rem
lin tablets. Add this whey to the milk {
md the caseiu content is decreased with
IN addition of salt, sugar of milk aud mins
rails, which are necessary for the growth
# the child.