Middletown transcript., 1912-02-10
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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bowl, to do it in half the time aud with
out spattering.
Whole wheat or brown bread cut init
very thin slices and spread with unsalteC
butter is tasty served with oysters on th'
half shell.
Strange as it may seem, beef may bC
k pt for months if immersed in sour milk
The Tactic acid destroys the germs of put
rigcation.
Scraps Of toilet soap should be saved
and when half cupful or so is on hand
it is a good plan to make the scraps into 9
soap jelly.
Stick a pin through the cork of every
bottle that contains poison, and this may
save tragic mistakes when seeking medi-
cine in the dark.
Some of the most attractive glass mus
tard jars come provided With glass spoons.
Many prefer these to silver. as they will
not tarnish.
Potato balls which are aauted in butter
after being boiled are delicious. They
should be served with generous sprink-
ling Of minced parsley.
A bare broom splinters very easily.
If you have no long-handled soft.brush,
make a gray canton flannel covering for
the top of the broom.
Grease on a kitchen floor can be soften
ed by pouring kerosene over it and letting
it remain for ten or fifteen minutes; then
scrub with soda water.
Paint and varnish can be easily removed
from the hands by first rubbing we'll into
them sou grease or lard: then washing
with soda and water.
Cream hslfa cup of butter; then add
one-half cupful of siftsd granulated sugar
and one-hslf cupfuI of strained clover
honey and cream again. At this point
stir in two eggs without separating and
beat until the mixture is creamy and
lemon color;then add one pint OF -four, in
which sift one rounding teaspoonfuI of
baking powder and one tesspOonfuI of
caraway seeds; pour into a creased shal.
low pan and bake in moderate oven for
about twenty-five minutes.
Mix to a smooth paste one tablespoon
Of -four with two heaping tablespoons of
butter, add one quart of boiling milk,
little ut a time to prevent Jumping.
Stew one can Of tomatoes until they can
be strained easily and, if very acid, use
one-half teaspoon of soda; pour into the
Ihickened milk, seasoning wish salt and
pepper and serve very hot.
Children will eat these when they 90
not care fnr the sauce. Take the prunes,
wash and soak over night. Use the same
water and simmer until tender, letting
most Of it boil away. When prunes are
,old remove sto1e and put in half a wal
nut, then roll in granuIated sugar and set
away on platter until dry. Nice for
unch.
After getting the ingredients together,
before mixing the cake, warm the bowl
BY pouring into it boiling water. Let
Itand few minutes, then pour out aud
Try. 1t must be warm enough TO soften,
out not melt the. butter.
Boil unpelIed beets until tender, scrape
hem. chop fine and rub through a coIau-
Ter and proceed as with cream Of spinach
Ioup. This is a pretty as well as a good
Ioup.
Wash a bunch of celery and cut into
nch lengths. Ifyou wish you may use
or this the outer stalks of large bunch
If celery, keeping the white, crisp pieces
or use on the table, uncooked. Cook the
celery slowly 10 enough boiling sslted
water to cover it for three quarters of an
lour, or until it is tender; rub it through
/ colander. Have ready quart of milk,
heated and thickened, and proceed as di-
.ected for cream ofspinach soup.
Add gradually two cups of granulated
Iugar to one cup of butter; dissolve half
of soda in half pint of sweet
milk; add one teaspoon of rosewater and
/ few drops of cohineal; then add gradu-
lilly one quart OF sifted pastry -four. Turn
arge pans upside down, wipe the bottom
clean, brush them over with butter and
put mixture in a moderate oven. While
IT'LL hot cut them into squares and lift
hem off the pan carefully.
1t melts in your mouth and is a real
novelty.
One cup cooked prunes, unsweetened
and chopped fine, one cup sugar; one cup
chopped mute; one-haIf cup milk; one ta-
Dlespoon butter; one teaspoonful baking
powder; three crackers rolled fine; one
pinch salt; one teaspoonful vanilla. Bake
IN a buttered pan for about twenty minu-
Les. Have oven at moderate heat. Serve
hot.
A teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine
added to two gallons Of warm water will
restore the brightness to carpets that are
duIled with dust. After sweeping the
carpet thoroughly, wiring a cloth out of
the water and wipe the surface of the car
pet, first against the grain and then with
it. This also prevents moths from eating
away the nap of wooden carpets.
Parafine rubbed on the heels of stock
ings will cause them to last much longer
without wearing out.
Orange fritters are as delicious an &C.
to broiled or fried ham as
apple sauce to spare rib.
In cooking beans and peas, their flavor
will be much better if they are cooked in
as little water as possible.
Dates stuffed with peanut butter and
then rolled in sugar are pleasing change
from dates stuffed with nuts.
If curtain or portiere pole is rubbed
with bard soap before being put up, the
draperies will slip on easily.
Dates and figs cut in small pieces and