Middletown transcript., 1912-02-03
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Cut the cold duck neatly in small pieces
put the joints into stewpan with a pint
of good brown gravy, add tablespoon of
orange juice or lemon pickle, q glass of
claret, mixed spice, salt, cayenne to taste
and thicken with bread crumbs. Let it
get gradually hot, and when on the point
OF boiling serve with sippets Of toast as a
garnish. Time, from Is to 20 minutes.
To remove wallpaper, take warm water
that is sofened with borax or ammonia
and apply with sponge. The paper will
soon become soaked and blistered and
may be easily stripped off. 1t is we'll to
do this day or SO before the new paper
is put on.
Pea or bean -four found at the groeer's
may be used for a quick vegetable soup.
Half cupful of the -four, three pints of
boiling water, tablespoonful Of beef juice,
a small onion and two or three. slices of
bacon, cut into tiny cubes is an easy re-
cipe.
A wire basket, known as a salad shaker
or drainer, should be used to dry green's
after they have been thoroughly washed.
Leaves of lettuce often hold water after
they have been thoroughly shaken. If
they are not fully dry they will not hold
dressing we'll.
Pull out the large feather if you want
to save them, then pulverize some ro>in
and rub well into the down. Have ready
pan of boiling water Of sufficient quanti'
ty to cover the bird. Plunge under the
water three er Eess= tiEees te nell tie EesIE.
then you can rub the down all off with the
, resin.
Marking linen with indelible ink is
rather delicate business until you get the
knack. Putting the material firmly into
an embroidery hoop and then setting it on
a smooth, hard object like paper weight
is pretty apt to secure good results.
Line tin plate with plain paste and
then put in "a oysters, sprinkle with a
little pepper, salt and CRATE on little nut
meg if liked. Stew in little butter and
cover with rich paste. Bake 20 minutes
and serve Immediately.
II irons are rubbed with a flannel wet
with kerosene oil it will keep them free
from rust and starch will not stick to
them.
Mud stains on silk can generally be re.
moved by rubbing with piece of rough
cloth or flannel. If stain is left where
the mud has been rub it with a bit of
clean linen dipped in benzine or alcohol.
Stains on bed ticking can often be re-
moved by paste made of soft soap and
starch. Spread on the spot and when
dry scrape off, brush clean with a stiff
brush and wipe with damp, not wet
sponge.
If q little vinegar is put into the water
in which vegetables are washed it will
draw any insects that may be in the vege.
table to the surface.
Let cabbage come to a boil in water
containing small pinch Of soda, change
TO salted water and cook slowly in an un-
covered vessel.
To take the smell OF fish from hands
wash them in water which contains few
drops of ammonia.
If you get too much salt into your to-
mato soup, add bit Of brown sugar. 1t
seems to make salty soup all right. But
/ better still is to add few slices Of raw
potato.
| To mend linen tsblecloths, remove the
i presser foot from your machine. Insert
the piece to be darned under it and stitch
back and forth. 1t is much quicker and
neater than when done by hand.
The best way to single the hairs and
pin feathers from fowl is to put it in
pan and pour alcohol over it and instant.
ly set this on fire. The blaze removes
hairs and pin feathers without injuring
the flesh.
Instead of frying mackerel in spider
place it in baking pan on piece of old
cotton cloth or thick brown paper.
Sprinkle over little salt and add several
pieces of salt pork or butter, if preferred.
Bake in hot oven.
Ifcolored cottons are washed in bran
or starch water instead of soapsuds they
will keep thei2 color. II bran is used put
it in bag of loosely woven cheeseclOth-
a handful of either is enough for a snail
tub of water.
If a few beans, either lima or string,
have been left over, make them into
salad, add a few chopped olives, few
capers and some Spanish red pepper.
French dressing is preferable to mayon.
aise.
Drowned -four makes delicious brown
gravies. Put it in pie plate and set on
top of the stove or in a very hot oven.
When it begins to brown it should be in
stantly stirred until brown all through.
A teaspoonful of warm olive oil or cam.
phorated oil poured into the ear, and held
there for few minutes, will destroy
bug in the ear, and it will then easily
pour out, bringing With it the dead insect
In ironing the plait of the back Of a
shlrtwaist on which tiny buttons are
sewed, try laying it Uu faunst UT heHvy
Turkish towel, ,as you do your embroidery.
The buttons sink in as the material lie
ironed.
When beating white of egg for sponge
cake, when it becomes dry and light, test
its stiffness by turning the dish containing
it upside down. II it is beaten to the
proper poirt not q particle will become
detached.