Middletown transcript., 1912-05-18
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

w hen soaking msckeTel or other ssl
| fsh, see that the skin side is uppermost.
Iced water in pitcher win keep much
longer if a paper bag is placed over the
top.
Charcoal in pieces the size of pea or
burnt cork once a week is good for all
poultry.
| A good black ink, mixed with white of
egg, will restore the color of kid shoes
and gloves.
To polish zinc, rub briskly with cloth
dipped in kerosene and rinse off with
boiling water.
A porcelain tub or sink may be tho
roughly cleaned with fsnnel dipped in
spirits of turpentine.
Cut flowers will last we'll if piece of
saltpeter be added to the water in which
they stand.
When buttering bread for sandwiches,
always butter the end of the loaf before
cutting off the slice.
To save grease when frying doughnuts,
put half a teaspoonful of ginger into the
grease when hot.
Outside leaves of lettuce, If boiled, chop
ped, drained and served on toast like
spinach, are delicious.
New iron pots should always be boiled
first with wood ashes and cold water and
then thoroughly scalded.
A discolored bean pot may be restored
to its original whiteness by letting butter
milk stand in it for day or so.
If the brush is removed from the car
pet sweeper dipped in water and then
replaced, the sweeper will not raise the
dust.
Lower the temperature of the oven con-
siderabIy after the roast has been in for
20 minutes, and the juices will be re-
tanned.
UnbIeached calico shrinks very much
when washing it. When making it
up an extra inch yard should be allowed
for this.
For salad sandwiches, mix chopped
celery and msyonnaise with shredded
white lettuce and spread on thin slices of
bread.
The Europeon method of cooking green
peas is to boil them before shellinR, and
then to season and reheat them before
Smelling.
To prevent pictures from slipping and
hanging uneven, hang them first face to
the wall, and then twist around, making
a cross in the wire.
A simple but easy method of whitening
clothes is, when boiling them, to drop in
few peach leaves, tied up in a muslin
cloth.
To make olive sandwiches remove the
pits and cut up fine. Mix with mayon-
naise aud spread between thin slices Of
buttered bread.
When preparing a turkey or chicken,
try rubbing it inside with piece of lem
on. 1t will whiten the flesh and make it
more tender.
To make butter scotch, mix four cuE-
fuIs brown sugar, two cupfuls of butter
and three tablespoonfuls Of water and
boil until crisp in water.
Brass orcopper may be easily cleaned
by rubbing with wet, sospy rag dipped
in powdered bath brick. Polish with a
soft, dry cloth or newspaper.
A quick way to mark linen, sheets, etc.
is to write the name in pencil, then stitch
over the line with sewing machine, us-
ing coarse thread.
When boiling aeon or ham add little
vinegar and two or three cloves to the
water and leave the meat in the water un-
iii the water is cold. The flavor will be
delicious.
Cod liver oil stains on linen may be
eradicated by soaking the marks with
equal parts of liquid ammonia aud hot
water, mixed. Afterward wash with
soft water aud soap.
Cabbage water is the cause of disagree.
able smells when it is not thrown away
10 avoid, the smell, some people pnt &
piece If charcoal in With the cabbage
when boiling it.
For a sardine cocktail, a no vel dish
prepare cocktail sauce in glass surround
ed by ice, as in an oyster cocktail. Then
cut sardines in pieces about an inch long
Serve IN the sauce.
Potato balls which are sauted in butter
after being boiled are delicious. They
should be served with generous sprink
ling of minced parsley.
Save your lemon rinds, dry them in tb'
oven and store them in an air tight tin.
little of this added to an apple pie gives j
delicious Aavoring.
Stains may be removed from the zinl
tops of kitchen tables with vinegar.
A slice of tomato is good ON individua
cssseroles of baked spaghetti aud cheese
When making baked,or boiled custar'
the milk to be used should be scaldet
and set aside to cool. Then make th
custard in the ordinary way, and it viii
be perfectly Doth.
II one cupful of vinegar is put with th
water in which colored table cloths ar
washed it will prevent the color fron
running. Iron when still damp aud the
will look equal to new.
To make string beans or cabbage tende
in cooking them and also to shorten th
time required for cooking the latter vegt
table, add pinch of Daki Dg soda to tn
water in which they are beiled. Th
used iudicionsly makes the vegetables {
fresh and tender as when they came fror
the garden.
Diluted oxaIic or tartaric acid will It
move ink stains from books without il
juring the print.
squeaking doors may be quieted b
brushing the hinges with feather tbs
has been dipped in oil.
ALI cooking utensils should be washe