Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-29
HELPS FROM A FAT coNTRIBU
 TOR.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters I though l should like to chat awhile with some of you. I do enjoy reading the letters from the sisters. when the paper comes l can sit right down and read it.
 Grace: Where are you? I did en- joy your recipes, thought they were fine
 Hopeful: You wanted to know who l was2 You say am a puzzle to many. Well, I am a puzzle to my outskirts of a thriving village in the richest town in the state of Little Rhody. If you know where I live, perhaps you will know now who I am. Now who are you? Do you live in WilIimantic?
 Auntie: You ask me to come see you. do not know where you live. Are you married or single?
 ArraWanna: Where are you Come again. I enjoyed your rule how to cook husbands. Have you one? If so I suppose you have him cooked by this time.
 Have any of the sisters ever tried Yum Yum Cake? I made one with all kinds of fruit in it for my thanksgiv- ing cake.
 Here are some recipes for Cooking Egg Plant:
 1uI q SOOu SIZ0u egg plant III SIX slivesleasing the skin on one side of each piece to hold the slices together; cook in salt and water for the minutes, then lay in iced salt water for half an hour: make an incision in each slice and fry in boiling fatscoop out the feshy part of the plant stuff1ng the pieces with a force meat of sausage and bread crumbs minced veal and crumbs or minced boiled ham, parsley, onion juice, salt and pepper; make into paste with a beaten egg, a little cream. soft bread crumbs, and bits of butter are sprinkled over the egg plant which is set in hot oven to become very brown.
 To Clean SiIver-Put a quantity of sour milk in a, shallow pan and place the article in the milk, allowing them to remain there until they become bright. Afterward wash them in warm water which contains a few drops of ammonia and the silver will be bright and clean.
 A great many persons find it difficult to wrap up cakethat a soft frosting the paper. If you stick a few tooth picks into the cake and then wrap it up, you will find the picks will be hold up the paper very nicely.
 To make corlxs fit @ bottle take those which are a, little large and boil them III Water lOi tWSIlIJ Al1AuIcS' HE uO- creases their size. Insert them in the mouth of the bottle while hot as they expand in cooling, thus making them perfectly tight stoppers.
 Have put up grape juice for the win ter in this way, pounding the cork in carefully and dipping in hot paraff1ne.
 A few ddrops of alcohol rubbed on the inside of lamp chimneys will re- move all trace of smoke which water will not.
 When ironing tablemats, doiIies, handl1erciefs begin in the middle. When the edges are ironed first the middle is apt to swell up like bal loon, making it difficult ti iron prop erly.
 stick of cinnamon placed inside piano or organ will keep moths away
 Oil of peppermint dropped in rat holes will entirely rid a house of rats.
 If a sprig of parsley dipped in vine gar is eaten after eating onions no bad odor is detecsed.
 A poached egg 1 smore delivate if cooked in water
 To stop chimney from smoking turn kerosene on a piece of paper and put as far back in the stove as possible light it and let it draw up the chim ney quick
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 To clean windows take a piece of chamois and wiring it out of hot wat CT and rub over the windows then dring out again and wipe with the chamoiS.
 FAT CONTRIBUTOR