The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-10

with white icing and decorate with sec
tons Of orange.
/ Here Is a delicious orange sweetmeat
Skin well-favored oranges and pull then
carefully into sections. Take OF all tht
white skin, as well as the yellow. Cover
them with confectioners' sugar for a few
minutes. and in the meantime make q
syrup OF graduated sugar melted over
the fire with just enough water to keer
1t from burning. When this caramel will
string, dip the orange sections in II care
! fully and dry on waxed paper.
Orange fool is made in this way: Beat
the juice Of six oranges gradually into
three eggs and two cupfuls OF cream. Add
sugar to taste and a little grated nutmeg
Stir In double boiler over hot water
until thick, and then chill. Serve cold in
tall-stemmed glasses.
Orange Ice is made in this way: Mix
two quarts of cream with the juice of two
large oranges and one lemon. Add a cup-
ful Of graduated sugar. or more or less,
as the sweetness of the oranges make
necessary. Beat the whole to a froth with
big eggbeater and then freeze Orange
water ice Is made OF strained orange
Juice mixed with a syrup OF equal parts
OF sugar and water boiled for five min
utes. Put as much syrup with the orange
Juice as your taste dictates, and a little
lemon juice to bring out the flavor OF the
orange. Then add half a teaspoonful of
graduated gelatine dissolved in half a
cupful of boiling water for every quart
or orange juice and syrup. Cool and
freeze, using three parts of shaved ice
and one quart Of rock salt Then turn
the dasher only often enough to keep the
mixture from clogging II.
All sorts Of dainties can be made with
orange baskets. Make the baskets from
the skins of bright oranges. First trace
the basket with a pencil or a sharp knife.
Oranges with seeds generally have more
even form than seedless oranges so use
that kind. Make a handle about an inch
wide and mark the edge OF the basket
with little jagged points and under each
point cut out little circle. Make band
Of these tiny circular holes in the handle
II you would like to have them unusually
attractive. Fill these baskets with or
ange or lemon jelly, cut in blocks and
garnished with whipped cream or with
orange, banana, and maraschino cher
ries. The baskets can be washed and
candied after they have been used.
Kitchenettes.
sponges to keep in good condition.
should not be allowed to lie in soapy
water.
Wiring chamois out of soap water with
out rinsing and when dry it win be soft
and serviceable.
Keep a piece of sandpaper above the
sink and use 1t to clean pots and pans
with. 1t is very good.
When the inside OF silver teapot start.
to tarnish. the following idea il very good
to make 1t look like new: Put a large
piece of washing soda into the teapot
and fln with boiling water. Then boil IL
for one hour over a spirit lamp and Won
will find II will become as bright inside
as out, and the soda will not injure the
silver in any way.
To clean wicker chairs and tables use |
,xaHc acid and with an old toothbrush
Tipped In this brush the stained parts |
we'll Then rinse the article thoroughly, |
irst in clear YARN water and then in
,old. Be sure to destroy the brush after
Using. as oxalic acid Is poisonous.