The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-26
This Page Devoted Principally to Women
Timely Hints for the | Housewife

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 Cut l pound of meat (steak. nut ton or lamb) into small pieces and put into a well-buttered baking dish. season it with 1 egg. I cup flour pint of milk Beat the egg light. add the milk, season with salt. pour this upon the flour and beat up a light smooth batter. bake one hour. This is an old-fashoned English dish and is very appetizing in spite of it's disagreeable name.
 STEAMED STEAK
 Into a good round steak rub two tablespoonfuls of flour on both sides of the meat Melt some drip pings. or butter. in a covered roast ing pan and lay the steak in this. browning first one side and then the other. Remove the steak, fry one chopped onion lightly in the pan. Return the steak season with salt and pepper pour over it one and one-half cups of boiling water. Cover the pan and cook the meat slowly for two hours Serve whole on platter. with the thickened gravy poured over it.
 SALMON cRoQUETTEs
 Drain the liquor from a small can of salmon. remove the bones and chop very fine. Bring a cup of milk to the boiling point and stir in tablespoonful of flour rubbed smooth in two tablespoonfuls of butter. Add the chopped salmon. a heaping salt spoon of salt and boil one minute Stir in two well-beaten eggs. and re move from the fire When cold make into croquettes. dip in beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry. BEEF CROoUETTES
 Chop up fine some cold roast beef and season it with salt and pepper, mix some bread crumbs with milk or mashed potatoes and with a little flour on the hands make up the meat and crumbs into balls Fry in a pan with hot lard or dip into egg and then into pulverized crack CT crumbs. The croquettes should be dropped in hot lard and cooked until they float
 BEAN SOUP.
 Put about one quart of navy beans in three quarts of water. Boil until tender, then put through a colander and remove all skins. Cut about three carrots and four pota- toes in dice and boil until tender. Then put them in the soup. Then boil again and fry about two onions in butter until light brown and put in the soup before serving. A few slices of pickled pork boiled with the beans is very nice. Salt to taste. LOBSTER AND OYSTER PLANT
 MOUSSE
 Boil, pound and press through a sieve the meat of l lobster, add 1 tablespoon mayonnaise. the same of melted aspic jelly and F pint of whipped cream. Pour into mold and set on ice enough oyster plant to fill the center of the mold and mix it with mayonnaise dressing Serve cold.
 TOMATO BUTTER
 Twelve pounds ripe tomatoes, 6 pounds granulated sugar. quart cinnamon and cloves in muslin bag and boil all four hours. Seal while hot in glass jars. LITTLE HELPS
 To protect blankets from becom- 1 ing soiled too quickly, cover them with cheesecloth, and knot at equai distance with colored yarn. When the cloth is soiled, wash and use it again.
 To clean steel knives, take a piece of board 10 inches long and six inches wide. Tack on to this a piece of brussels carpet and sprinkle | with fine emery. Rub the knives | on this and they will clean with lit tie labor
 
 To whiten ivory knife-handles, soak | them in alum water which has been | boiled. The water must be allowed to cool, and the ivory should be left | soaking for an hour. Then brush [ them with nail-brush and dry ! them thoroughly with soft towel. |
 If the glass stopper is hard to re- move from the new bottle, dip a cloth in boiling water, and while it is hot wrap it around the neck of ! the bottle. It will expand the glass i and free the stopper. lighted | match can be used to heat the bot tie in the same manner
 Coffee is a fairly good air purifier, | and a little burnt on hot coals will | purify a sick room and abolish bad | smells. Many physicians think high