The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Things Worth Knowing.

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Should the inkstand be accidentally
pour a little cold water over it at
once. The ink will float on the wa
ter and when the cloth or carpet is
rubbed dry no stain will show.
To clean painted walls dissolve two
ounces of borax in two quarts of wa
mOnfa. Use half OF this quantity to
each bucket of water and do not use
any soap. After washing the walls
with this rub them with clean cloths
until dry.
To clear a house Of beetles put one
pound Of powdered borax into a tin
with a perforated lid Dust the borax
lightly over the floor or the walls and
in the cupboards. In fact every place
where the pests are found. They will
soon disappear.
Lettuce with a layer Of horseradish
on either side and placed on we'll
buttered bread makes an excellent
sandwich.
The Table.
Heavenly Hash@Strain the juice
from one pint Of cherries or red rasp-
berries and place in sauce dish with
alternate layers of sliced bananas
sprinkling over each layer one table,
spoonful Of pulverized sugar. Make a
custard with one pint Of milk, three
one-half cupful of sugar, two table,
spoonfuls of cornstarch and a pinch
of salt. When cold pour the custard
over the fruit, covering with the
whites of the eggs we'll beaten with
one-half cupful of sugar.
Sunshine Cake-Whites of seven
eggs. yolks of five. onea cupful of fine
granulated sugar, one scant cupful Of
flour, measured after sitting FIVE
times; one-Quarter teaspOOnful of
cream of tartar, one teaspOOnful of
orange extract. Beat the yolks till
thick and set aside. Now add a pinch
of salt and the cream Of tartar to the
whites and beat till very stiff; add
the sugar, beat thoroughly, then add
the f1avoring and beaten yolks, beat
lightly and carefully, stir in the flour.
Bake in a tube pan in a moderate
oven from forty to fifty minutes. In
vert the pan to cool.
Lemon Cake-One cupful OF butter,
two cupfuls of sugar, seven eggs, one
and one-half pints of flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder, one tea
spoonful OF extract lemon. Rub to a
light cream the butter and the sugar;
add the eggs, two at a time, beating
five minutes after each addition; add
the flour sifted with the powder. and
the extract; mix into a medium bat
ter, bake in a paper-lined tin, in q
moderate oven. forty minutes.
GluRcTOTedQ-Oue CuQIul OF OTOWu
sugar and three tablespoonfuls of
butter stirred to a cream, add one
cupful of New Orleans molasses, two
eggs, mix well; stir dry two teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder in two and one
half cupfuls of flour. Put in ginger
or spice to taste, bake in one loaf one
hour.
Rice CroQuettes-Put one-quarter
of a pound of rice. one pint of milk.
three tablespoonfuls of finely sifted
sugar, one small piece of butter and
the thin rind Of a lemon into a sauce
pan. Any other favoring may be
used if preferred. Simmer gently I'M
til the rice is tender and the milk
absorbed. 1t must be boiled until
thick and dry, or it will be difficult
to mould into croquettes. Beat it
thoroughly for three or four minutes,
then turn 1t out, and when it is cold
and stiff form 1t into small balls; dip
these in eggs, sprinkle a few bread
crumbs over them and fry them in
clarified fat until they are light and
equally Drowned. Put them on a
piece of clean blotting paper to drain
the fat from them and serve them
piled high on the dish.
Johnny Cake-One egg, one cupful
Of buttermilk or sour milk, one table,
spoonful of shortening, one level tea
spoonful of soda. one saltspoonful of
salt, two cupfuls of cornmeal. one
cupful OF flour. one-half cupful Of SUI
gar. Bake from twenty minutes to
half an hour.