The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-13
Household Hints


The Table.
Baked Fish-Clean fish for baklng'
season with pepper and salt; wrap IN
a well oiled piece OF heavy white
glazed paper; tie it securely and bake
for one-half hour; when done remove
the paper and serve with melted but
ter
Cereal Bread-One cupful rolled
oats, four level teaspoonfuls barley
flour, two level teaspoonfuls salt, one
quart boiling water, one pint scalded
milk, one yeast cake, about two quarts
of whole wheat flour. Recipe makes
three loaves. Mix oatmeal and barley,
stir this into the boiling water, cook
slowly one hour. Rub through
sieve, adding sufficient water to make
three cupfuls. Add milk, salt and
when lukewarm dissolved yeast. Stir
in flour to make a soft dough Beat
with a wooden spoon five minutes.
Cover, stand in warm place until
double its bulk. Add more flour beat;
do not make stiff dough. Pour into
creased pans, let stand until light;
bake forty minutes. This is moist and
porous. Pearl barley may be used in
place of barley flour. Soak one-half
cup over night, cook with oatmeal.
Peach Pudding-One cupful of
flour. one-fourth teaspoonful salt, two
cupfuls fine bread crumbs one-half
cupful chopped nuts, two tablespoon
fuls lemon juice, one cupful sugar, two
cups peaches, three eggs. Mix all dry
ingredients, add beaten eggs, lemon
juice and peaches. Beat we'll. Pour
into buttered molds and steam two
hours. Serve with cream.
New Cake Filling-Take two table,
spoons peanut butter two cups pow
dered sugar, add cream or milk to
make a soft paste; put between layer
cake or on loaf cake.
Apple Pudding-Pare six tart APP
pies of good size. Butter bottom of
deep baking dish, slice in apples, add
sugar, nutmeg and piece of butter,
then make batter of heaping cup
flour, teaspoon baking powder, one
butter, three-fourths cup milk.
Picked EGgs-If the following
pickle were generally known it would
be more generally used; it is excel
be boiled hard-say, ten minutes
then Invested of their shells; when
quite cold, put them in cans, pour
over hot vinegar. Spices may be add
ed. Keep until they begin to change
color.
Economical Use of Lamb Chops
Rib lamb chops "Frenched" are costly.
To broil the lower ends with their
scant flesh is to char them into USE
lesSnesS. A Savory luncheon dish, how
ever, may be made of these lower or
rib ends. Have the butcher crack
the bones close up to the main, meaty
part of the chops, so they may be cas-
lily detached. Stew these gently for
an hour, adding salt and pepper at the
last, and set away to COOL Next
morning remove the fat which will
cop the top; slip boz from meat;
cut meat into inch lengths, removing
superfluous fat; reheat slowly in their
own liquor. Cooked vegetables may be
added such onions, peas, carrots,
mushrooms or boiled potatoes. Thick
en- with butter and flour before serv-
ing. This is good on toast as the
center of a bowl of mashed potato.
Things Worth Knowing.
To Remove Mildew Spots-Cover
spots with juice of a tomato and set
out to bleach. If spot does not en-
tirely disappear with first treatment,
repeat process. This absolutely will
remove mildew spots and positively
will not harm the finest fabric, or
lace. nor will it injure the most deli
cate colors.
perienced difficulty in buttoning a
dress by reason of the buttons being
tightly sewed close to the goods;
children, especially, soil and ''muss
up" dress trying to button it. To
overcome this, place a pin on the but
ton over the holes and sew over the
pin. Then, when sufficiently secured,
remove the pin and wind thread
around the shank, between button
and goods. You will find that by this
method the button stands up and can
be easily fastened by anyone.
To Remove Paint and Putty From
Window Glass-Put sufficient saler-
atus into hot water to make a strong
solution, and saturate the paint or
putty. Let it remain until nearly dry,
then rub it off with wooden cloth.
Homemade Fertilizer for Pot
plants and vergreens-Dissolve one
can I've in two gallons of water and
put in enough bones to make a thick,
crumbly mass. A few spoonfuls of
this in your watering pot once a week
wi give a wonderful growth and
brightness to all foliage plants.