The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things worth knowing.

Leftover poultry grease makes GOOD
shortening for pastries.
Take a clean and rather fine whisk
broom for sprinkling clothes to iron;
also for giving house plants a shower
bath.
A good chicken or turkey wing is
just the thing for brushing down the
stairs. 1t finds all the corners and
leavs no scratches.
To keep ones eyeglasses from
steaming when entering a warm room,
turn the head to the side so the
warmth of the room falls on the inner
side of the glasses first, and the trou-
BILE will be overcome.
A yard stick case, hung on the in
side of a closet door, or convenient
place for this necessary household
measuring stick. 1t makes a very in
expensive and most acceptable Christ
mas gift. A yard and a quarter of
material at 35 cents to so cents a yard
is sufficient for five cases. The case
is made from striped cretonne, the
stripe design to be about the width of
a yard stick. Cut strips from the ma
terial about two inches wide, one strip
to be thirty-six inches long and the
other forty inches long, and cut the
latter to a point at one end. Sew the
stripe together around the sides and
bottom. leaving the top open; at the
apex of the point of the one strip sew
a bone ring, by which the case is sus-
pended.
The Table
Poppy Seed Cake-One cup sugar,
one-half cup butter. two-thirds cup
milk. one-half cup poppy seed, one
and one-half cups flour, two rounded
teaspoons baking powder, whites of
four eggs well beaten. Soak poppy
seed in a little hot milk for one-half
hour, then drain off the milk that is
left and mix the seed with a little
] flour. Cream butter and sugar, add
the milk, then flour and baking pow
! der Sifted, poppy seed, last the beaten
eggs. Frosting for cake; One cup
brown sugar, one-half cup milk, one
| square bitter chocolate, one teaspoon
vanilla, one-half dozen chopped wal
nuts. Boil sugar, milk and chocolate
| (cut in small pieces) till it forms a ball
when dropped in cold water. Remove
from fire and beat till it begins to cool,
then add chopped nuts and vanilla
Spread on cake before it is cold.
Baked Macaroni With Oysters
| One-third package macaroni, three
dozen large oysters. one cup thick
cream sauce, one-fourth cup soft
| bread crumbs, one-fourth cup grated
American cheese, one level tablespoon
| butter, dash of paprika- Cook maca-
| roni in boiling sailed water until ten
| der, drain, cover bottom of shallow
baking dish with macaroni, add layer
| or oysters, cover with cream sauce
| etc, until all are used. Sprinkle top
with bread crumbs, cheese and
paprika; add few bits of butter. Bake
! in moderate oven twenty to thirty min
utes. The top should be brown.
Italian Spaghetti-To make spa
ghetti in the home which will com
pare favorab1y with the most savory
served in Italian restaurants, cook
! one five-cent package of spaghetti in
I salt water until tender, then drain
add cold water and drain again. Set
aside where it will keep warm. Into
another vessel put one pound ground
suet, place over fire, add teaspoon OF
salt and cook five minutes, stirring
continually; then add half of ten
cent bottle ground chilli pepper and
one large onion cut fine; let the whole
cook ten minutes, stirring continual
ly. Then add one can tomatoes and
cook twenty minutes Dish up spa
ghetti on plates and pour a good por-
ton of above mixture over each serv-
ing. Will serve six people. This is q
good meal in itself and an excellent
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