Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19

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and BlOuses".
Pure ice cream is a wholesome
food and need not be regarded as a
luxury during the warm months
when it is most enjoyed.
Do you know New Zealand
spinach? 1t is often available in
the hot months when ordinary
spinach does not thrive so we'll.
Oily cloths used in polishing floors
and woodwork are a serious fire
risk and should either be destroyed
Immediately after use or kept in
tightly covered fire-proof cOntainer.
Cream for whipping should be "a
hours old, and should be very cold.
The bowl and beater should be
chilled in order to have successful
results. Add sugar and flavor when
the desired whip is reached.
Waxing or vanishing is said to
improve the appearance of linoleum
and to make it. last longer. Wax
should be used on the inlaid and
plain kinds and varnish on the
printed ones, for wax sometimes
tends to soften the printed surface.
Many of the troublesome house
hold insects feed on crumbs, scraps,
and other exposed food. So keep
your food supplies in tight metal or
glass containers. Clean up prompt
ly any food crumbs that may be
scattered about. Don't leave any
food uncovered.
The right height for the kitchen
sink depends on the height, length
of arm, and general build of the
person who is to use it. Thirty-six
inches from the rim to the floor is
often given a good average height.
If the sink is too low, flat box or
block may be used to set the dish
pan while working at the sink
Whites or yOlks of eggs may be
used instead of whole eggs in MAX
ing fancy white or yellow cakes, or
as an economy in using up parts of
eggs left over. For most purposes
two whites or two yolks may be
considered roughly the equivalent of
one egg. When yOlks alone are used
a little extra baking powder is some
times needed.
A chance bedbug is no disgrace,
but a family of them is ap indicat-
ion of relaxed vigilance on the part
of the hOusekeeper. If you discover
any, force kerosene, gasoline, or
benZine into cracks or crevices of
the bedstead and along the holdings
and baseboards of the room. Sue
cessiVe applications should be made
every or days for about weeks
to kill any bugs Matched in the
intervening periods.
One of the secrets of French
flavoring in cookery is the discreet
use of garlic. Put one nubbin or
'clove" of garlic in with the stew
ing or soup chicken; it's flavor will |
be scarcely perceptible, but will |
greately improve the flatness of the |
boiled meat. Rub the salad bowl |
with garlic, and drop it into gravy |
or stew, removing it as soon as the |
delicately noticeable. Garlic can be
object to it do not know what gives |
a dish its unusually good taste.
Apples appear on the table in
many forms during the early fall,
for there are sure to be windfalls
and imperfect apples which must be
cooked to be saved. Some of these
should be canned as apples sauce or
pie apples, of course. In addition to
pie and dumplings, some may be
used for apple betty, apple cObbler,
apple snow, Dutch apple cake, up
side down apple cake, apple fritters,
baked and steamed apples; others
may be put into fruit salad or fruit
cup; with the meat course one may
have fried apples, sweet potatoes
and apples, or cabbage and apples. |
Stuffed baked apples are also sug-
gested.
A two-cOurse dinner, providing, in |
addition to meat, one green-leaf |
vegetable, one starchy vegetable, |
and a dessert, served as the second |
course, may be considered a COM |
pletely balanced meal if all five |
food groups are represented in it: |
Protein foods, fruits and vegetables, |
starchy food, fats and sweets. |
Soups and salads are not necessary
for the home dinner, but the salad |
may take the place of a cooked vege-
table, and the soup may serve to use
up material already on hand. By
sometimes having such courses and
sometimes emitting them, the pat
tern of the family meals is more in
teresting and varied.
Giving various privileges on the
farm, including allowance of farm
products, in addition to wages, is an
means of attracting and
holding good farm hands, says the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. These things if bought at
city prices would cost more than
double their farm value. Working
men not on farms would more often
consider farm work as an occupa-
ton if they knew what prequisites |
and consequent saving in expenses
were offered in addition to wages.
Children get the habit of eating |
unsuitable food because the busy |
mother has not time to plan and |