Take of grated chocolate^ milk, sugar, molasses,
one cup each, piece of butter size of an egg✪ Chocolate Caramels; boil
until it drops hard; pour on buttered dish, and before
it cools mark off in square blocks.
' Peppermints.
One cup of sugar, moistened with water✪ Peppermints, and let
boil five minutes, then flavor with peppermint and stir
in well.
OLYMPIA BEER
Brewed in Olympia, Wn.,
unsurpassed for quality, is
for sale at all good grocers
"ITS THE WATER" -demand it.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
"For nothing lovelier , can be found in woman than to
study household goods."
A Sweet Disposition.
Three grains common sense, one large heart, one
good liver, plenty of fresh air and sunlight, one bushel
contentment, and one good husband. Do not bring
to a boil.
Alcohol will remove candle grease.
Veal requires twenty minutes per pound.
Never add flavoring extracts until mixtures are
cooled.
Lamb requires fifteen to twenty minutes per
pound.
One lemon is usually equal to two tablespoons
of juice.
r»x M.M. -^ — ' ^ Young Men's, Boys and Children's
Stratton s ciotting
Incorporated j^g ^^^^^ ^^ g^^^ Francisco
178 COUNCIL COOK BOOK.
A pinch of salt added to the coffee will increase
its aroma.
Clean white ivory knife handles or white marble
with damp salt.
To take the taste of onion from knives, etc., slice
up a raw potato.
In making corn bread, always have the bowl
you mix it in hot.
Roast beef requires ten to twenty minutes per
pound for roasting.
Strew the storeroom shelves with a few cloves
to drive away ants.
Lamb chops dipped in lemon juice just before
broiling are delicious.
Mix a mustard plaster with the white of an egg
to prevent blistering.
Salt mackerel can be freshened if it is soaked
overnight in sour milk.
BROCK & CO. I ^"^ Presidio Roast Coffee
t IS a great starter, 3 lbs.
Grocers ^ for $1.00. Ring up West 4011
HOUSEHOLD HINTS 179
When frying left-over boiled potatoes, add a
handful of carroway seed.
To make a brine for pickling, take nineteen cups
of water to one cup of salt.
To prevent flour from lumping, add a little salt
before mixing with milk or water.
When broiling steak, try brushing it over with
butter and flour to keep the juices in.
A few drops of lemon juice added to scrambled
eggs while cooking will improve them.
If freshly cleaned tiles are rubbed over with
paraffine, they will keep clean for a long while.
Discolored china baking dishes can be made as
clean as when new by rubbing them with whiting.
To blow out a candle, hold it high and blow
upwards. This will prevent the grease scattering.
Sprinkle a handful of carroway seed over a roast
of veal. It gives the meat and gravy a fine flavor.
Percy J. Meyer Herbert S. Meyer
HARDWOOD INTERIOR CO.
INLAID FLOORS Z^^^.
180 COUNCIL COOK BOOK.
A lump of camphor placed in the china closet will
prevent any silver which may be in it from tarnishing.
Add a few tablespoons of water instead of milk
to thin eggs in an omelet. Milk toughens the omelet.
To remove fly specks from varnished surfaces,
use equal parts of warm water and skim milk warmed.
A cloth saturated in gasoline and rubbed over
porcelain bowls, tubs, etc., will remove dirt like magic.
Remember when putting meat in the ice chest not
to place it against the ice. Ice draws the flavor out
of meat.
To distinguish good eggs from bad ones, put
them in water; if the large end turns up, they are
not fresh.
To cream butter and sugar easily, warm the
sugar slightly. This will soften the butter without
melting it.
One yeast cake is equal to one teacup of yeast,
a measurement often used in the older, much-prized
cook books.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS 181
✪ Brown Sauce
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Take of grated chocolate^ milk, sugar, molasses,
one cup each, piece of butter size of an egg; boil
until it drops hard; pour on buttered dish, and before
it cools mark off in square blocks.
' Peppermints.
One cup of sugar, moistened with water, and let
boil five minutes, then flavor with peppermint and stir
in well.
OLYMPIA BEER
Brewed in Olympia, Wn.,
unsurpassed for quality, is
for sale at all good grocers
"ITS THE WATER" -demand it.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
"For nothing lovelier , can be found in woman than to
study household goods."
A Sweet Disposition.
Three grains common sense, one large heart, one
good liver, plenty of fresh air and sunlight, one bushel
contentment, and one good husband. Do not bring
to a boil.
Alcohol will remove candle grease.
Veal requires twenty minutes per pound.
Never add flavoring extracts until mixtures are
cooled.
Lamb requires fifteen to twenty minutes per
pound.
One lemon is usually equal to two tablespoons
of juice.
r»x M.M. -^ — ' ^ Young Men's, Boys and Children's
Stratton s ciotting
Incorporated j^g ^^^^^ ^^ g^^^ Francisco
178 COUNCIL COOK BOOK.
A pinch of salt added to the coffee will increase
its aroma.
Clean white ivory knife handles or white marble
with damp salt.
To take the taste of onion from knives, etc., slice
up a raw potato.
In making corn bread, always have the bowl
you mix it in hot.
Roast beef requires ten to twenty minutes per
pound for roasting.
Strew the storeroom shelves with a few cloves
to drive away ants.
Lamb chops dipped in lemon juice just before
broiling are delicious.
Mix a mustard plaster with the white of an egg
to prevent blistering.
Salt mackerel can be freshened if it is soaked
overnight in sour milk.
BROCK & CO. I ^"^ Presidio Roast Coffee
t IS a great starter, 3 lbs.
Grocers ^ for $1.00. Ring up West 4011
HOUSEHOLD HINTS 179
When frying left-over boiled potatoes, add a
handful of carroway seed.
To make a brine for pickling, take nineteen cups
of water to one cup of salt.
To prevent flour from lumping, add a little salt
before mixing with milk or water.
When broiling steak, try brushing it over with
butter and flour to keep the juices in.
A few drops of lemon juice added to scrambled
eggs while cooking will improve them.
If freshly cleaned tiles are rubbed over with
paraffine, they will keep clean for a long while.
Discolored china baking dishes can be made as
clean as when new by rubbing them with whiting.
To blow out a candle, hold it high and blow
upwards. This will prevent the grease scattering.
Sprinkle a handful of carroway seed over a roast
of veal. It gives the meat and gravy a fine flavor.
Percy J. Meyer Herbert S. Meyer
HARDWOOD INTERIOR CO.
INLAID FLOORS Z^^^.
180 COUNCIL COOK BOOK.
A lump of camphor placed in the china closet will
prevent any silver which may be in it from tarnishing.
Add a few tablespoons of water instead of milk
to thin eggs in an omelet. Milk toughens the omelet.
To remove fly specks from varnished surfaces,
use equal parts of warm water and skim milk warmed.
A cloth saturated in gasoline and rubbed over
porcelain bowls, tubs, etc., will remove dirt like magic.
Remember when putting meat in the ice chest not
to place it against the ice. Ice draws the flavor out
of meat.
To distinguish good eggs from bad ones, put
them in water; if the large end turns up, they are
not fresh.
To cream butter and sugar easily, warm the
sugar slightly. This will soften the butter without
melting it.
One yeast cake is equal to one teacup of yeast,
a measurement often used in the older, much-prized
cook books.
T C; QT MON ^ » ^- '^^ *^ ^-Ski" Binding
L.. O. O 1 IVl W 1 > O g jyj^ri^^.^ Fealherbone
658 Mission Street * De Long's Hooks and Eyes
HOUSEHOLD HINTS 181