One quart of boiled linseed oil, ^ pint of turpentine,
^ pint of shellac. Mix well and put on hardwood floor
with a flannel cloth. Mrs. Rhodes.
PROPER GARNISHES.
With roast beef or veal serve horse radish.
With roast mutton currant jelly.
yiLEUTINrO YflLENTINE & GOMFflNY.
YMr n ISHLO Coacb and Car Varnishes and Colors.
MISCELLANEOUS. 167
With boiled mutton, caper sauce.
With roast pork, apple sauce.
With boiled chicken, egg sauce.
With roast lamb, mint sauce.
With roast turkey, oyster sauce.
With Venison, or duck, black currant jelly.
With boiled fresh mackerel, stewed gooseberries.
With boiled trout, butter sauce.
With compote of pigeons, mushroom sauce.
With fresh salmon, green peas with cream sauce.
With roast goose, apple sauce.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Rubbing tough meat with cut lemon.
Bacon fat for frying chicken or game.
Dipping sliced onions in milk before frying.
Heating crackers before using.
Heating dry coffee before making.
Pouring vinegar over fish before scaling.
Fried sweet apples with liver and kidney.
Putting a little lemon juice into the water in which
rice is boiled.
l/ALEUTINrC VALENTINE & GOMFflN/,
VMr li ISHLO Coach and Car Varnislies and Colors.
168 MISCELLANEOUS.
RAISIN ROLL.
Mix with milk until soft enough to roll out, 2 cups
of flour, into which 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking
powder has been sifted, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and
a pinch of salt. Spread with a mixture of i cup of
raisins, seeded, the grated rind and juice of a lemon i^
cup of sugar✪ Raisin Roll, Steam i hour and eat with sauce.
Mrs. B. F. Ray.
FRUIT SUET PUDDING,
One teaspoonful of soda, ^ teaspoonful,of salt, ^
saltspoonful of cinnamon, ^ of nutmeg sifted into 21^
cups of flour; rub in yi cup of butter and i of chopped
suet, add i cup of chopped raisins and currants. Mix i
cup of milk (or water) and i cup of molasses✪ Fruit Suet Pudding, stir it into
the dry mixture. Steam 3 hours in a buttered mould-
Miss Edith A, Stevens.
LEMON TARTLETS.
The grated rind and juice of 2 lemons, ^ pound of
granulated sugar, 2 well beaten eggs, and a large table-
spoonful of butt✪ Lemon Tartletser, melted. Mix well and bake in puff
paste in pate pans. This makes i dozen tartlets.
Mrs. H. Geower.
IMLEUTINrC YflLENTINE & GOMPflNY.
YMrII ISHLO Coach and Car Varnisbes and Colors.
MISCELLANEOUS. 169
PLAIN PLUM PUDDING.
Two cups of very fine bread crumbs (of bread a day
old) pressed down, ^^ cup of flour, i cup of suet, i of
chopped apple (also very fine) i cup of stoned raisins,
^ cup of currants, i of sugar, rind and juice of a lemon,
a little candied peel and 3 eggs✪ Plain Plum Pudding. Work well together
and steam 4 hours. Mrs. H. Grower.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Darn table cloths with linEn ravelings.
It is healthful to drink a glass of water before break-
fast.
Here is a recipe for one of the best, if not the best,
tooth powder obtainable:
Tooth Powder — Take one ounce of powdered borax,
two ounces precipitated chalk and one ounce powdered cas-
tile soap.
An excellent domestic remedy for sore mouth and sere
throat is a weak solution of borax and water used freely.
A solution of borax and soda used as a gargle for the
throat and mouth, and as a wash for the face, neck, hands
and arms, when going out and on returning to the house,
and especially when visiting the sick, is considered very
efficacious in warding off contagious diseases.
A solution of borax and soda will remove tan.
Delicate dishes
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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
One quart of boiled linseed oil, ^ pint of turpentine, ^ pint of shellac. Mix well and put on hardwood floor with a flannel cloth. Mrs. Rhodes.
PROPER GARNISHES.
With roast beef or veal serve horse radish. With roast mutton currant jelly.
[illustration: Valentine & Company Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors]
With boiled mutton, caper sauce.
With roast pork, apple sauce.
With boiled chicken, egg sauce.
With roast lamb, mint sauce.
With roast turkey, oyster sauce.
With Venison, or duck, black currant jelly.
With boiled fresh mackerel, stewed gooseberries.
With boiled trout, butter sauce.
With compote of pigeons, mushroom sauce.
With fresh salmon, green peas with cream sauce.
With roast goose, apple sauce.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Rubbing tough meat with cut lemon. Bacon fat for frying chicken or game. Dipping sliced onions in milk before frying. Heating crackers before using. Heating dry coffee before making. Pouring vinegar over fish before scaling. Fried sweet apples with liver and kidney. Putting a little lemon juice into the water in which rice is boiled.
[illustration: Valentine & Company Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors]
RAISIN ROLL.
Mix with milk until soft enough to roll out, 2 cups of flour, into which 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder has been sifted, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and a pinch of salt. Spread with a mixture of i cup of raisins, seeded, the grated rind and juice of a lemon i^ cup of sugar, Steam i hour and eat with sauce.
Mrs. B. F. Ray.
FRUIT SUET PUDDING,
One teaspoonful of soda, ^ teaspoonful,of salt, ^ saltspoonful of cinnamon, ^ of nutmeg sifted into 21^ cups of flour; rub in yi cup of butter and i of chopped suet, add i cup of chopped raisins and currants. Mix i cup of milk (or water) and i cup of molasses, stir it into the dry mixture. Steam 3 hours in a buttered mould-
Miss Edith A, Stevens.
LEMON TARTLETS.
The grated rind and juice of 2 lemons, ^ pound of granulated sugar, 2 well beaten eggs, and a large tablespoonful of butter, melted. Mix well and bake in puff paste in pate pans. This makes i dozen tartlets.
Mrs. H. Geower.
[illustration: Valentine & Company Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors]
PLAIN PLUM PUDDING.
Two cups of very fine bread crumbs (of bread a day old) pressed down, ^^ cup of flour, i cup of suet, i of chopped apple (also very fine) i cup of stoned raisins, ^ cup of currants, i of sugar, rind and juice of a lemon, a little candied peel and 3 eggs. Work well together and steam 4 hours. Mrs. H. Grower.
Darn table cloths with linEn ravelings.
It is healthful to drink a glass of water before break-
fast.
Here is a recipe for one of the best, if not the best, tooth powder obtainable:
Tooth Powder — Take one ounce of powdered borax, two ounces precipitated chalk and one ounce powdered castile soap.
An excellent domestic remedy for sore mouth and sere throat is a weak solution of borax and water used freely.
A solution of borax and soda used as a gargle for the throat and mouth, and as a wash for the face, neck, hands and arms, when going out and on returning to the house, and especially when visiting the sick, is considered very efficacious in warding off contagious diseases.
A solution of borax and soda will remove tan.
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