Magnet users cook book

TO BAKE PANCAKES WITHOUT SMOKE OR ODOR. Make a little salt bag and rub the gridiron with it in place of grease. The cakes will not stick and there will be no smoke or odor. TO KEEP ICING FROM SUGARING. When making cooked icing, add a pinch of salt to the sugar and the icing will not grain and turn to sugar. “TO PREPARE BATTER OR THICKENING FOR GRAVIES, SOUPS, ETC. If a little salt is put in the flour before it is wet, lumps will be avoided in mixing the batter. TO REMOVE INSECTS FROM GREEN VEGETABLES. Wash green vegetables in plenty of salt water. This will remove insects, slugs, etc., but do not let the vegetables soak in the salt water. This is especially good lettuce, celery, cauliflower, cabbage and greens. TO BROIL MEAT. To broil meat over the coals, it is essential that they do not smoke, so after the coals have burned down, throw a handful of salt over them. This will lower the flame and deaden the smoke that arises. TO FRESHEN COFFEE. A pinch of salt takes the bitter taste out of coffee that has been cooked too long. Some say a pinch of salt improves the best of coffee. * AS A SEASONING. The most general use for salt is as a seasoning. ' MILKS 35 COWS—LITTLE EXPENSE. I have used my Magnet for twelve years and have found it to be just as was represented. I have milked from 10 to 35 cows every year with but very little expense and find the Magnet a good skimmer and very easy to milk. Chas. Olsen, Leavitt, Alta.. Salt brings out the flavor, stimulates the taste and aids digestion. More people use too little than too much. ; TO IMPROVE THE FLAVOR OF TEA AND COCOA. A pinch of salt imparts a mellow taste to tea and makes cocoa seem richer. % TO OVERCOME A BAD ODOR FROM THE OVEN. Salt thrown in the oven after anything has been burnt will make the odor seem less disagreeable. : TO BOIL A CRACKED EGG. When boiling a cracked egg add a teaspoonful of salt to prevent the contents of the egg from boiling out. TO PREVENT CAKES FROM BURNING. Cakes may be prevented from burning by sprinkling a little salt in the bottom of the oven. TO CRACK NUTS AND LEAVE THE MEATS WHOLE. To crack nuts properly soak in salt water over night. Apply the hammer on the end and the meats will come out whole. Soaking in the salt brine also improves the flavor. TO FRESHEN WITHERED APPLES. To freshen dry or withered apples, wash clean and place in stone crock filled with salt brine—one handful of salt to every three gallons of water. Change the water every Six hours until apples appear fresh. TO WHIP CREAM RAPIDLY. A pinch of salt will cause cream to whip more easily and rapidly. TO PRESERVE SMOKED MEAT. Smoked meat will not mold if rubbed ~ once in two weeks with the white of an egg into which has been beaten. a little salt and water. TO REMOVE FISH SCALES. To remove fish scales easily first pour hot salt water over the fish until scales curl. At this point scrape rapidly. Next wash in cold salt water and all disagreeable slime will be removed. | TO HANDLE FISH EASILY. To prevent fish from. slipping through the fingers dip the fingers in salt. FOR JUDGING MUSHROOMS. Sprinkle a little salt on the gills of mushrooms, to detect their goodness. If the gills turn black, the mushrooms are fit for food; and if yellow, the mushrooms are poisonous. TO STIFFEN JELLIES ON A HOT DAY. When placed in a bowl of cold water to which a handful of salt and soda have been added, a Jelly mold will retain its shape. TO BOIL CABBAGE PROPERLY. The flavor of boiled cabbage will be improved if a teaspoonful of salt and a lump of sugar have been added to the water. TO IMPROVE DELICATE DESSERTS. The flavor of the most delicate desserts can be improved with the magic pinch of salt. Z