Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1880 — HOESEKEEPERS’ HELPS. [ARTICLE]

HOESEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Stbawbekry Sauce.— Cream and half a cup of butter with a cup and a half of granulated sugar; add a pint of crushed strawberries and the beaten Avhite of an egg. Nice for batter puddings. Spiced Gooseberries. — -Remove stems and blossoms from ripe gooseberries ; wash and boil down in a sirup made of three pints of sugar to a pint of vinegar, When very thick add ground cloves and cinnamon. Careful not to burn. Currant Jam. — Pick from the stems, wash, put into a preserving kettle and boil gently twenty minutes, skimming as needed. Add sugar in the proportion of a pound of sugar to a pint of the boiled fruit. Boil half an hour longer, stirring almost constantly. Gooseberry Jam.— Look over, wash and stow in a little water. Press through a coarse wire sieve and return to the kettle. To each pound of the pulped gooseberry add three-fourths of a pound of granulated sugar. Boil three-quar-ters of an hour, stirring constantly. Put into bottles or wide-mouthed jars and secure like jelly. Pickled Walnuts or Butternuts.— Gather when well grown but tender enough to run a needle through them. Put into strong brine for three days, changing once. Take out; wash; place in sun, turning frequently until black. Bring good vinegar to the boiling point, add whatever spice liked, put the nuts into a jar and pour over the hot vinegar. They will be ready to eat in a week. Strawberry Jelly. —Remove hulls, wash, drain, then put into a kettle over a slow fire. Crush, and when quite hot take from the fire and when cool enough to handle strain through a coarse flannel bag Boil juice fifteen minutes, skim, add a pound of sugar for each pint of juice, and boil fifteen minutes longer. If the jelly be not very firm let it stand in the sun for a few days covered with pieces of window glass! Puff Strawberry Pudding.— Sift two teaspoonfuls of baking powder with a pint of flour; beat well an egg; add a little salt; mix with sweet milk till of the consistency of thick batter. Place well-greased cups in a steamer; put into each a spoonful of batter, then a spoonful of strawberries, and cover with another spoonful of batter and steam twenty minutes. Eat with cream and sugar, or a liquid hot sauce with a cupful of strawberry juice added. Sweet-Pickled Cucumbers.—Washpare and quarter ripe cucumbers; take out seeds, wash and place in strong brine for two days. Take out, place in cold, clear water for an hour, then throw into

alum water—a lump the size of a small hickory-nut to a -gallon of water—for another hour. Make a sirup of a pint of good vinegar, a pound of white sugar, ana a table-spoonful each of broken cinnamon and cloves. Make enough of this sirup to cover the pieces, and boil until tender. , - Thirty small boys were arrested in Dallas, Tex., for giving a negro minstrel show without a license, the complainant being the owner of an old building which they had used without permission. They were tried before the Mayor, who said: “I find the prisoners guilty and fine them 81 each. The alternative is one day in jail.” The consternation among the offenders, 'was very great. “But,” his Honor added, “I was a boy once myself, and went on the end in just such a performance. I will pay these fines myself.”