Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1881 — HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Vanity Carer.—Yolk of eight eggs and one cup of sugar. Knead with flour, and fry in hot f it. Roll them and cut in fancy shape 3 before frying. A correspondent says that he has tried mixing sulphur with salt and giving to his hogs and sheep for lice and ticks, and finds it effective. Cracker Pie.—To a common-sized tin, allow one cup of cracker crumbs, onehalf pint of water, one teaspooful of tartaric acid, one cup of sugar, and spice to the taste. Bake with two crusts. Frosted Apple Pie.—Line a pie with puff paste. Slice in apples, sugar them and add a little butter, no water, and a little lemon essence or juice. Bake, and when done spread a thick frosting of beaten egg and sugar over it, return to the oven till the frosting is warmed through. Apple Short-Cake. —Slice enough tart apples to fill two round pi<| tins. Make a crust out’of one teacupful of sour cream, a teaspoonful of soda, a little salt, and flour to roll out. 801 l out upper crusts, fit over the apples and bake. The fruit should be juicy and no water added. When done turn bottom upwards, sprinkle over sugar and a few bits of butter, turn back again, pile one on the other, and serve warm with cream or as you please. Favorite Pudding.—One-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, white and yolks beaten separately, two teaspoonfnls of cream-of-tartar, flour to make a stiff batter; steam until done. Serve immediately, with sauce made as follows: One pint of boiling water, one cup of sugar, buttet the size of an egg, and one glass of wine. Thicken with corn-starch/ A pudding made like the above and baked with fruits, canned peaches, jam. marmalade, or whatever is preferred, spread over it, is very nice indeed. A Mold of Cold Meat.—A pound or a little more of cold meat—beef, mutton, anything except pork—two ounces of macearoni, one teacupful of tine bread crumbs, a tablespoon ini of butter, one ?gg, pepper anil salt. Cut the meat very fine. Wash the macearoni in cold water then boil for half an hour, drain and cut into inch-lengths. Mix with the meat crumbs, butter, pepper and salt, mix thoroughly, bind together with the beaten egg and pack into a wellgreased basin or bowl and steam for an hour. This is very nice for breakfast or tea sliced and eaten cold. To Dry Sweet Potatoes.—A good way to preserve sweet potatoes for futura use when they show signs of decay, is to dry them in the same manner as you would any fruit. Boil, peel, and slice quite thin, and dry on plates around the fire. When wanted for the table, put the quantity desired into a closely covered tin or porcelain stew-pan—iron darkens them—with but little water, not enough to cover them, and let simmer two or three hours; When done the water should ‘ have evaporated, or what little there is left should be of the consistency of syrup. Mash and serve as you would Irish potatoes, omitting the milk. , Boiling M.tK.—The source of the scarlet fever epidemic near London was traced by Dr. Stevenson, a medical officer of health, to the milk sent there from two farms in Oxfordshire. Scarlet fever had previously prevailed in Oxfordshire, and the milk sent out from there was found to contain the infectious germs. The doctor advises all who have the care of invalids or infants to boil their milk before jusing it We are not in favor of sounding useless alarms, but in the case of itifants or delicate persons we think it as well to boil the milk before giving it, especially wflien it may come from several cows.— Hural Neuj Yorker.