Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Tested Recipes. Crust for Tarts.—Rub one teacupful of lard into three teacupfuls of flour and a pinch of salt Beat the white of one egg slightly, add five tablespoonfuls of water to it, and mix it into the flour. Do not mix more than necessary, and it will be a flaky crust. Plain Omelette.—Beat four eggs very light Have ready a pan of hot butter, pour the beaten eggs into it, and fry it till it is of a flue brown on the under side, then lap one-half over the ever, and serve it hot. Just before you lap it, sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the top. Chopped parsley or onion may be mixed with the egg before it is fried. English Padding (hour). —One pound oach of currants,raisins (stoned) and suet, one-halif pound <©f citron, one cupful of molases, one pint of boiling milk, one scant teaspoonful each of cinnamon, allspice and salt, one-half teaspoonful of dove, the same of soda and one nutmeg; six 'eggs, reserving one white for sauce. Boil six hours. Add flour to stiffen, so that a fork will stand upright in the mixture.

Reef Tea.—Cutin small pieces two pounds weight of fresh, lean beef, add three pints -of cold -water, when on the eve of boiling, carefully remove •the scum, the moment it boils add a ■pint of cold-water, ithenilet .it boll up again and remove the scum as before. If by this time it is not perfectly clear, the same -quantityof'water may be added the second time, which will cause more scum to rise. The same remarks apply to.all other broths .and gravies, which will always be transparent and finely flavored if the same rule be observed. Beef tea should be -allowed to simmer not less than three-quarters of an hour and not more tha® one hour from the time it is last skimmed. Home-Made Charlotte Busse— Home-made charlotte russe is much nicer .than that bought at the baker’s, and is easy and simple tomake. The following recipe will make dessert enough fora family of live: Haifa pint of double -cream, a teaspoonful •of vanilla, and a third of a cupful of granulated sugar. Whip these together, and when stiff add the beaten whites of two eggs and mix thoroughly. Line the bottom an-d sides of a fancy pudding dish with single iadyfingers—nice crisp ones. It w.ill take about eighteen double ones, giving you thirty-six single strips. It is better to buy these at a good confectioner’s than to make them Pour in the whipped cream and set aside in a coal place. There are ways more involved for making charlotte russe, but the above is entirely satisfactory.

There is not much formality about the social life at Vassar College, as all the students live in one building. Thera is always considerable fun and enjoyment in the Senior class, as a certain corridor' is their exclusive property. They have a class parlor, also sacred to Seniors, .which is used as a room for both business and social meetings, and is finely furnished. Outside of (he Senio/class, the pleasantest life is the parlor life of the students. A few girls room alone, but a great majority have parlors, five girls constituting a “family,” each with her own room, but all having the same study parlor. The nature of the girls determines whether or not the room is for study. Perhaps this system is conducive to cliques, but it affords a good chance to learn human nature, and to adapt one's self to circumstances. there is the chapter life (neither veiy social nor very interesting), the spreads, much fun, but discouraged by the faculty, and class and club life, whose interest varies with different classes. Vassar is divided into many cliques. It is not possible, it seems to me, for any general sociability to exist, for “birds of a feather must flock together,” and you cannot make them do otherwise.— Pouakkeepsie letter. It is related of the famous baker, Don Jose de Salamanca, whojlied recently, that in 1858 he gave a single dinner that cost $90,000. English people have developed a taste for United States money, and will seize upon a greenback as readily as * duck will a frog.