Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.

Blnt« to Housekeepers. For creaking shoes, oil them at the sides of the soles. For chilblains, apply tincture of iodine with a camel’s hair brush. A bit of charcoal held in the mouth and slowly chewed will remove the offensive breath after eating onions. Brown paper torn in small pieces and wet in water, softened by the addition of a little ammonia, is excellent to wash lamp chimneys. To remove grease, mix a little soap into a gallon of warm, soft water; then add half an ounce of borax; wash the part well with a clean cloth, and the spot will soon disappear. The gold thread used so much in embroidery is apt to become dull or tarnished; bUt if it is poor it can be brightened by pressing It with a moderately hot iron. A good tonic for the hair is of salt water, a teaspoonful of salt to a pint of water, applied to the hair two or three times a week. The effect at the end of a month will be surprising. By opening one window for a space, the air of a room is merely disturbed. Raise a window on one side of an apartment and lower one on the opposite, or open a transom, and ventilation will be affected. In the summer season it frequently happens that persons going into the woods are poisoned by contact with dogwood, ivy or poison oak. Tbe severe itching and smarting thus produced may be allayed by first washing the parts with a solution of saleratus, —two tablespoonsful to a pint of water—and then applying cloths wet with extract of hamamelis. Give a a dose of epsom salts or a double rochello powder. Miscellaneous Recipe*. Muffins. —One egg, two tablespoonsful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, three teaspoons of baking powder sifted with the flour. Use a large cup for measuring and bake in ordinary gem pans in a hot oven. Corn Gems. —One egg well beaten, five tablespoonfuls rich, sweet cream, two scant pints of water, four teacups corn meal, four tablespoon salt, the same amount of sugar and half a teaspoonful soda. Mix dry ingredients well, then stir all together, pour into hot greased pans and bake in a hot oven fifteen or twenty minutes. Broiled Salt Codfish.— Take a thick piece of the fish and soak it twenty-four hours, changing water once or twice; then wipe dry and broil to a nice brown over a clear but not too hot fire. Take up a hot platr ter, spread on it a little butter, or pour over a few spoonsfuls of hot cream. With mealy baked potatoes and nice brown bread makes a breakfast which a convalescent can enjoy. Veal Sausage. —Take a pint ol minced veal left from a roast, or ra%meat chopped fine; add a large tablespoonful of butter, a half teaspoonful of salt,* very scant teaspoonful of sage, and half a teaspoonful of summer savory. Bind the sausage meat into small cakes with the white of an egg. Add a tablespoonful ol water to the yolk of an egg, and dip each ball into it and fry in buttei until well cooked.