Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1913 — HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

_ Spareribs should be parboiled before roasting. Creamed cauliflow'er, served in green shells, is a pretty and tempting dish.

It is best to roast or pan chicken with the breast down. It will be more juicy. '

For 15 cents you can buy a little device designed for sprinkling clothes evenly. If a bag of sulphur is kept in the bird cage it will drive away lice in hot weather.

Left-over jelly of several different kinds mixed together can be used for cake filling. Do not put salt in the water in which peas are cooked. It will cause the skins to crack. -

When rubber gloves wear into holes try mending them with surgical adhesive plaster. Try adding a leaf of spinnach to water in which peas are cooked; they will keep a good color. Rub brown, sugar on a sliced ham before boiling it. The ham will have a delicious flavor.