Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1902 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

How to Put the Attractive Glaze on Rolls and Loaves. The glaze on Vienna rolls and bread is one of the reasons that this delicious breadstuff is so popular. A glaze on other breads also has frequently been desired. According to the statements of an authority on breadmaking, this glazed surface effect can only be produced by the admission of steam into the oven while baking. It is done this way: Place an open pan of water in the oven and let it heat long enough to give off sufficient steam to saturate the air in the oven. When the loaves are put in, they should be quite cool, and owing to their coolness a momentary condensation of steam is effected over the whole surface of the loaf. The steam coming in contact with the loaf renders soluble the starch on the outside surface, and as the water dries off leaves a soluble starch, a part of which has been converted into dextrin. This also serves the purpose of keening the interior of the loaf moist by preventing the rapid evaporation.—Kitchen Magazine. Practical Book Cover*. I have discovered an easy way to prolong the life of paper bound volumes. With ordinary paste made from flour or starch paste a piece of calico or gingharfi to the paper covers. The cloth should be in one Eiece just as the paper covering is. >ry under a weight to prevent curling. The paper covering is usually well glued to the back of the volume, hut in use it soon breaks. The cloth prevents this. If the cloth used is in a plain color, it may be ornamented with a few stitches or strokes of the brush. This little discovery has given me much pleasure, because I need no longer be ashamed of the appearance presented by the cheap edition that I must often buy if I am to read a coveted book at all. And I can pass the book on to a friend without fearing that the first or last pages may be lost.—Good Housekeeping. For the Amateur Laundress. The woman who prefers to launder her own handkerchiefs and lace fixings rather than to trust to the vagaries of the average laundress or laundryraan can now perform the task with appropriately sized machinery at least so far as the wringing of the dainty articles is concerned. A small wringer has just appeared, and ut first glance it suggests a toy. A saleswoman when asked if the miniature contrivance were not a useful sort of plaything replied indignantly: “No, indeed, madam. That is a wringer for handkerchiefs and any other lit i articles you like. How do you udjust it? Why, it will fit a little washtub, and you can get that easy enough.” This latest convenience for the amateur laundress costs a little over half a dollar. Do you read The Democrat?