Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1903 — HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD.

BURNT MILK. Next time you burn any milk take the saucepan off the fire and stand it at once In a bowl of cold water. Put a pinch of salt in the saucepan, give the milk a stir, and you will find that the burnt taste has almost entirely disappeared. COFFEE AS A DISINFECTANT. Experiments with roasted coffee prove that it is the nfost powerful means not only of rendering animal and vegetable effluvia harmless, but cf actually destroying them, states American Queen. On one occasion, meat in an advanced state of decomposition wa3 instantly deprived of its offensive odor when a pound of roasted coffee was placed near it. In another instance, where sulphurated hydrogen and ammonia could be strongly detected, the odor was completely removed in half a minute with three ounces of fresh roasted coffee, while other parts of the house were cleared of the smell simply by passing through the rooms with a roaster containing coffee. The best method for using coffee as a disinfectant is to dry the raw bean, pound it in a mortar, and then roast the powder on a moderately heated iron plate, until it is of a dark brown color. Then sprinkle it in sinks or cesspools or lay it on a plate in the room which you wish to disinfect. Coffee acid or coffee oil acts more readily in very small quantities.

THE IMPROMPTU NURSE. The American Journal of Nursing urges upon the impromptu nurse in the private home, whether city or country, not to shake blankets and clothing that have been in the sick room out of the windows. Moist sheets hung outside of the door of the apartment in which there is a contagious case, says this authority, will do much to prevent the passage of infectious dust to other parts of the house. A weak solution of soda or carbolic acid should be used to keep this barrier wet, and should be applied by some one on the “clean side” of the apartments. Soiled linen should be placed under water, in he sickroom and boiled before being handled by any one outside. Nothing should be tak&n to the laundry in a dry condition. The patient’s silver and dishes should be cleansed in the room, and before returning for general use should be thoroughly boiled. AMMONIA AND ITS USES. A little ammonia added to the bath will have a very refreshing effect and give tone, vigor and smoothness to the skin. When color ha 3 been taken out of any fabrics, sponging with ammonia will often restore it. Ammonia is an excellent remedy for the bites and sting 3 of insects. It should be applied immediately, if possible. Mildew stains can be removed by rubbing with ammonia diluted with water. A few drops of ammonia in the bathing water is very good for oily skins. lodine spots on linen will disappear if soaked for a time in ammonia and rinsed in clear water. The best way to clean hairburshes is with water, to which a few drops of ammonia has been added. —American Queen.

RECIPES. Meat and Ice Croquettes.—Mix one cupful of sour chopped beef, cut from under round, one-third cup of boiled rice, half a teaspoon of salt and a little pepper; cook a few cabbage leaves three minutes in boiling water, then lift them out, put some of the mixture in each leaf and,fold leaf to enclose mixture; fasten with a toothpick; cook in tomato sauce one hour, closely covered. Bombay Toast.—Beat two eggs; add one teaspoon of chopped capers and a dash of cayenne pepper; put one tablespoon of butter in a frying pan; when hot stir in one tablespoon of anchovy paste and the egg mixture; when it has thickened remove from the fire; spread on thin slices of buttered toast. Blackberry Souffle. —Put a half pint of blackberry Juice and a half pint of blackberries over the fire, heat to boiling point and sweeten; thicken with four tablespoonfuls of sago, and when it cooks clear remove from the fire; when cool add the juice of half a lemon and the beaten whites of four eggs. Turn into small molds decorated with fine large blackberries; set these in a shallow pan of water and bake in a moderately hot oven until firm. Serve with whipped cream or sweetened plain cream. Pineapple Pie. —Grate one pineapple. Beat thoroughly one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of powdered sugar. Beat separtely the whites and yolks of three eggs; to the butter and sugar add the yolks, next the pineapple, lastly the whites of the eggs. Bake and finish with a meringue. Cherry Salac.—Stone half a pound of cherries and save all the juice. Take the white leaves of a nice head of lettuce and wash them thoroughly. Slice a small cucumber, chop finely a dozen blanched almonds, mix all gently together, arrange on the lettuce leaves and pour over a dressing made of a gill of cherry juice, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Serve very cold.