Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1906 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

To Prepare Pickled Pipe’ Feet. Clean and scrape thoroughly ten or twelve pigs’ feet, soak in cold water for an hour, then scrape again. Place In a large kettle with two tablespoonfujls of salt and six quarts of boiling water and simmer gently for four hours or until tender. Pack In a stone Jar while hot, laying some of the feet In first, then a few slices of onion, then more feet and more onion, aud so on until all the feet have been used. Place two quarts of vinegar In a separate saucepan over the fire, with one quart of the broth In which the feet have been cooked, half a dozen cloves, a half teaspoonful of mustard, a tablespoonful whole iienpers, two bay leaves and two tablespooniuls of sugar. Bring to a good scald, pour over the pigs’ feet and set the jar away In a cool place. It takes several days for the feet to become pickled. Pigs’ feet prepared In this xvay nifty be split in two, wiped dry, dipped lu melted butter, then In bread, Indian meal or cracker crumbs aud broiled for four minutes on each side and serx’ed with sauce piquant or dipped in frying butter and fried In butter. Garnishes. Fried sausage or forcemeat balls for roast turkey, capon or fowl. Fennel for mackerel and salmon, either fresh or pickled. Lobster coral and parsley for boiled fish. Currant Jelly for game; also for custard or bread pudding. Seville oranges, In slices, for wild duck, pigeons, teal and such game. Mint, cither with or without parsley, for roast lamb, whether hot or cold. Pickled gherkins, capons or onions for some boiled meats, stexvs, etc. A red pepper or small red apple for the mouth of a roast pig. Spots of rod and black pepper alternated on the fat side of a boiled ham, which side should lie uppermost on the serving dish. Sliced eggs, shoxvlng the white and yellow parts, for chicken salad. Kltohen Helps. Carrots should be cut in slices instead of cubes, because the outside darker part is richer and bettor, and if cut in slices it is more equally distributed. Bacon should be soaked in water for three or four minutes before being fried to prevent the fat from running. In order to prevent milk from burning while being boiled rinse the saucepan thoroughly with cold water and rub it with a little fresh butter before pouring in the milk. Shield For Hand When Cooking. How often does the housewife burn her hand xvhile working o\ T er a hot fire preparing the meals? Probably on an average once a day. It may be the lard that flies up or the steam from the kettle scorches the fingers when she prods the potatoes with a fork to see if they are done or in stirring the preserves. A Mississippi.inventor, real-

izing that these mishaps could be avoided, has patented a guard that affords the housewife the protection needed. It was designed to be applied mainly to kitchen utensils—such as forks, spoons, cake turners and similar utensils—to protect the hand used in grasping the utensil. This guard is conical in form and is made of sheet metal. It is so constructed that It can be removed from one article and attached to another and need only be used when so desired. Free access Is afforded for the hand, so that the fork or spoon can he manipulated with as jnuch ease as If without the guard. A Good Disinfectant. Dissolve one-ITulf dram of nitrate of lead In one pint of boiling water. In another vessel dissolve two drama*of common snlt In eight or ten quarts of cold water. When both mixtures are thoroughly dissolved, mix them togeth er and let them settle. A cloth saturated with the liquid and bung up In a room will at once sweeten a fetid atmosphere. Poured down a sink, wa terjeloset or drain or on any decaying matter or offensive object* it will have the same result. Never Mix Cider and Vinegar. Sweet elder should never be added to old vinegar, because the ncetlc acid in the vinegar will prevent the sugar In the cider from being converted Into alcohol, and consequently the result will be n very poor quality of watery vinegar.—Farming. To Mend Porcelain Pota. Porcelain ware can be soldered as easily as tinware by adopting the following method; Brush over the e:!ges of the holes to he mended with shellac, both Inside and outside, and Immediately apply the molted solder, which will adhere firmly.

HAND GUARD.