Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Household Hints. To cover the pan in which fish la cooking will make the flesh soft. Serving but two vegetables at dinner is as fashionable as it is economical. Cheap cuts of meat can be served palatably in stews and croquettes. Perfumed olive oil sprinkled on library shelves will prevent mold on books. After trimming turn the wick of a lamp below the burner or the oil will ooze.

Mud stains can be removed from black cloth by rubbing them with a raw’ potato.

Dried lemon peel sprinkled over goals will destroy any disagreeable odor about the house.

Paperhangers’ paste is made by adding a teaspoonful.of powdered alum to •very pound of flour. Stewed Squirrel. Take three fine large gray squirrels, skinned and cleaned. Join them as you would chickens for a fricassee. Take half a pound of fat salt pork, one small onion (unless you dislike the flavor), half a can of corn, half a can of tomatoes. Use same quantity of fresh tomatoes if you have them, three tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour, four sprigs of parsley and enough water to cover the squirrels. Put the squirrels, the pork (cut fine), the onion (sliced) and the parsley in water and let come to boiling point. After boiling ten minutes put in the corn and let the whole ■tew until the squirrels are tender. Then add the tomatoes and stew twenty minutes longer. Stir in the flourand butter and let boil for ten minutes and serve in a deep covered dish with little suet dumplings.

Browned Potato Loaf. Take as many Irish and sweet potatoes as one needs for a meal, half as many sweet as Irish. Boil them with the skins on until thoroughly done. Peel and mash separately. Season each to taste with salt, adding milk and a jgood sized piece of butter. Beat each t uxitll light, then put half the Irish potatoes on a plate that can be put in the oven. Smooth the top, put on the ■weet potatoes and then the remainder of the Irish. Shape the loaf nicely and |ipread soft butter over the top and ■ides and place in an oven to brown. Serve in slices. Improved Kitchen Utensil. In an Improved cooking utensil patented by an Illinois man the cook and housewife using it will be saved many a burn or scalding of the hands. The utensil shown here is adapted in a 'novel and thoroughly effective manner to retain the cover in position when tilted for draining the contents, so that there Is no danger of Injury to the user. It Is of the saucepan type, with a han-

Idle and a detachable cover. On the rim ■re three spring clips which project lover the edge and hold the cover in position. In the coverare a number of wainage openings, which are normally 'covered by a hinged lid or closure. The latter, while seaiing the opening, will readily yield to steam pressure and thereby permit the escape of ■team. As the utensil is tilted the hinged cover will naturally fall away from the cover, allowing the water to drain out.through th* openings.

PERFORATED POT COVER.