Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1910 — HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE

Pitcher Attachment For Milk Bottles.

An inventor who hulls from Alabama has conceived a very unique attachment for milk bottles, consisting in a pitcher-like mouthpiece which enables the milk to lie poured out without spilling or running down the outside of the bottle The mouthpiece is made fast by means of a rubber sleeve aud a collar. The mouthpiece is also fitted w ith a spring pressed coyer of the type usually found on sirup pitchers, and this may be opened by operating a linger piece, as indicated in the illustration. Mustard Pickles. Two quarts of caulitlow er cut in small pieces, two quarts of green tomatoes sliced, one quart of cabbage cut in small pieces. two quarts of small cucumbers sliced, two quarts of small onions sliced, six green peppers. Let stand in a brine overnight, in the morning let boil ten minutes in the brine, then drain tfarough colander. The Paste.— Six tablespoonfuls mustard, one tahlßspoonftil tumeric, two cupfuls white sugar, one pint boiling water, three quarts eider Vinegar and one cupful Dour. Mix flour with water to form a paste. Take three quarts of vinegar, add one pint of water and let come to a t>oll. Add mustard. tumeric and sugar to paste and pour into the boiling water and vinegar and let boil. When it thickens add the pickles. Stir well and seal In jars. Peach Pudding. A delicious pudding is made by covering the liottom of a baking dish with ripe peaches that have been jteeled and cut in half and the hollows left by the stones tilled with chopped nuts. Over the whole turn a custard made in the proportion of a cupful of milk to half a cupful of sugar aud three eggs. Bake slowly and serve cold. A meringue may be added to the top after It comes from the oven or it may be piled with whipped cream. Some persons sprinkle the fruit with cinnamon or cloves, but lovers of fruit resent detracting from the natural flavor. Canned Pears. Pare, halve aud core the pears and slice In thin slices if liked. Weigh or measure, place in preserving kettle and cover with sugar in the proportion of one |x>und of sugar to four pounds of pears, or, if you measure them, one measure of sugar to four measures of pears. Let stand overnight and In the morning cook them in their own juice (without adding any water) until tender enough to easily pierce with a straw. Lift out fruit, place in heated glass jar and fill to overflowing with the boiling sirup and sea). To Clean Gray Voila. If carefully done gray voile should wash perfectly.. Make a suds of pure white soap and warm water. Lay In the dress and allow it to soak for ten or fifteen minutes. Then move It up and down In the water and rub any very soiled places. Add more hot water if you think it necessary before beginning to wash the dress. Wring and rinse in clear warm water, banging up to dry. While still damp press on the wrong side. Cider Pudding. One cup of cider, one cup of butter, one cupful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of Saleratus, citron and fruit to taste, two and one-half cupfuls of flour. Steam three hours. Sauce-Three-quarters of a cupful of butter, beaten to a cream, with two cupfuls of powdered sugar Stir in one tablespoonful of cornstarch, wet in one-half of a cupful of cold water. Cook until thick, then add one-half of a cupful of cider, . —— Carrot Conserve. ’ Wash and scrape one-half dozen firm carrots, put through meat chopper and cut as small as peas. Boil one-half hour in slightly salted water, then drain, and to each pint add two cupfuls of light brown sugar and the juice and half the grated rind of one lemon. Cook slowly till clear, about one and one-half hours. • Baked Onions With Cheese. Peel and cut in one-ha If inch slices large white onions. Parboil in salted water, drain and arrange in a buttered baking dish with bits of butter and bake until soft. Then sprinkle with salt, pepper and a layer of grated cheese. Return to * the oven long enough to melt the cheese To Stop Bleeding. The bleeding from a cut may be stopped frequently by an application of finely powdered rice or flour. If the wound is very severe it will effectually lessen the flow of blood until other applications or assistance can be procured.