Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1911 — HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE

Nutmeg Grater That Aids Kitchen Economy.

A nutmeg grater that grates all the nutmeg down to the last scrap has been designed by a New York man. It also saves the housewife from grating off her finger nails and the tips of her fingers. The grater proper is circular and is affixed to a wooden handle. Pivoted to the center is a revolving handle with a little cup in one end to hold the kernel and a spring cap to keep it in place and press it against the grater plate. The nutmeg is placed in this cap and the handle turned until the desired amount is ground off, the operation being much speedier than when kernel has to be rubbed across the grater by hand. Furthermore, the band method results in waste, as after the nutmeg has been ground so small that it cannot be scraped without scraping the fingers as well it has heretofore had to be thrown away.

Household Notes. A whisk broom inclosed In a bag of cheesecloth is unequaled for cleaning the corners of uncarpeted steps. Fingers roughened by sewing should be well washed in warm water and then gently rubbed with pumice. If onions are covered over while frying they will retain more of their moisture and will be of better flavor. Hatpins should never be left in a wet hat, but should be taken out and rubbed perfectly dry to prevent rusting. Milky tumblers should be washed in cold water. Putting them straight into hot water will cloud the glass permanently. A tablespoonful of flour put Into a kettle of ordinary boiled starch will cause cuffs, collars, etc., to be much stiffer. For a salad out of the ordinary mix cream cheese with chopped olives and a boiled dressing. Serve on hearts of lettuce. Mulligatawny Soup. Get a knuckle of veal, have the bones cracked In two or three places, put Into a stew pan and cover with water, aud when it is half done cut off as much meat as you need for the soup and boil the bones and remainder of meat well down for stock. Let this stand till cold and skim off fat Cut the meat in small pieces and fry them in butter with four onions sliced and floured, two dessertspoonfuls of. curry powder, a little cayenne pepper and salt. Put these Into the stew pan, add the stock with three or four cloves and a tablespoouful of lemon juice. Let the whole simmer one hour. Serve with plain boiled rice in a separate dish. -> To Remove Ink Spots. To remove Ink spots from wash goods melt a piece of tallow and plunge the ink spot in the hot fat, then wash the piece at once and the Ink will disappear. If it is a colored garment which will not wash, then drop melted wax on the spot, let it become hard and remove with a sharp knife. The ink will be soaked up by the wax, and if any stain remains from it place a clean piece of blotting paper over it and press with a hot iron to draw it out.

Golden Dip. Trim crust from six slices of bread, toast on both sides and dip each slice in.a deep dish containing a little hot milk in which a tablespoonful of butter has been melted. When moistened, take out, sprinkle with salt and lay In another dish. Take a quart of milk, bring to boiling point and thicken with two tablespoonfuls cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk. Stir In two tablespoonfuls butter. When melted add beaten yolks of three eggs and pour over toast In dish. Corn Bread. One and one-fourth cupfuls bread flour, one cupful cornmeal (not the powdered meal), one level teaspoonful soda, two level teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, <®e of salt, three-quarters cupful granulated sugar. Sift all this three times. Add one egg, three tablespoonfuls melted butter, one and three-quarters cupfuls milk (sweet). This is made the same with sour milk by omitting cream of tartar. i English Pork Pie. Cut lean fresh pork in strips, finger length, and put a layer in a pudding dish. Season with pepper and salt. Next add a layer of sliced apples sprinkled with sugar and bits of butter, then more pork, but have top layer of apple.” Pour over It a cup of sweet cider; put on a rich pie crust rather thick, and cut slits in top for steam to escape. Bake in moderate oven one and onehalf or two hours.