Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1915 — HELPFUL HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HELPFUL HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Simple Device For Quickly Threading Needles.

A blind woman may thread a needle with the little apparatus which has been recently patented by a New Yorker. This device consists largely of a handle by which to make use of a resilient loop of fine wire. The wire is bent on itself, forming a large and somewhat pointed loop, which because of its firmness is easily thrust through the eye of the needle. The thread is slipped through the loop, and as it passes through the eye of the needle it carries the strand of cotton with it.

Stuffed Cucumber Pickles. Take twelve large cucumbers just before turning yellow. Let them lie in salt water for nine days, then soak in fresh water for twenty-four hours. Cut lengthwise, slit and remove seeds. Place in a kettle with layers of grape leaves and over each layer sprinkle a little alum and cover with equal parts of vinegar and water, steep them until green, then allow them to drain and stuff with raisins and lemons sliced very thin, with rind left on. Fasten opening together with toothpicks or sew together. Make a sirup of one pound of white sugar and one pint of vinegar, half tcospoonful of cloves and cinnamon; boll the sirup and pour over them. Repeat this for nine mornings. These pickles do not require sealing. Place away in stone jar. with “sirup over them.

Chopped Sweet Pickle. For a delectable chopped sweet pickle, highly spiced, chop fine one peck of green tomatoes, four white onions and six green peppers (free from seeds). Sprinkle over the Ingredients a scant cupful of salt and let stand overnight. In the morning drain thoroughly, add half a cupful of grated horseradish, two cupfuls of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls each of ground cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg and sufficient cold vinegar to cover the ingredients. Cook until of the desired consistency, stirring frequently, and seal in sterilized self sealing jars. Marbled Potatoes. Beat three cupfuls of mashed potatoes until very light with butter, salt and cream to suit your taste. Beat a half cupful of strained tomato juice into the yolk of an egg until the mixture is well blended and stir into a half of the potato you have prepared. Whip the white of the egg to a stiff froth and work that into the rest. Butter a baking dish and put the potato into it, alternating the light and dark mixtures. Sprinkle fine breadcrumbs over the top and bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven.

Stuffed Eggs. Mash the yolks of four hard boiled with a teaspoonful of curry powder and about a tablespoonful of mayonnaise dressing. Minced veal or chicken mixed with the grated yolks of hard boiled eggs seasoned slightly with salt, the whole moistened with cream, makes another splendid filling. To serve form the mixture into balls about the size of the original egg yolk and set them in circles made from quarter inch slices of the whites of the eggs. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves. Creamed Dried Lima Beans. Soak lima beans overnight. In the morning drain and cover with fresh water. Two hours before dinner time drain again, cover with soft boiling water and boil thirty minutes. Drain again and cover with fresh boiling soft water with bicarbonate of soda (an eighth teaspoonful to a pint of dry beans). When tender drain, season with salt and pepper, dredge with flour, add butter and cream, boil up once and serve. Potato Creole. Slice" cold boiled potatoes very thin. Into a deep frying pan put one. cupful of onions, sliced finely. Fry until slightly brown. Add the potatoes and one-half cupful of green peppers, cut in pieces. Fry until a golden brown, season with salt and pepper and serve. Try fresh corn as a substitute for the potatoes. Turnip Croquettes. To two cupfuls of mashed turnips add the well beaten yolks of two eggs, 6alt, pepper and paprika. Let this get very cold, thru roll j n tr> balls.* roll in fine crumbs, then in beaten egg. again in cmajtis and fry in deep faL