The Housekeeper.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 122, 23 May 1908, Page 11

T he Housekeeper.

HOME HINTS. lor Toothaohe. — Oil of thyme is a good remedy for toothache; neuralgia, or any other painful swelling. To Clear the Voice. — To clear and strengthen the voice lemon juice and glycerine mixed in equal proportions is excellent. For a Cold — Butterscotch for a cold is a pleasant remedy, being in many cases very effective. Half a saucerful of sugar, one te.ispoonful of vinegar, and half a teaspoonful of butter. Boil together five 01) ton minutes. Eat, while hot. Natural Mcdicinos. — By proper care on natural lines, a child needs little medicine. It ia a pernicious habit — this of giving so much medicine. Proper eating, bathing, and Bleeping, and regular hours are the best medicines. Hot water is a good medicine for both internal and external uses. Creaking Doors. — Creaking doors are easily remedied. A common lead pencil applied to the hinges makes an excellent lubricant, and ii this won't suffice, it is surprising what a tiny touch of oil will do. Dip your finger in the oil if you like, and apply it to the offending hinge. A Substitute for Blankets. — Newspapers stitched together are an excellent substitute for blankets. Cut into squares, they save dusters. Laid under carpets they prolong the life of the article above them. Cure for Grippe. — Garlic eaten raw will cure a cold in the head, grippe or influenza in the first stages, but in capes whore people refuse to test its virtues, Irish-moss lemonade made after- the well-known flaxseed lemonade recipe and taken for both meat and drink stands next on the list. Pineapple-juice will relieve inflammation of the thyoat in the most advanced and chronio cases, and will euro all ordinaryattacks. In both membraneous croup and diphtheria, pure pineapple-juice either raw or from the canned fruit will cure when the entire apothecaries' shop has been tried and found wanting.^SOME RECIPES. Fruit Sauce. — Mash a quart of ripe fruit, beat it, sift a cupful of sugar over it, and set away ; if tho fruit is very sweet less sugar will be required. About ten minutes before tho sauce is needed, set it over the fire and stir constantly ; when heated nearly to boiling, turn it about tho baso of the pudding, which has been placed in. a deep platter. If the pudding boiler has a tube in the centre, as it usually has, there is, of course, a hole in the centre of the pudding, and this may be filled with the fruit sauce, which is as' attractive in appearance as it is delicious in taste. Cream Sauce.— Beat half a cupful of butter until light, and stir it slowly into half a cupful of powdered su^ar; add two tablespoonfuls of cream and two of rose-water, or some other f liquid flavouring. If nutmeg, or a teaspoonful of vanilia lemon, etc., be used, the requisite two tablespoonfuls of liquid must be made up with milk or cream. This sauce may Ijo made, flaky or curdled, and it may be made smooth by heating it in a pan of hot water, serving at once. If preferred co.d, after heating and blending the came, set it in a bowl of ice-water, and beat smooth after it has become chilled. Sultana Cake.— Take half a pound of soft sugar, half a pound of butter, eight epr«js, one pound of flour, half a pound of sultanas. Beat the butter and sugar to a oroam for hal£-an-hour, beat tho eggs in a separate basin till very light, add iho efrtrs to the sugar and butter, and gently mix in the- flour — which has been dried and sifted— and tho fruit. P.'aco in a buttered tin, and bake iv a slow oven for two hour?. Beef Tea. — Take two "muscles*' of beef, and ono pound of "sticking beof." Scarify it with a sharp knife, or put it through a coarse mincer. Place in a strong basin, cover with n, plate. Put in a moderate </yon for five or six hours. Should any fat bo observed, take it carefully off, then strain, and it is ready for use. J For ordinary purposes it may be seasoned with pepper and salt, etc. If too strong for invalids or delicate persons, reduce with hot water, or any weak stock. Little Cakes. — Beat half a pound of sugar and tho same weight of butter, to a cream, add one pound of flour, mix together, make into l'ttlo cakes. Bake in a quick oven. A little flavouring would improve them. Cobar Cecils. — Take one pint of cold mutton, choppod, /the yolks "of two etrcrs, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one lablePDoonful 'of breadcrumbs, the came of chopped narsley, salt, and pepper to taste. Mix all tho ingredients together, and ftir over the fire in a saucepan until heated through. AVTien cold form into email round balls, ,dip ( in er»<r and breadcrumbs, and fry in smoking hot fat.