THE HOUSEKEEPER

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 11

THE HOUSEKEEPER

HOME HINTS.

SEASONABLE RECIPES.

To Picklo Cucumbers, —Take Green cucumbers. Do not peel thorn. Cut into sections about lin long. Cut in halves, scoop out seeds, place in an earthenware or enamelled basin, and sprinkle plentifully with salt. After 24 hours turn over and sprinkle with salt again. Take enough vinegar of the best blown quality to cover them. To,each gallon of vinegar add 2oz bruised ginger, about 20 cloves, 2oz whole pepper, three- or four blades of mace, two Or three- chillies. Place theso in-an enamelled stewpan, and bring to the boil. Let the- vinegar and' spices get cold, and when cold pour over tho cucumbers, which have been drained and' placed in the jars. Let them stand for two days % Then drain off the-vinegar, ,reboil it, let it got cold again, and pour it over tho cucumbers. Scrape a small quantity of horseradish into the top of each jar. Cover and seal. Irish Stew. —Two pounds of neck chops, six or oigEt potatoes, two- onidns, pepper, salt, and -wat'efr. Put the chops in a saucepan, add the pepper and salt, and 1 allow to simmer gently. Cut the onions into thksk -rinds, and tho potatoes into halves. Add these to tho stew. Dish up chops in the centre with the potatoes round them. [iPonr'tbe- gravy over,-and'sprinkle chopped parsley on the top. Applo Snow.—Take- six-apples, .half cup sugar, .grate rind of lemon, and whites of throe-eggs. Peel and boil the apples until tender. Then • pass them through a BioTO«ncf beat-them well When they are nearly cold, add to-them the sugar, and the grated lemon rind and' the whites of the eggs thoroughly wWsfced. Beat well together, place- in safe ok other coot place. Turn out when wanted- and serve wjtb custard and cream. Calf'e- Brains Fried—Wash and scald. • set of brains 'in boiling water for two 'minutes, then lay them in very cold water for 10 minutes. Salt and pepper ;them. Beat them, when perfectly cold, into a paste; season thorn, add two well-beaten eggs-and enough flour to make a good batitor, with about a teaspoonfulof butter. Have xo»dy some good dripping in the frying-pan, and when it i& hissing hot drop in the batter in- spoonfuls and fry iaiem. N3.—Tho success of this dish. depends very much upon tho care expended' in wasHing the brains, an-operation that must be-very thorough and complete. , Plain Cake?— One and a half pounds- of flour r . six ounces of butter, one pound' of sultana raisins, quarter of a pound of candied peel, half a pound of sugar, one t«blespo6nful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, a little nut[meg grated. Rub butter well into the flour, then add dry ingredients, mixing all I vi&tro eggs, beaten with sufficient milk or water, not too wet. Stand aside for two or three hours to rise, then bake in a moderate oven for two and a half hours.

A\ cap of blaok coffee with a good squeeze of lemon juice in it will often cure- a> sick headache.

IE- flour is sprinkled' over fresh potatoes when, frying them they will, when turned, be a delicious brown. If turpentine is' used instead-' of water for- mixing black lead' the polish, on a stove will be brighter and last longer, andtit will keep the stove-from rusting in the dampest weather. A mustard plaster mixed with the white of an-, egg instead of using hot water will be quite, as -effective and it will not blister. Fruit stains on linen may be removed ly pouring' boiling water over the stain. It m»y be necessary to repeat the treatment several times m order to remove the stains entirely. Tea and coffee stains may be eradicated by the same method. The .sooner tHey are taken out the better. Wine stains may also bo removed by the hot water applied in tie same manner. When Cleaning Windows. —To prevent windows from steaming when cleaning them, apply a small quantity of glycerme over the polish with a soft cloth. Rub briskly and lightly until the glycerine is well rubbed in. ; ■ j , When the surface of a kmfeboard tms worn out place a'strip of old carpet tightly over it, tacking it down on the wrong 1 «de. Pour-a little sweet oil on the carpet in the first place before putting on. the knife powder. It will last for years and prove equal to a new knife board.