WOMAN’S WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 13090, 24 October 1908, Page 9

WOMAN’S WORLD.

[Br Vm.] "Viva” will in this column answer all reasonable questions relating to the home, cookery, domestic economy, and any topic of interest to her sex. But each letter must bear the writer’s bona fide name and address. No notice whatever will be taken of anonymous correspondents. Questions should be concisely put, and the writer’s npm de plume be clearly written. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Mrs_ B.”—Have given tha hint re cleaning white serge this week. Sorry to have kept you waiting. “ M.”—(a) Get a little borax, ponder it very finely, and apply night and morning, (b) Yea; the plan you suggest is quite feasible. “ Mater.”—Roth recipes are given this week. Thanks bar kind appreciation. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Clarence Pudding.—Required; Half a pound each of red and black cunranits, cherries, and raspberries, about half a pound of Migar, stale bread, custard. If more convenient, this pudding may be made of .inly one or two kinds of fruit, but the more kinds the bettor. Stalk and look over the fruit, put it in 'a pan with the sugar, and stew it carefully. Line a plain mould or pudding basin with strips of stale broad, arranging a round slice in the bottom of the basin. Half fill the basin with the hot stewed fruit, then put in a layer of slices of bread. Next fill the basin with tho fruit, lastly putting on a round of bread. Put a plate over tho basin with a weight on it to press the pudding well. Leave it until quite cold, then turn it out carefully. It will be easier to turn out if it has been allowed to stand overnight. Serve with it some good boiled custard. Stewed Breast of Veai and Peas.—Required : A breast of veal, two ounces of butter or dripping, a bunch of parsley and herbs, a ttrip of lemon-peel, half a dozen young onions, six allspice, about a tablespoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of flour, two tablespoonfuls eacii of tomato and mushroom ketchup, one tablespoonful of lemon-juice, carefully-boiled green peas, small rolls of fried bacon. Remove the bones from the breast, and cut the meat into small, neat pieces ; then fry them, in tho butter or dripping, or partly roast the joint whole. Next put the veal in a stewpan, add tho herbs, spices, onions, lemon-rind, and salt. Pour over enough water to cover the meat, put on the lid, anrl let it simmer very gemtly for about two hours. In another pan melt about three-quarters of an ounce of butter or dripping, stir in tho floor smoothly. Then strain in a pint of the gravy, in which tho meat was cooked, also the tomato, mushroom ketchup, and the lemon-juice. Put on the lid, and let it simmer gently until tho veal is tender. Keep it well skimmed. Season it carefully with salt and pepper. Arrange the meat on a hot dish, pour over the gravy, sprinkle the peas over, and arrange tho rolls of bacon round.

Rotted Ham.—Required; A pound of lean ham, quarter of a pound ot fat ham, quartea.’ of a salLspoonful of cayenne, quarter of a nutmeg, a pinch of pounded macc. Pass the ham through a mincing machine, then chop it finely ; mix with it the cave me, grated nutmeg, and mace. When the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, press them into a buttored piedish, put a piece of greased paper over tho top, put the dish in the oven, and bake for about twenty-five minutes. Then press the mixture into potted meat-jars, cover the top with a layer of clarified butter, and leave till cold'.

Grilled Iresh Haddock.—Required: One fresh haddock, three firm tomatoes, half an ounce of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, salt and pepper. Well wash and dry the fish; trim.off the fins and tail and remove the eyes. Melt the butter, and brush tho fish over with it. Alix together the flour, pepper, and salt, and roll the fash in it. Brush the gridiron with melted butter, put the fish on it, place it .over or in front of a quick, clear fire, and grill it from five to ten minutes, then turn it over and do the other side the same. Cut the tomatoes ;u halves, and bake them till just tender in a quick oven. Place a layer of fish on a lace paper, and arrange the tomatoes round. Serve very hot. Cheese Pudding.—Required; Six ounces of grated cheese, three ounces of breadcrumbs, two eggs, enough milk to make it >ne consistency of batter, salt and popper. Thickly butter a pie-dish. Alix together the crumbs, cheese, and a good seasoning of salt and popper. Beat up the eggs, add a. little milk, then stir these into the choccQ (Likl crumbs, udding mors milk if necessary. Turn tho mixture into the piedish, and bake it in a moderate oven until it is just set, and a nice brown on the top. Rice Pilau.—Required: One pint of stock, six ounces of Patna rice, one small onion, two cloves, two teaspoonfuls of curry powder, two ounces of butter, four hard-boiled eggs. Put the stock, onion, and cloves into a saucepan, and let it boil slowly until the onion is soft, then strain tho stock off into another pan ; well wash the rice, and add it. also the currv powder, having first mixed it smoothly with a li»#le cold water. Let it simmer slowly until the rice is soft and has soaked up tho stock. If necessary, add more stock. When the rice is soft, add the butter and a littlo salt, and mix well. Alake the mixture very hot, pile it up in a hot dish ; shell the eggs, cut them in halves lengthways, and arrange them in a border round.

A Simple Pudding.—An excellent and simple pudding for eating with stewed fruit of any kind can be made as follows : Rut a pint of new milk on the stove to boil. place in a basin one tablespoonful of cornflour, one tablespoonful of castor sugar, one toaspoonful of custard powder, and vanilla flavor. Alix together with a little cold milk until a smooth paste is formed. When the milk has boiled, pour it on to the mixture, stirring carefully ail the time to prevent it becoming lumpy. Replace the whole in tho saucepan, and boil for at least ten minutes. Serve when almost cold with any kind of fruit in season or with jam. Chicken Pie.—Required ; Two fowls, one pound of sausages, half a pound of ham, ona onion, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, three hard-boiled eggs, one raw egg, a small bunch of herbs, salt and pepper, three-quarters of a pound of any good pastry. Cut the fowls into small joints, remove all the bones and skin. Rut the bones, liver, etc., into a small pan with the onions and herbs, and let them simmer gently for one hour. Skin the sausages. Put layers of chicken, ham, sausage-meat, hard-boiled eggs, and chopped parsley in a pie-dish, seasoning eacn layer with salt and pepper. Fill the dish three-quarters full of cold water. Put on a lid ot pastry, and decorate it with leaves of pastry. Brush the top over with beaten egg to glaze it. Put in a quick oven for the first twenty minutes, then move it to a cooler part. It .will take about two hours. Aleantime, strain the stock, add barely half an ounce of sheetgelatine to it, and season it to taste. When the pie is cooked, remove the centre ornament and pour in the stock. Servo it cold.

Saute Kidneys.—Required : Three sheep’s kidneys, salt and pepper, one ounce of butter, half an ounce of glaze, three tablespccnfuls of brown sauce. Skin and core the kidneys. Cut them in slices across, about a quarter of an inch thick. Sprinkle them with pepper and salt. Heat the butter in a pan, put in the kidneys, and shake them about in the butter over the fire for two or three minutes. Then take out the kidneys, draining them well from the butter. Put the sauce and glaze into a small pan. When they are hot, put in the kidneys. Heat them thoroughly without letting them boil. Serve on a hot dish, with the sauce "poured round. Bacon Rolls for Breakfast.—Take thin slices of rather fat, unsmoked bacon, cut off the rind, and any outside part that is at all dry. On each side put a little finely-minced beef, seasoned well with pepper and salt. Roll the bacon up, and tie with a piece of thread, or fix with a fine skewer; dip each piece in batter, and fry a golden brown in boiling dripping; drain on paper before the fire, then serve on a hot dish. Sponge Cake Fritters.—Crumble up three very stale sponge cakes; pour over them

r *- H v half a teacup of hot milk ‘'stir it has cooled, a of pastry “ouy. Cover over?; for a squartepof /lan hour, and then.beit tiUcdloKadding the yolks, ofr two eggs.; Beat whites td a (Stiff froth, odd to the mixture, and,lastly, two tablespoonfuls of sultanas scalded in boiling water, • Mix all thq , batter thor« oughly, if necesSaiy, adding more flour; then drop a spoonful at a -time into boiling lard or clarified dripping, and fry a §olden brown. Drain -quickly, pile on a oyley, and scatter castor sugar over. Mincemeat Roly-poly.—Make a suet crust with half a pound of' flour, a tablespoonful of bread crumbs, and six ounces of finely-chopped suet. Roll out, then spread with mincemeat, roll up, tie in a cloth that has been wrung out of boiling water, plunge into boiling water, and boil for one and a-quarter hours. HINTS. To Keep Away Flies.—Take some old saucers and place in each of them a. little c “leride of lime. Stand these about on the shelves of pantries and cupboards, etc., and you will find they will quite prevent the fly plague. Anotiler good but simple plan is to wring an old sponge out of cold water and draw it along the wooden frame of the window every morning during the fly season. This entirely destroys the eggs, and the flies in consequence are happily conspicuous by their absence. It is a simple but highly effective remedy. To Remove Tar Stains.—Try fuller’s earth, used in this way: Mix a small quantity into a thick paste with spirits of turpentine, and lay some of it on the stain. Leave it till dry, then remove with a clean, hard brush. If the first application is not quite successful, repeat the process. After carefully removing the paste you will find tDenmark has completely vanished. To Clean White Serge.—Rub the garment thoroughly with dry pipe-clay. Then shake vigorously to remove all superfluous dust. If the first cleaning is not effective, repeat the process. This treatment will sa\e a great many visits to laundry and cleaner. Whan drying fish, instead of using white of egg make rather a thin batter of flour and water, brush the fish over with this, and sprinkle with bread crumbs. This will tasie and look just as well as if eggs had been used, and is far cheaper. Paraffin and Eau-de-Cologne— one part of the former to three parts of the latter—rubbed ihto the scalp twice a week improves some people's liair immensely, and greatly encourages the growth. But be careful not to go near a light or fire while or soon after using it, as it is, of course, very inflammable. A Newspaper Knife Cleaner.—Have you ever discovered what an excellent knife board a folded newspaper makes ? Sprinkle a little knife polish or brick-dust on it, and rub the knives just as you would do on a board. The stains vanish as if by magic. FASHION HINTS. Blue and brown is one of the best notes for autumn wear in England this year. Striped silk ribbons are swathed" around autumn hats. ' Smart hatpins have bee-like-shaped knots ol vo.vct to match tho same colored ribbons. Most of the new skirts look as though they wore made without a single seam, and fashioned of a three-cornered piece of material draped like a shawl, but in many cases they are buttoned down under the right arm to tho hem of the jupe, or the fastening is hidden under a cluster of folds on the left side. Ruffled into big waves and gathered into tiny little ripples, the up-to-date sleeve extends from shoulder to wrist, and even beyond, when k opens out cuff-like over the hand, ns if desirous of meeting the knuckles. It is the longest sleeve that woman can wear, and all short sleeves are now to be considered quite a thine of the past. Mrs Nison, widow of the pioneer of the Welsh steam coni trade, has given ten thousand guineas for the endowment of a ward at Cardiff Infirmary, to be named after her husband, who was the son of a Durham yeoman. He was the first to discover the potentialities of Welsh steam coal, and died a millionaire. In Germany the greatest virtue that a woman can possess is to perform housewifely duties in a creditable manner. Tlie girl who would have a graceful carriage (according to ‘People's Friend’) must possess a sound digestion, a dear complexion. and fine- teeth; sho must work every day to obtain these essentials; and no work is better tor the purpose than ordinary housework performed with diligence and care. The Chicago police arrested a Mies Turner for appearing on the streets of that city in a Directoire dress. In court she was called on to walk up and down, and made such good use of a well-turned foot and ankle that she was nt. onoe discharged, the presiding Judge remarking that the display of lower limbs was nothing to what might often be seen on any wet day. Miss Emily Biomfield, who made it a habit to deliver tracts outside the West Norwood Church (London), came home to her rooms, and a few minutes later was found kneeling at her bedside dead, in the attitude of prayer. She was seventy years old. At tho inquest it was proved that death was due to syncope. One of the survivores of the Cawnporo massacre has just died at Belfast in the person of Mrs Johnston, widow of a private who served in the 81st Regiment. The most wonderful, costly, and magnificent garment in the world is possessed by the Queen, of Siam, who wears it only once a year. It is tho State mantle, and ’s covered with diamonds, sapphires, and rubies. Its value is roughly set down at a million sterling. Tire following remarkable statute was passed by the English Parliament in the year of grace, 1670 :—“That all women of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids, or widows, that shall from after the passing of this Act impose upon, seduce, and betray into matrimony any of His Majesty’s male subjects by scents, paints, cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, highhoeled shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the laws now in force against witchcraft, sorcery, and such like misdemeanors, and that the marriage upon conviction, shall stand null and void.” A writer in the ‘ Globe ’ suggests that Mrs Pankhurst should see if the fearsome thing is still on the Statute Book.