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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13650, 18 January 1908, Page 6 (Supplement)

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THE TABLE. Br.uskd Beef: Take six pounds of the > thick round or face of the rump of beef and lard with a quarter of a pound of , salt pork. Put six .slices of salt pork in the braising pan and fry until crisp. Add two onions, halt' a small carrot, and ' half a small turnip cut fine. Cook until they bsgin to brown, then draw to one side of the pan, put in the beef-that, has been well dredged with salt and • pepper ! and flour, and brown on all side.?. Add one quart of boiling water and a bouquet of sweet herbs, cover and cook slowly for four hours, basting every twenty minutes. ' Take the meat from the pan, add one tablespoonful of flour, wet and made smooth with a little cold water, add to - the gravy, strain, and pour over the meat. If tomatoes are liked, cook one-half, can of tomatoes ten minutes', and add to the gravy before straining. <100 Stuffing: Goose without stuffing would be robbed of more than half its.gastronomic charm. Not every cook takes the trouble to make her stuffing as good as it might be. The flavour of sage and. of onion may be too pronounced, "and cither or both may be only half cooked. A heavy hajod on the spice* box is also to be deplored. There are soveral kinds of goose —apple, chestnut, potato, and what is specially denoted as sage-and-oniou stuffing. This last, being the most 1 popular, is usually served -with roast goose. To make it good proceed as follows: —Boil four large English onions. Drain away tlio water and chop them with four fresh* sage leaves, four ablespoon nils of breadcrumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, and-it tablo«poonful of- made mustard, a lea-spoonful of moistsugar, lialf-a-teaspoon:til of poppet, also a large apple, pared and cored. Mix ingredients thoroughly. The. unpleasantness arising from eating sage-and-onion.stuffing may in a measure be prevented by putting in the centre of the stuffing before the bird is cooked*a lemon from which only the thin yellow rind has teen pared, as much as possible of the white peel being left on. Before sending the goose to the table open the flap, remove the lemon, and throw it away. It is useless, but. its previous value as a remover of impurities will be apparent to the eaters of savoury stuffing. A very mild stuffing is made of two pounds* of mashed potatoes in which a good piece ; of butter Iras been mixed. Boil the liver of the goose and mince it, add a teaspoonful of powdered sage and half-a-t-easpooiiful of. pepper. A modicum of finely-minced/ Onion may be added at discretion, but it should be boiled onion. Charlotte liusse : One-half cup powdered sugar, one pint of cream, one"teaspoonful of extract of vanilla. . Have ingredients cold, and whip to stiff froth. Line dish with sponge cake or lady-fingers, and fill same with the whipped cream. Pineapple Marmalade : Pare, and with a sharp-pointed knife remove the eyes, then pick from the core and chop fine. Weieh the fruit, allow an equal amount of granulated sugar; place in.layers in an earthenware vessel, and let- stand over night*. ■ Stew, closely covered, : from thirty' to forty minutes, then rub it through a coarse sieve and return' it to the preserving kettle. Continue cooking it, stirring . constantly, until it becomes a clear amber-coloured paste, which becomes firm when it is cold. This will require from a half to three-quarters of an hour longer. . ' HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To Stiffen a Hat: A thin solution- of gum arabic or the white of. an egg well whisked and applied with a, nail brush can be successfully employed to stiffen hats, but if your Panama is valuable you would be better advised to- send it to the hatter's for treatment. Earwigs : These pests are particularly averse to strong perfumes. Have your cupboard well washed out with hot water and carbolic soap, and then wedge little pieces of cotton-wool. steeped in oil. of pennyroyal into convenient crevices. This will soon banish the insects from their haunts. ' Faded Holland: An easy way of renovating holland which has faded is to make some strong coffee in the ordinary way. Strain it well through muslin, and dilute it with sufficient ' water to just '.cover the goods. Immerse the holland, and leave for about fifteen minutes, and then dry without wringing. Strong tea can also be used, but the tint obtained is,not so pretty.; This process must be repeated after each washing. To Fix . Colours: Colours in all sorts of washing materials can be fixed by soaking the goods before washing in a bath of acetic acid, mixed in the proportion of half a", pound 'of . the acid to two gallons of water. A pint of vinegar to the same amount of . water can also be used with a certain amount of , success, especially with articles either made or trimmed with Turkey red. Oilcloth : Do not wash your oilcloth with soda, but use ordinary household soap , applied with a flannel. In order to ' give it a gloss either go over it with milk and water or a rag just moistened with furniture polish, or wait until the evening, and then rub it over with a flannel dipped in a very weak solution of ordinary glue and warm water. The next morning you will find a fine, hard, glossy surface, which has the additional advantage of being non-slippery.. ■ - T*- .... 11 "■ j WHERE SERVANT TROUBLES ARE UNKNOWN. Servant worries in Spain are reduced to .a minimum, not because the domestic class is an ideal one, but for the reason that nothing very exalted is expected of it. Servants are token less seriously than in England, and allowed fuller play of: those impulses natural to their youth and class. Spanish servants sing. over their work as a matter of course. As they wash in the courtyard they talk and laugh freely over the wall with -neighbouring, maids at- tHe tub, their mistresses' proximity on the balcony being no hindrance :to outbursts of merriment. "THE BACHELOR' 1 AND "THE GIRL." Two newspapers, entitled the. Bachelor and the . Girl,. have just been started in Prague. The: Bachelor is bitterly misogynist, while the Girl was started to defend the sex against the rival journal's accusations. The Bachelor' asserts that the young ladies of the district are not sufficiently, reserved, and have a tendency to. fickleness. The fearful example of a girl—whose name is given—who spends 8d a day in. chocolates is quoted, and it is further asserted that girls have been seen kissing their partners at dances. "We don't want such girls. 'Bachelors, unite! Don't dance with them, • don't marry them," exhorts the masculine paper., The ' Girl, in revenge, makes damaging references to bachelor morals, and protests against the proposed boycott of the . ladies. • .