Household.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 445, 21 August 1880, Page 3

Household.

KECIPES AND USEFUL FACTS.

American Hash. —Chop cold roast beef with half as much potato, and some fried onion, moisten with gravy or butter ; put into a stewpan, with only enough milk to prevent burniug. It may be served when hot through, or left in the pan till brown and crisp. French Pan-cakes. Two-eggs, one half pint milk, two ounces granulated sugar, two ounces butter, flour, and jelly. Hea - - the butter and sugar to a cream ; beat the eggs separately, the yolks to a cream and the whites to a froth, and add the yolks to the butter and sugar ; stir the milk into these ingredients ; butter six tin pie-plates ; sift two ounces of flour with a teaspoonful of baking powder, and stir it quickly into the above named mixture, with the whites of the eggs ; put the butter quickly upon the buttered plates, and bake the pan-cakes brown in a quick oven ; dust them with powdered sugar, lay them one over the other, with a little j-lly between ; dust the top with sugar, and serve them hot. Apple Fritters. —This is a favorite dish, with many, and often preferred to dumplings. They may he prepared thus : —M ke a l atter, not very stiff, with one quart of milk, three eggs, and flour to bring it to a right consistence. Pare and core a dozen large apples, and chop them to about the size of small peas, and mix them well in the batter. Fry them in lard, as you would doughnuts. For trimmings powdered white sugar is best ? though good treacle answers very well.

For Curing Chilblains. —Take out all the large stalks of a cabbage leaf, roll the leaf tightly with a rolling-pin ; then hold it for a few minutes to the fire. The sap will come out. Apply the leaf immediately to the chilblain, and let it remain on till quite cold. The leaf must be put on with the sap to the chilblain.

Steel Ornaments (to Clean). —Dip a small brush into some paraffin and then into some emery powder (such as is used in the knife machines), and well brush the ornaments, and all the rust will soon come off ; polish with a dry leather and duster ; it will clean any steel article proved. In Washing Windows. —A narrow-shaped wooden knife, sharply pointed, will take out the dust that hardens in the corners, of the sash. Dry whiting will polish the glass, which should be first washed with weak black tea mixed with a little alcohol. Save the leaves for the purpose. Simple Treatment for Sctatica. — Dr. Ebrard, of Nimes, states that he has for many years treated all his cases of sciatica and neuralgic pains with an improvised electric apparatus, consisting merely of a flatiron and vinegar, two things that will be found in every house. The iron is heated until sufficiently hot |to vaporise the vinegar, and is then covered with some woollen fabric, which is moistened with vinegar, and the apparatus is applied at once to the painful spot. The application may be repeated two or three times a day. As a rule, the pain disappears in twenty-four hours, and recovery ensues at once. — Jour, de Med., etc., de Bruxelles.