Home Circle.

Southern Cross, Volume 19, Issue 25, 7 October 1911, Page 6

Home Circle.

A PARTING. God keep you, friend ! We may not know All that this parting means for you and me, And what things sorrowful and sad may be In wait for our "uncertain steps, and so God keep you, friend ! God keep you, friend ! We may not see By any strain of forward-peering eyes Where our divided paths converge, and lies That larger place where our two ways agree. God keep you, friend ! God bless you, friend ! lYour presence still,, Ennobling and encircling, frank and free, Above all fear and change abides with me ; Por you—in weal and woe, through good and ill, God keep you, friend ! —Selected. Little things about the House

A Simple Remedy. A piece of bread soaked in vinegar and placed on a corn for a few nights will give great relief.

Mattresses. —To clean stained mattresses use starch. Make a paste of starch aind cold water, place the mattress out in the air if possible, and brush off the starch when dry.

Economy in Fuel.—A good hand, ful of common washing soda dissolved in half a bucketful, of warm water, if thrown over a hundredweight of coal and allowed to dry, will prolong the burning power by '25 per cent.

To Keep Feathers in Curl. —Never use tissue paper in a hat box to keep away the dust, as the chemicals in the paper have a tendency to take out the curl ; a silk handkerchief wiW answer the same purpose.

To Peel Onions Quickly.—To peel a large quantity of onions quickly amd without any discomfort, put them in a pan and pour at kettle of boiling water over them, then peel straight away.

To Get Rid of Mice. —Cayenne pepper is excellent as a means of ridding a cupboard of mice.- The floor should be gone over carefully, and each hole stopped up with a piece of rag dipped in water, and then in cayenne pepper.

Fixed Stoppers—To avoid stoppers in bottles getting fast, wrap each stopper in paper before putting it into the mouth of the bottle or decanter, etc.

Stained Floor. —Stained boards are apt to become lighter after a little wear, but if rubbed with paraffin oil they will again become darker. When rubbed with beeswax and turpentine after they will look as well as ever.

To Get Rust From Iron Saucepans.—Boil half a pint of vinegar with a pint of water and a small basin of rough cooking salt for twenty minutes. Empty out, wash out well with strong soda water and wipe quite dry. All rust will disappear. THE COOK'S TIME-TABLE. Beef : AlSow twenty minutes for easch pound. Mutton A quarter of an hour to the pound. Veal : Twenty minutes to the lb'. Fowls : Twenty to thirty-five minutes to the lb. Ham : Eighteen to iwenty minutes to the lb. Loin Chops • Eight to ten minutes. Steak : Eight to ten minutes. Sausages : Eight to ten minutes. Sheep's Kidneys : Five or six min--utes. Split Herring : Eight Minutes. Cod (to boil) : Ten or fifteen minutes to the lb. Haddock (,to boil)Five or Seven minutes to the pound. Kippers (grilled) S Five or eight minutes.

Small Whiting : Seven or eight minutes. Brussel Sprouts : Ten or. fifteen minutes.

Beetroot : one and a half to two hours.

Cauliflower : Twenty to thirty minutes (according to size).

Spanish Onions : One and a half to two houi-s.

Spinach : Twenty to twenty-live minutes.

Tomatoes (baked) Twenty to thirty minutes ; grilled, five to eight minutes.

Red cabbage : Stewed, one hour. Parsnips : An hour to an hour and a half.

Veal, lamb, pork, and all poultry, and fish must always be lhoroughly well cooked. Mutton is usuaMy fairly well cooked, and beef should be rather underdone. Well-hung meat will not take, quite as long to cook as meat that is freshly killed.

Recipes. BEEFSTEAK ROLL. ffi Have a piece of round steak exit evenly, make a dressing as for poultry, spread it over the beef, roll it up and tie. Lay this into a roundbottom saucepan, in which a few pieces of fat pork have been tried out, turn over until brown on al,l sides, add a little salt and boiling water. Cover closely and stew two hours. * * SILK PUDDING. Soak one teacup ful of tapioca all night in half a pint of cold water, then add another half pint of water and put on a slow fire. Let boil nntil quite smooth. Add equal proportions of raspberry jam, mix well, and put in mould. When set, turn out, and serve with custard round.

POTATO RECIPES. Curried potatoes : Melt two tablespoons of butter, add one tablespoon minced onion, and cook sl.owly for five minutes. Btend in one and a half tablespoons of flour mixed with one tablespoon of curry powder and half a teaspoon of salt, then' aidd slowly one cup of hot milk, and cook and stir until smooth.. Strain the sauce over one pint of hot cooked potato iballs and serve at oirce.

Potato Pancakes : Take four large potatoes, peel, and. grate them, one egg. one teaspoon salt, one heaping tablespoon of flour, mix well, and frv in hot fat.

COLD MEAT PUDDING. Half a. pound of cold mutton, beef, or rabbit, one teacupful of flour, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one boiled onion, one breakfast cup of miMv, half a teaspoonful of salt, one egg. pepper, and nutmeg to taste. Mix gradually in a bowl the flour, parsley, chopped onion, and seasoning, with the beaten egg and malic, to a smooth batter. Cut the meat into small pieces and add it ; butter a dish and pour the mixture in. Bake for half ah hour, and serve with gravy, or put in a buttered basin and steam for one hour.