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JULY 2, 1909 The Commoner. 9 The oven must Housekeeping. be right. Good Contributed Recipes Mrs. R. "W. Z. sends the following in answer to a request for a loaf cake in which soda is used: "One cupful of quite thick sour cream, one. cupful of sugar, two eggs, one-half teaspoonful of soda, pinch of salt and four sufficient, flavored with two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Put the eggs, cream and sugar in a dish, and beat well together, add the soda; (take a' teaspoon and fill it level full and then divide lengthwise to get the half, and dissolve in no more than a teaspoonful of the cream and add it). Then stir in just enough flour to make it a little stiffer than layer cake batter, and after this squeeze the juice of the lemon into the batter and use some of the rind grated, together With nutmeg for flavoring; the lemon juice may be omitted, but notice that it makes the batter much lighter and improves the flavor. Any kind ' of flavoring may be used, but I prefer the old fashioned nutmeg which my "mother used." Mrs. Z. adds that should Mrs. H. J. try this recipe, she must not be discouraged if her first at tempt proves a failure, for it will, perhaps, require a little practice be fore she can get best results, but the cake will be worth trying for, as it is inexpensive, easily made and keeps moist much longer than baking powder cakes. (Many thanks for the recipe.) Mrs. O. H. tells us that a prepara tion to be had of the druggist which contains a large amount of phos phorus, and which is a tough paste and hard to spread, is sure death to the water-bugs. The price of the box of paste is 25 cents, but. of course we can not give the name of the manufacturer. There are several of these pastes' (roach pastes, i think they are called) and each is very good. This paste will also drive Mvay ants, and if spread in 'their runs, they will leave. These pastes smell strongly of phosphorus, and in. the dark when touched glow vis ibly, especially in. a damp place. It must be kept from children, as it is poisonous. der brine. When wanted, soak until fresh and cook like green beans. Another Prepare tho beans and break in small pieces, and to one gallon of beans add one cupful each of vinegar and water to cover, cook twenty minutes and can. If there is objection to the slightly sour taste, pour off the first water they are boiled in; but the sourness preserves Ahem. They are nice cooked with sweet bacon. Requested Recipes To can okra, use one part toma toes to three parts okra, and this will supply tho necessary acid to pre vent the okra from spoiling. More tomatoes would add to the keeping quality, as well as to the flavor, and some add slices of onion. To preserve strawberries in the mm, prepare as for any preserves and put in a kettle in layers, sprinkling sugar over the fruit at night, allow ing a half pound of sugar to one pound of fruit.' In the morning put the kettle over the fire and boil slowly until tho berries arq clear, then take from the fire, lift out the fruit with a skimmer and spread on dishes, setting in the hot sunshine until dry. When dry, roll in sugar and pack in jars. A glass cover may be put over the fruit to prevent in: sects getting on it, and also to in crease the heat, but the berries will not dry so fast. Canning String Beans Gather the beans while quite tender, and nrenare as for cooking. Cook in slightly salted water until done, but Timely Recipes Strawberry Sponge Soak one-half package of .gelatine in half a cupful of water (cold) ; make a jelly with one cupful of boiling water, one cup ful of sugar and the juice of half a lemon. Whip the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth and beat in the jelly gradually; when it stiffens, al ternate layers of jelly and a quart of strawberries until all are used. Set on ice until to be served. Other soft fruits may be used in the same way. To Keep Honey Either extract or comb honey must be kept where it is dry and warm, even a hot temper ature suits it, 100 degrees being nope too much. If extracted honey is not thick enough, tie a thin cloth over the top of the vessel and keep where it is not quite warm, but airy, and it will become thicker. The cellar is about the worst possible place to keep honey, as honey readily attracts moisture. ' If honey "candles," set the vessel containing it into another vessel containing boiling water, and it will become syrup again. Preserving fruits with acids is not to be recommended, but the method has been asked for, and here are some proportions in general use: Prepared fruit, 70 pounds, selicilic acid, one ounce. Berries, thirty pounds, salicilic acid one ounce. For corn, peas, etc., tartar-acid, one tea spoonful to dne quart of vegetable. These acids are uBed mostly as aids in canning vegetables and fruits which are hard to keep otherwise. It is suggested that, in order to "green" pickles, several days before it is wanted, add to the vinegar nice, fresh leaves of grape, horseradish, parsley, or other leaves used for such things, and let steep in the vinegar until it is wanted for use. By this process it is claimed that the vinegar will impart a nice tinge to the pickles. Anyway, it is harmless and inexpensive. ceptacles that will hold rain water in which the mosquito breeds. All cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, rain barrels, etc., should bo closely cov ered, and all drains and garbage heaps should be disinfected. Mos quitos breed in water, and flies breed in filth, and in order to ex terminate either, there must bo neighborhood co-operation in tho work. Only by concerted action can much headway bo made. One dirty, careless family can stock a wide area in spite of the care of others. It is absolutely unnecessary that tho back yard should be allowed to look worse than the front or side yards. Right now is the time to clean up, and during tho rest of tho year is the time to keep cleaning up. Fight the flies and mosquitos unceasingly. Open jars should not bo filled more than three-fourths full of the articles pickled, and they should bo covered with pickle at least two inchos above the top ones; this should bo done in open jars by weights; if tho Jars are sealed, tho jar can bo filled as full as wanted, and all spaces filled with the pickle. When tho pickles are all used out of the liquids, boll up the liquid with a little fresh spices, let stand until clear, or strain through a coarso cloth, heat to boiling and bottle; this is nn excellent sauce for cold moats, made dishes, fish, and tho like. To harden pickles, drop a lump of alum the size of a walnut into the pickle in proportions of alum tho size of a walnut to two and one-half or three gallons of pickle. Somo prefer to soak tho vegetables In tho alum water over night before pickling. Latest Fashions for Readers of The Commoner Scavengers Protect the home from the house fly and the mosquito. Ono of the best safeguards is to have every door and window covered with wire, but if not wire, then tho next best is mosquito netting. With care,' the wire net ting will last several seasons, but one season finishes the cotton "bar." Frames are not absolutely necessary for wire over the windows; a sheet of the wire can be tacked over the window frame the whole length, and thus the sash, both top and bottom, may be raised or lowered as de sired. In the fall this wire can oe carefully removed, rolled up and put away for the next season, when a coat of paint will give it renewed life and it can be used again. For the doors, frames are a necessity, and whatever is used over the, win dows, wire should be used -on the rlnnrfl. Mnnv crown neonle who should not falling to pieces; drain and pack know better push the door open with in fruit jars ana pour over mem boiling hot vinegar, overflowing to fill all air-spaces, seal, and put in the dark. Another Cut the beans in inch length pieces, wash and pack in a Btono jar or keg, first a layer of beans, then a handful of salt, alter nating until full weight" the beans dpwri with a plate to' keep them uh- the hand or fooUon the wire instead of on the cross-pieces of tne rrame, and this not only gives' the wire a "baggy" appearance, but soon breaks holes in it. Children do as they see others do. The adults should show care in this respect. 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