JULY 2, 1909
The Commoner.
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The oven must
Housekeeping.
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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.
Remove from the yard all old tin
cans, bfokei dishes or, bottles, dis
abied' buckets br panfcrort other re-
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