JANUARY 12, 1912
9
The Commoner.
Into them flour to make a dough that
can bo rolled out very thin, adding a
pinch of salt; after rolling out, flour
veil, roll up the dough and cut in
fine strings about the size of maca
roni. Drop into boiling hot salted
water and boil fifteen minutes; they
must bo kept boiling briskly. Take
out, put a layer in a pudding dish,
dot with small pieces of butter, and
grate cheese to cover lightly, con
tinuing thus until the dish is full,
then pour a cup of sweet cream over
it and bake a few minutes until
quite hot through and the cheese
melted. This is a good dish to use
with meats where vegetables are
scarce.
Cheese Cakes Press enough
"schmiercase," or sour milk cheese
through a colander to mako a cup
ful and a half; beat three eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of thick sweet cream,
a gill of sugar an,d the juice and
grated yellow rind of a lemon to
gether, and add the cheese, mixing
well. Have small patty-pans lined
with pie-crust, All with the mixture
and bake fifteen minutes in a quick
oven. Mrs. H. B.
For the Housewife
When about to make cake, or any
other dish, read over carefully the
recipe and directions.- Bo sure all
required ingredients are at hand, and
unless you are an experienced hand,
do not substitute something else as
"just as good." Have the best of
everything needed, if you can get it,
and do not skimp on butter, eggs
and flavoring. Poor butter and stale
eggs will give a bad taste to the
entire batch of dough.
Every kitchen "should, have a set of
scales; these are not expensive; a
very good one can be had at the
house-furnishing , department of
hardware or department stores for
IN MATCHTOWN
Fortunately no Faith Was Required,
For She Had None
"I had no faith whatever, but on
the advice of a hale, hearty old
gentleman who spoke from ex
perience, I began to use Grape-Nuts
about 2 years ago," writes an Ohio
woman, who says she is forty, is
known to be fair, and admits that
she is growing plump on the new
diet.
"I shall not try to tell you how
I suffered for years from a deranged
stomach that rejected almost all
sorts of food, and digested what little
was forced upon It only at the cost
of great distress and pain.
"I was treated by many different
doctors and they gave me many
different medicines, and I even spent
several years in exile from my home,
thinking change of scene might do
me good. You may judge of the
gravity of my condition when I tell
you I was sometimes compelled to
use morphine for weeks at a time.
"For two years I have eaten
Grape-Nuts food at least twice a day
and I can noV say that I have per
fect health. I have taken no medi
cine in that time Grape-Nuts has
done it. all. I can eat absolutely
anything I wish, without stomach
distress.
"I am a business woman and can
walk my 2 or 3 miles a day and feel
better for doing so. I havo to use
brains In my work, and it is remark
able how quick, alert and tireless
ny mental powers have become."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason," and It Is ex
plained in the little book, "The Road
to Wellvflle," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and. full of
tinman interest.
from $1 up as high as you wish to
go. A very good kitchen - scale,
weighing from two ounces up to 24
pounds, can be had for $1.50. To
have the best results, you must not
guess at weights and measures.
Cookery can never bo lifted to an
exact science so long as the recipes
measure by "handfuls" and the cook
"measures with her eye."
An oven for a cake should be hot
ter at the bottom than at tho top,
and after tho cake is put in it should
not bo opened for at least fifteen
minutes, when the cako should have
risen to its full height. Layer cako
sheets require about twenty minutes;
sheet cakes, such as ginger breads,
require half an hour; loaf cake, if
small, three-quarters of an hour.
If you have a good recipe for one
kind of layer cake, it can be used
for all. It is the filling that makes
the difference. A good recipe for
layer cake is three eggs, whites
beaten separately, two cupfuls of
granulated sugar, two and one-half
teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted
with the flour, two-thirds cup of but
ter creamed with the sugar, a cup
ful of s;eet silk and three scant
cupfuls of flour. For a chocolate
filling, flavor with lemon extract; for
a white-iced or nut cake, flavor with
vanilla; an almond extract for an
orange cake.
peelings, put into tho preserving
kettle and cover with cold water;
bring to a boil and boil slowly until
quito tender, then turn into a stone
crock and lot stand over night. Next
morning put into a jolly bag and
squeeze tho juico through, thoh
measure, and for every cup of Juico
allow one cup of granulated sugar;
add tho sugar to the juice when it is
boiling, keep it well skimmed while
boiling, and boil until it jollies on
tho odgo when turned into a cold
saucer; then pour into glasses.
Mrs. A. V. George, Virginia.
Scattered Toys
In every home where there are
little ones, there is moro or less
scattering about of tho toys when
the little ones are tired of playing
with them, and they are seemingly
always under one's feet, being
stepped on and damaged beyond re
pair. This should not bo allowed.
Tho child should be required to put
away the toys after use, and a little
patient and firm training will make
them "get tho habit." There should
T)e a box, basket, shelf, or portion of
a closet set apart for their storage,
and while they are still new and con
sequently valued by the child, it
should be taught to put the play
things away; but when the "new" is
worn off, it may require some penalty
to enforce tho rule. Still, the rule
must be enforced, and habits of care
and neatness inculcated. Insist on
the toys being put away in their
place.
Some Timely Recipes
Turnips Cut the turnips Into
squares about as large as a medium
sized marble and put into cold salted
water for half an hour, then put into
salted boiling water and cook until
tender. Drain, and serve with a
sauce made as follows: Melt a
tablespoonful of flour and stir con
stantly until thoroughly mixed, but
do not brown; then add gradually,
stirring constantly a cupful of warm
milk, and let boil two minutes;
season with salt and pepper and pour
over the turnips.
A Good Bread Recipe Put into
a bread bowl four quarts of sifted
flour; mix with it one tablespopnful
of salt and one of sugar; rub well
Into the flour one tablespoonful of
lard, drippings or butter, dissolve
ualf a cake of live yeast in a cup of
warm water, and put in water and
all with another cup of very warm
water and two cups of sweet milk;
work up the flour, using more If
needed, and let stand until morning,
when It will be nearly twice as large
in bulk, if kept in good temperature.
Work over, make Into four loaves,
and let rise again; work each loaf
again, and let it rise and bake it In
a moderate oven for an hour. This
makes lovely white bread, that is not
apt to dry out at once. Mrs. L.
Means, Texas.
Apple jelly can be made at any
time. If apples are scarce, or when
canning apples, take tho peelings and
sound cores of one peck of tart
apples, slice two lemons with the
Answering Inquiries
Vellum is a species of parchment
mado from tho skins of aborted or
very young sucking calves, and is
used for bindings of superior books
and covering drumheads. It is pre
pared in tho same manner as parch
ment, but it is not passed through
the lime-pit; it has a much finer
grain than parchment (which is
made of sheep skin), and it is whiter
and smoother.
Rheumatism is supposed to bo
caused by acrid or poisonous matter
in tho blood, which affects the fibrous
tissue, or that thready texture which
enters into the composition of the
chords and muscles of tho body. The
lining membranes of tho joints are
peculiarly liable to rheumatic affec
tions. A great many remedies are
exploited, but none are infallible.
The system needs toning up, build
ing with tonics and nourishing diet,
when subject to this disease, and
the sewers of the body should bo
kept open in or.dcr to eliminate tho
poison.
Cleaning Paint Provide a plate
with some of tho best whiting to bo
had, and havo somo clean warm
water and a piece of flannel; dip tho
flannel into tho water and squeczo
nearly dry; then take as much whit
ing as will adhere to tho wet cloth
and apply to any painted surface;
rub lightly, and it will instantly re
move any dirt or greaso, after which
wash tho part well with clean cold
water, rubbing it dry with a soft
cloth or chamois skin, and it will
look as well as when first put on,
with no injury to the most dclicato
colors. Do not uso soap on paint.
For kitchen paint a little coal oil in
a basin of water will clean perfectly
without soap.
Tho skin .of animals is constituted
mainly of glue or gluten, which Is
soluble; tho principle derived from
tho bark used In tanneries tannin
and tannic' acid Is also to a con
siderable extent soluble. When tho
latter is allowed to act upon tho
former, chemical combination takes
place, and leather is produced, which
is wholly lnsolublo.
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twltcli don't suit, return same within 10 days, but you
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