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four: and. as she is not always successful 
with these, a few directions may not come 
amiss. • 
BOILED EGGS. 
There are still a good many who do not 
understand that a soft-boiled egg should be 
placed in boiling water and allowed to stand 
ten minutes where the water will simply 
k< ep hot: while, if it is to be hard, it should 
remain in twenty minutes. 
A DELICIOUS OMELET. 
Few cooks succeed in making a light, 
evenly cooked, and delicately browned, 
omelet: and many persons have a prejudice 
against this dish, simply because they have 
never tasted it at its best. More than four 
eggs should not be used for one omelet. 
Beat them well, add three tablespoonfuls 
of milk, two saltspoonfuls of salt, and a 
little white pepper. Have a frying pan, 
about eight inches in diameter, heated very 
hot. Put in a tablespoonful of butter and 
shake it over the whole surface. Before it 
scorches, pour in the beaten eggs. Watch 
carefully, frequently running a knife or 
cake-turner underneath, and as soon as it is 
browned, fold over and serve immediately 
on a hot dish, garnished with parsley. 
A Revolving Cupboard. 
Why should the me a have all the con- 
veniences, while women plod along, doing 
their work in the hardest and most uncom- 
fortable way? 
Usually a man. whatever his business 
may be, avails himself of all the helps that 
he can find. If he be a farmer, he will 
have a cultivator, reaper, and various other 
machines which inventors have thought out 
for his aid. If he be a business man, you 
will find in Ins office a large and convenient 
desk: while a literary man will have, at his 
elbow, a revolving bookcase whereby he 
may have have access to more than a hun- 
dred books without moving from his chair. 
But it is more than likely that, if you go 
from the literary man's library to his wife’s 
kitchen, you will find not only a paucity of 
suitable cooking utensils, but numerous in- 
conveniences. Very like 1 v the pantry is so 
far from the range that one must walk 
miles in the course of the day in simply go- 
ing back and forth after dishes. 
Now why should'nt such a kitchen have 
a revolving cupboard? It might have the 
essential features of the bookcase but be 
made of cheaper wood, less carefully fin- 
ished, and have such an arrangement of 
drawers, shelves, cupboard, and hooks, as 
would accomodate all articles in daily use. 
What a saving of time and strength there 
would be when knives, forks, spoons, broil- 
er, egg-beater, salt, sugar, pepper and flour- 
sprinklers, and a hundred other things, 
were always at hand. 
Our illustration gives a clear idea of the 
immense comfort and convenience of such 
a revolving cupboard, which ought to stand 
in many kitchens near the range. 
Early Preserving. 
No sooner is house-cleaning over than the 
preserving season begins: for, in May, the 
northern housekeeper ‘ ‘ does up ” pine- 
apples, and experiments with orange mar- 
malade, while in the South, strawberries 
are ready for the preserving kettle. A year 
ago, an unusual recipe for preserving this 
luscious berry appeared in “Good House- 
keeping,” and as several of its subscribers 
wrote enthusiastically of their success in its 
use, we copy it for the benefit of our readers. 
SUN-COOKED STRAWBERRIES. 
Pick over the strawberries and weigh 
them: then put them in the preserving 
kettle. Add to them as many pounds of 
granulated sugar as there are pounds of 
strawberries. Stir, and place on the fire: 
and continue stirring occasionally until the 
mixture begins to boil. Cook for ten min- 
utes, counting from the time it begins to 
boil. Pour the preserves into large platters. 
A Revolving Cuphoard. Fiy. 413. 
having it about two inches deep, and place 
in the sun for 10 hours or more. The pre- 
serve is now ready to be put into jars and 
placed in the preserve closet. Only fine 
ripe strawberries should be used for this 
preserve. 
Other Seasonable Recipes. 
ORANGE MARMALADE. 
Two dozen oranges, one dozen lemons. 
Taking a sharp knife, slice the fruit across, 
rind and all, very thinly, rejecting the seeds, 
and cut each slice in four quarters. Put all 
to soak twenty four hours in six quarts of 
cold water; then put on the fire, in the same 
water, and boil at least two hours. Then 
add sixteen pounds of white sugar, and sim- 
mer gently for one hour longer, watching 
that it does not scorch. — Ladies Home 
Journal. 
PINEAPPLE PUDDING. 
Ingredients: One pint of milk, six eggs, 
six ounces of sugar, six sponge cakes, a tin 
of preserved pineapple and three ounces of 
dried cherries. How to use them: Butter 
well a pudding mould, and ornament the 
top with dried cherries and pieces of pine- 
apple; put in the sponge cakes (broken in 
pieces), and some more pineapple (broken 
in small pieces ); into a basin put the milk, 
the sugar, and the eggs; whisk all together 
until the sugar is dissolved, then add the 
sirup of the pineapple to it; turn the mix- 
ture over the sponge cakes in the mould, 
cover with buttered paper, and steam one 
hour and twenty minutes. Chop the rest of 
the pineapple very fine, turn the pudding on 
to a hot dish, place the pineapple round it 
and serve immediately.— Good Housekeeping. 
LEMON PIE. 
One smooth juicy lemon; grate the rind 
and squeeze out the juice, straining it on to 
the rind; one cupful of sugar, a piece of 
butter, the size of an egg, in a bowl; one 
good-sized cupful of boiling water in a pan 
on the stove. Moisten a tablespconful of 
cornstarch and stir it into the water; when 
it boils, pour it over the sugar and butter, 
and stir in the rind and juice. When a lit- 
tle cool, add the beaten yolks of two eggs. 
Butter a deep plate and cover all over with 
cracker dust (very fine crumbs). This is 
the crust; pour in the mixture, and bake. 
Then frost with the two whites, and browns 
— Good Housekeeping. 
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