1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
87i 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Within your home, dear friends, bereaved, 
.Let this sweet thought abide; 
The Christ-child comes to till his place, 
This holy Christmas tide. 
Fried Bread. —The drier the bread the 
better ; first dip it quickly in cold water, 
then into well-beaten eggs; try in lard or 
butter. f. n. 
Extra Mince Meat. —Two pounds of 
finely chopped meat, one pound of suet, 
five pounds of apples, two pounds of 
raisins, two pounds of currants, three- 
quarters of a pound of citron, two table¬ 
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoon¬ 
ful each of cloves, allspice and salt, 2 % 
pounds of brown sugar and cider or vine¬ 
gar to moisten. f. h. 
Roast Goose. —The turkey is the bird 
for Thanksgiving, but for the holidays, 
goose or duck should occupy the place 
of honor. The following is said to be 
an excellent dressing for the goose, and 
may also serve with the duck: Two 
ounces of onions, and half as much sage 
chopped fine ; one coffeecupful of bread 
crumbs, a little pepper and salt, and the 
yolks of two eggs. l)o not quite fill the 
gcose, but leave room to swell; roast 
from 1% to 2 hours, and serve with gravy 
and apple sauce. 
Aluminium Cooking Utensils are now in 
the market, and are so light of weight 
and easily kept bright and shining 
that they will, no doubt, soon be quite 
generally used by the progressive house¬ 
keeper, says the Post. Their cost is 
about the same as the best quality of 
granite ware—the only quality, by the 
way, that is profitable to buy. Alumin¬ 
ium is desirable for saucepans, baking- 
tins and perhaps frying-pans, but will 
probably not soon, if ever, altogether 
take the place of the heavier utensils re¬ 
quired for some kinds of cooking. The 
metal, it is claimed, is only corroded 
when an excess of salt is used in cooking. 
Orange Puddings.— Oranges are a health¬ 
ful fruit for most people, and there are 
many ways of using them besides the 
usual method of eating them raw as a 
dessert. A good pudding may be made 
from six ordinary sized ones, cut into 
small pieces, sprinkled with one coffee- 
cupful of sugar and left to stand one 
hour. Boil until well cooked, one pint 
of sweet milk, one-half cupful of sugar, 
one large tablespoonful of corn starch, 
the yolks of four eggs and pour over the 
oranges and sugar. Beat the whites of 
the eggs to a stiff froth and spread on 
the above ; sprinkle on a little sugar, 
and put into the oven to brown. To be 
served cold. 
A String for the Boy.— A ball box for 
the boy who makes stated inquiries for 
“a piece of string, quick,” is described 
in this fashion : Take one of the light 
wooden boxes in which liquid blacking 
is sold, drop a handful of shot in the 
bottom and cover with melted beeswax. 
This is to hold the box steady when the 
cord is pulled out. Bore a small hole in 
the center of the lid. Take a strip of 
red morocco leather long enough to go 
round the box and lap an inch or two ; 
make one end pointed and tack it round 
the box, leaving it loose enough so that 
a small scissors can be thrust into it. 
Paint the box with red enamel paint and 
ornament with irregular splashes of gold 
paint. Put in a ball of good stout cord— 
string a boy can depend on—and draw 
the end through the hole in the top of 
the box. 
Killing the Blues. —A correspondent of 
Thk It. N.-Y. gives directions for dis¬ 
pelling “ the blues ” and recommends a 
horse-back ride, to rest the house- 
Wben Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children she gave them Castoria 
bound woman. The remedy in itself is 
an excellent one, for have I not tried it 
mary a time and oft? But, when one con¬ 
siders that to the vast majority of women, 
a horse is either an animal to be feared, 
or one of the exclusively masculine pos¬ 
sessions to which feminine desires must 
not aspire, it appears just the least bit 
impracticable. I can imagine the scandal¬ 
ized expression that would settle upon 
the faces of the farming community, 
should neighbor A’s wife, in a fit of the 
blues, resolutely turn her back upon 
what work might be lying about, deaf 
to the, by no means gentle, pleadings of 
her numerous offspring “ to go too;” 
and, especially reckless of what the 
neighbors might think, vaunt into the 
saddle of a doubtful charger and gallop 
away collecting the sunbeams of cheer¬ 
fulness to scatter the shadows of de¬ 
spondency. Show me the woman with 
sufficient moral courage. 
What remedy have I to offer? None. 
For, until we are born again and can 
learn eagerly to grasp all chances for 
enjoyment, cease to anticipate sorrow 
for to-morrow, and remember that work, 
though desirable in its way, should not 
be made the be-all and end-all of life, 
the feminine world will jog on in the old 
rut, and only the emancipated few will 
realize how livable life might be. L. j. s. 
Two Kinds of Hash.—While doing the 
morning work and preparing hash for 
dinner, my thoughts ran riot as they can 
do when the hands are busy. What a 
blessed thing it is that the mind is free 
to roam and cannot be hampered by out¬ 
ward circumstances. I went back in 
memory to the time when I was a little 
girl. The breakfast was almost always 
hash ; but it makes me shudder to think 
of it. It was not only distasteful, but 
repugnant to the children at least. But 
in those days children must eat what was 
set before them asking no questions. And 
what was wrong ? Simply that the 
compound was not warmed and seasoned 
to make it grateful to the palate. The 
skimmings from the kettle in which 
beef had been boiled were used liberally 
with a little water and salt to warm the 
hash in, and unless it were very hot 
when eaten, it was tallowy and must 
stick to the mouth. Why not have things 
palatable as well as otherwise ? It is 
true there was some excuse at that time, 
for it was a country with heavy forests 
to clear ; and one had to be pretty well 
off to have butter in the house to use 
every day, especially in the winter. 
I do not think any dish that comes to 
our table is better liked than is hash. 
Our way is not to chop it over fine lest it 
be salvy like butter that is worked too 
much. It is placed in the spider with a 
cup of milk (cream would be better) and 
a good allowance of butter, thoroughly 
ccoked and brought to the table—not 
warm, but hot. We use red pepper to 
season and for a variety. If the flavor 
of onions is liked, chop in four or five 
small ones. Any portion not used may 
be set in a cool place to warm over. 
Freezing will not hurt it and, like beans, 
it will bear repeated warmings without 
being any the less palatable. c. it. n. 
A COOKERY LECIURER’S RECIPES. 
The lecturer at the latest food show 
in New York was Gesine Lemcke. Fol¬ 
lowing are some of her recipes as demon¬ 
strated before her audiences : 
Salad a la Americaine. 
One cupful of finely cut roasted veal, 
one cupful of finely cut boiled carrots, 
one-half cupful of finely cut celery, one 
cupful of finely shredded cabbage, one- 
half cupful of finely cut boiled beets, 
"two finely cut white onions ; mix all to¬ 
gether, squeeze over all the juice of one 
lemon and cover with the following 
dressing: Beat two eggs until light; 
add four tablespoonfuls of oil, gradually, 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
then four tablespoonfuls of vinegar, stir 
this over the fire until it begins to 
thicken ; remove from the fire, add one 
even teaspoonful of salt, two of sugar, 
two tablespoonfuls of French mustard 
and one cupful of whipped cream. Four 
half the dressing over the salad, mix it 
with two forks, and pour the rest over 
the whole; garnish with lettuce leaves 
and hard-boiled eggs. 
Deviled Chicken. 
Singe a young, plump chicken ; cut it 
open in the back, draw and wash it 
quickly in cold water. Rub one table¬ 
spoonful of salt all over it and place it in 
the roasting pan with the breast side up. 
But a spoonful of butter in small pieces 
all over the chicken, and place it in the 
oven to roast. As soon as it has obtained 
a light-brown color, add one pint of boil¬ 
ing water, baste frequently and let it 
roast till tender. In the meantime place 
the giblets in a saucepan with cold water; 
add half a teaspoonful of salt and one 
onion and boil until the giblets are 
tender. Then take them out, chop them 
fine and set aside. As soon as the chicken 
is done, transfer it to a hot dish. Remove 
the fat from the gravy, and then mix one 
tablespoonful of cornstarch with half a 
cup of water, and stir it into the gravy. 
Stir and cook for a few minutes, and then 
add the giblets and the water they are 
boiled in, boil and strain. Four the gravy 
all over the chicken, and lay some fried 
oysters around the edge of the dish, with 
small sprigs of parsley between them. 
Get Macbeth’s “pearl top” 
and “pearl glass” lamp- 
chimneys ; they are made of 
tough glass, tough against 
heat; they do not break in 
use; they do from accident. 
They are clear, transparent, 
not misty. Look at your 
chimney. How much of the 
light is lost in the fog ? 
Be willing to pay a little more. 
Pittsburgh. Geo. A. Macbeth Co. 
O 1 RENGd H And beauty 
^ of leather is Vacuum 
Leather Oil; 25c, and your 
money back if you want it 
Patent lambskin-with-wool' 
on swob and book—How to 
Take Care of Leather—both 
free at the store. 
Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, N. Y. 
A FARM BARGAIN. 
825 Acres lor Three Thousand Dollars. 
50 Acrou in timber and wood. Three miles from 
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It. B. CHAFFIN CO.. Richmond, Vo. 
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BREAKFAST-SUPPER. 
Fried Oysters. 
Select 20 large oysters, dry them on a 
napkin. Dust the oysters with flour; dip 
them first into a beaten egg, then in fine 
sifted bread crumbs, and let them lie half 
an hour or longer. Flace in a frying pan 
a half tablespoonful of lard and one-half 
tablespoonful of butter; as soon as 
melted, lay in as many oysters as con¬ 
venient, and fry light brown on both 
sides; transfer to a hot dish and serve. 
Creamed Beans. 
String and cut one quart of beans slant¬ 
ingly into pieces, place them in a sauce¬ 
pan and cover with boiling water. Add 
one-balf tablespoonful of salt and boil 
till tender ; drain in the colander ; melt 
one-half tablespoonful of butter, add one- 
half tablespoonful of flour; let fry for a 
few minutes and add one cupful of hot 
milk, stir and boil three minntes, add the 
beans and one tablespoonful of finely cut 
or chopped parsley ; then serve. 
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