The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1899, Page 25

THE SUNDAY CALL. PRACTICAL HINTS f[b Oflsfl y f ' RECEIPTS YOU R, Jot the [Housewite Swgsry, .7{ el three cupfuls of sliced mughrfom;.'g;:}( n 2 Fom until tender and serve on buttered toast. risie ome. Mushrooms in _ chafing ~ dish—Wipe or Wi el cu N the northern residence portion of fine “mey 11 ftorert saew frst In a little Stockton and surrounded by a well- milk. _ Siice or quarter the tops, ok 4 kept lawn is the handsome modern Lhem five minutes In plenty Of 0t eauce, home of C. L. Ruggles. The reception sprinkle with salt and pepper, add the 1 £ i ¢ mi 11 hall is finishec . ved Stems and simmer a few minutes, or t nished in oak with solld, carved Piems and stmmer o fe¥ T Mie™ncoded. oak stairs. The walls are tinted tO There should be sauce enough to moisten match and decorated with oak leaf pat- the toast. This is one ({)t lhkem:";r;;‘;i S Syae . 23 and most delicious ways of cooking mush- terns. Floor covering, terra-cotta color rooms, especially the late varieties. 1t figures. T scheme of decorations is carried out in the J';rzu'[ ?llfl{.‘/lc’.f. ture being of mahog- 4 eavy draped Fruit punches are easily made in this, ay with the season for ripe fruits. They are Jets are wholesome, digestible and appetizing. TFor rose-figured. luncheon they may d for dessert lend additional and for dinner in of the oyster ggopltta!orflcte. flr:t mixing ;}th l?e rice one ~ omato s: 3 and allow to heatfl:lhclsough?ce by ]el/le" and ]am"' Fried peppers — Cut the t fr o ow 'to stand in water twenty minutes, DUt not overripe. An iron pot with porce- Dry well, sprinkle with salt and pepper, lain lining is best for cooking, as it never dip in flour and frg in hot fat or olive heats too rapidly, and when hot holds the ofl. Serve with ste#® or chops. heat it has acquired Peppers_stuffed with corn—Take flve s ears of sweet corn. Shell with a sharp , C00k all fruit slowly, and when making knife. Season with salt, pepper and Jjams prepare the syrup by having it boll- plenty ;{llb:ne;; thicken ' with a lttle Ing hot and most of the water cooked out 3 eppers, sprinkle tops with pefore adding the fruit. cracker crumbs and bake twenty minutes. Quince and apple Jjelly — Slice and guarter the fruit, but do not peel. J Place in kettle, cover with water and al- alads. low to simmer until the fruit is tender. o Pour the frult in a flannel bag and aliow erry salad—For this select fine, to drip, but do not squeeze. Squeezing large black oxheart cherries and take out Makes cloudy jelly. When dripping ceases 7 measure the juice, and to one pint allow the stones of sufficient to make the salad i iten required. Put them in a cooking bowl and pour and dust them well with powdered sugar and add to two pounds of cherries (welght i before stoning) a wineglass of sherry ©F the fruit, allowing t:u‘ee; wine and the same of cherry brandy. U2 4 pound .of sugar :to eyer : < CASELY pound of fruit. Place the fruit on the MIx thoroughly but lightly with two forks giove and bofl for half an hour. Put in and let them stand an hour in a cool the sugar and boil for twenty or twenty- place. Then chill on ice and put in glass five minutes. For strawberries make & dish, dressing with cherry or other fruit thick syrup before turning in the fruit, y t leaves, but not smilax, just before sery- (Go0oseberry jam is made the same way, ing. alrlxgwhi'tgflhe same amount of sugar. 2 Grapefruit salad—Shred the graperrut T e e e and dress With nut ofl prepared by adding Lo Aair T UIents, 4nd pineaps SR° Bart,lpmon, Julce to two parts nut each layer of fruit allow ‘our tablespoon- a pound of sugar. Boil twen ugar, boil 2 mi charm and plum or peach jam — Peel In the dining ornate with wilc 1so very de- the same man- portions of fruit The fuice of two m olive-tinted walls e vine and quail, also oranges aves harmonize with the solid oak finish and furniture. The mantel and sideboard are in oak and beautifully carved. for a & oI with the beate Wusllroam.r. v woman should learn how pund one and one-half Sloarn oy e n e nalf ointHoL & fuls of sugar. When th r is fllled pour trom a g O A Beet salad_Bake medium-sized blood j; a5 much brandy as jar will_hold. iushrooms mu O o eilemoniran beets until tender, plunge Into cold water, Cover well and keep one month before I oo uice of one lemon, a3 rub off the skins, wips and put on lce: : es Shred finely nearly as much young white U 8. Tomato jel Peel and cut ripe to- matoes. To each pound add four drops of lice & layer of beets on & - bitter almonds and the grated rind of one o on d,:;‘:egfg;fi,‘;{;e lemon. Bofl the tomatoes until tender, over, cut a few leaves of the beets info then strain through a cheesecloth bag. quarters and garnish the top of the cab- Measure the juice, allowing to each pint bage with the points. Serve at once with one pound of loaf sugar and the julce of the dressing havin boiled yolks of oggs. ;me 1lermm. Boll thirty minutes, then pour Apple and pineapple salad—Prepare as in glasses. for pineapple, using one-half part of finely Spiced fruit — Any of the small fruits cut tart apples; as fast as they are cut can be used. To every four pounds they should be added to the salad dress- allow a pint of vinegar, three pounds of ing. to keep'them.frolm becoming dark. sugar and two tablespoonfuls of cinna~ Apples should never be chopped, as this mon and cloves. C thirty minutes, causes them to lose their color. pour in jars and seal while ho Tomato salad—Choose uniform-sized ripe _Spiced " apple Jfelly — T pint of tomatoes; pour bofling water over, drain juice allow a few' pieces cinnamon, at once, cover. with cold water, remove the the grated peel and juice of half a lemon skins and set on ice. Make a fillin and_some cloves. finely chopped cucumbers and on strain through a flan as much chopped green peppers; when it f sugar to each pint. is time to serve cut a slice from the stem berry jam — Allow equal welght end, carefully take out the seeds, drain Mash half o out ‘the julce, flll half-full of the prepared the berries and but the seeds cucumbar, place on a lettuce leaf and fill through a fine sleve. Add the remainder with the whipped-cream dressing. of the berries, mashed but not sifted, and = simmer half an hour, stirring frequently. Add sugar and boil five minutes. Turn into Opa/a for .,Czu%. small jars and seal when cold. S rries should be well ome of the plts ttle of the bit- The sugar should the whole brought to ain and add the water. to an ice cream freezer, frozen stir in the beaten and the candied cherrics. Punch—The fruit should be cooked In_order to bring out When properly made Iy rich and beautiful in to be a little dull if tak- to0_quickly. The juice uld be added in order to e requisite tang. White currants arnish give a very pretty effect in to deep red. Never omit the To two quarts of cabbage as you have beets, sprinkle with salt and set aside for twenty minutes, 1 the bet g the f er_allowing fifteen to hrooms—Melt butter in a stew sugar. Mash the her and let it stand dd water and boil twen- nd when cool, freeze. Take one a 0 it one-half pint it three-fourthy powdered sugnr. the usual manner pound of finel - freezing. add aten white : sl o a g The opal s no longer considered of evil ‘9’ 1§ tRe same omen by thoss who ace'tne best Informea ood to S now. way, exeept that It requires a full pound It has become popular to believe that in- cui glass should be washed In strong stead of 111 luck the opal carrles with it the best luck and happiness in its highest form. Indeed, it is now considered the token of mutual love, burning brightly in all the colors of the rainbow. It is the oal placed with glft of lover to sweetheart, the symbol 1 of an cternal devotion, and of so devoted cleansed and bright- a character as to show itself in constant ened if ammonia is added to the pail of and fiery flashes of beautiful color. water in which the broom is dipped. To emphasize this romantic_idea the A strong solution of potash will remove opal is now cut In the form of a heart, paint from window glass. of sugar. s and then polished with sawdust be scoured with N oths. “firm Moths are the bane half keeper's life. Precious away are in cc amphor, cedar IN THE HOME OF C.L.RUGGLES FTOCKTON . & Zl’lj’f.u LLAGH Bar LoR one-half cup and the sentiment of a heart on fire with ho sica ginger, one ounce of pepper Furs, woolens and even cottons are taining some ashes. On the ashes lay a carpet it is almost impossible to kill it. One cup of bread crumbs of mace. Place on stove eaten if food becomes scarce. The ques- good-sized piece of gum camphor, sat- Moth millers are destructive themselves, of minced ham and a very small amount love is one which appeals to all lovers Bottle and keep in a cool tion is how to get rid of them. Car- urate with alcohol and set afire. Be sure but the larvae or worms which come of onion juice. Season with salt, pepper This heart, when small epough, is set in . bollc acid is not pleasant to use, moth and close every means by which air can from the ¢ laid by them do the in- and melted butter. Place in pa pour a ring, but Australian opals have recently mushrooms—Melt two table- balls still wors But there is a remedy enter the room. In one hour the cam- ch miller will lay from thirty to over a cupful of meat stock; cover and been imported of sufficient size to permit oonf’ of butter in an iron frylng and one that kills. Take the clothes from phor will have burned and you may be so the necessity for killing them bake twenty minutes; uncover, brown of their being used in a simple gold frame mc bbing with stale bread. and stir in the same amount of flour. closets and drawers, hang them over assured that every moth or prospect of can be readily seen. well and serve immediately. as a pendant for the lorgnette chain. Mur d will remove iron rust from en brown stir in one small tablespoon- chairs. Close windows and doors. Place one has been destroyed. Of all the moths When putting things away for the Peppers cooked with rice and tomato— These qpal hearts are also used for the marble or porcelain. ul of surry, season with salt and pepper. a small pan of water in the center of the tha most destructive one is the “butfalo summer, wrap and pin them in a news. Prepare peppers as above and stuff with centers of brooches. Pour in one pint of chicken stock and &dd room &nd in it a4 iron dish or pot con- beetle” or carpet moth. - When once in @ paper, for paper of any kind hurts the igestive apparatus of & moth. If no eggs have been deposited, You may go away and not worry for the safety of your furs. SR 0 Ghe Gea Oable. Tea is usually a light meal, berries, ecake and chocolate or sandwiches and tea being served. Berry set, chocolate set and cake dishes are used In the picture. The dishes are cut glass; the chocolate set white Haviland China, with cut glass sugar bowl and creamer. The water glasses are placed to the right and the spoons for the berries on the left. The chocolate set is placed to the right of the hostess, the cups set- ting on a silver tray; carafe, cake dish and almond dish placed wherever de- sired. Every one has her own idea as to how a, table should be set. There I8 no rule to follow, and on one’s good taste— let us hope it is good—rests the appear- ance of a table. Pretty dishes and fine linen are things every one cannot have, but use what you have to the best ad- vantage; make the table look pleasing, and hope, as we all do, for better some day. Tables set by the Emporium. S g t suds will clean & 1y be polished with all may be re- Cooking .7’eppers. Nice, large green bell peppers are used” in making the following dishes: Stuffed peppers—Cut the top off green . peppers, take out (h.e! ueodlf and allow to = stand in cold water for a few moments; RIS Dorrerey. Laid dry, and fil with the followiny: : Tea Table Incorrectly Lald.