HOUSEHOLD SOAPS.

How to Malce a Good Article at Very Small Expense.

"A capital soap for housocleaning find j clothes washing purposes Is made in the following way: Procure a half pound tin of 98 per cent of caustic soda (which may be obtained from a gro cer), which will cost about 12 cents, and put it in a large basin or other earthenware vessel containing one quart of cold water. By stirring it will Instantly get very hot. Let it stand till cool. This is called "soda lye." In & larger earthenware vessel melt three pounds of any kind o£ fat without salt, and for this purpose save all refuse fat or grease of any kind from the table, melted and the pure fat strained off. Allow it to cool until it just begins to set, anil then pour the soda lye into it In a continuous stream, stirring until it becomes like honey. Then pour the mixture Into a wooden box capable of holding six pounds of soap. The box should previously be lined with a piece of damp calico. Well cover it up with a piece of old blanket and let it stand until next day in a cool place to set, When you will have six pounds of pure aoap at a cost of about 12 cents for caustic soda plus the price of fat, ■which has the advantage of bleaching calico without injuring the fabric.

How to Devil Clams.

Twenty-five clams, chopped fine; two eggs, well beaten, save enough to dip them; chopped parsley, butter the size of an egg, brown butter and flour to gether, pour clam juice and eggs into the browii butter, enough cracker dust to make a soft batter, cayenne pepper, fill shells, dip in egg and cracker and fry.

How to Male Fish Pie.

Melt an ounce of butter or clarified dripping in a saucepan and cook with it the same quantity of flour for a few minutes, stirring the mixture all the time so that it may not change color. 'Add half of a small onion, sliced, a eprig of parsley and a small slice of fat bacon and let the ingredients fry for five minutes. Then pour in grad ually rather more than half a pint of milk and etir until the sauce Is smooth and thick. Season with salt, pepper and a little grated nutmeg, let simmer for 15 minutes and pass through a gravy strainer. Butter a pie dish and place in It a layer of cooked fish, divid ed into flakes, cover it with sauce, then add more fish and more sauce al ternately until the dish is nearly full. Spread some well boiled rice, which has been mixed with a little butter, a tablespoonful of tomato sauce and sea soned with salt and pepper, over the top of the pie. Then scatter the rice thickly with browned crumbs, place some little pieces of butter on them and bake the pie in a hot oven for About 15 minutes.

How to Crinkle Eggs.

' Heat to a boil half a cupful of cream or rich milk and slip six eggs gently into the pan. Let them come to a boil, cover and remove to the back of the Btove. Keep very hot for ten minutes. Just before serving, dust with salt and pepper and dot with bits of butter.

How to Cure a Head Shaking Horse.

In speaking of the peculiarities of the colt Limerick, Ben Kenney told me that he cured him of the annoying habit of throwing his nose out and shaking his head by simply trimming all the long hairs out of his nostrils says a writer in the Horse Review. The wind blew the hairs back in his nose and tickled him so that he couldn't keep his head still. Kenney said that he believed long hairs in the nose were just what caused so many horses to shake their heads when trotting against the wind.

How to Make Spiced Beef.

Mince boiled beef, fat and all, rather fine. Add salt, pepper, pounded cloves, a little thyme and some finely chopped parsley. Stir into this three whole eggs and some thick fresh cream. This may be baked in a border mold or in a round tin, with a cup set in the center to give the shape of a ring. Serve with tomatoes filled up in the middle and any good thick sauce, according to taste.

How to Make Hot Pot.

Two and a half pounds of cold roast pork, potatoes, seasoning, stock. Put gome slices of the pork in a deep, greas ed pie dish, sprinkle with pepper, salt, chopped onion and sweet herbs and then place a layer of sliced potatoes. Put in a few lumps of dripping here and there and repeat till all the meat is used. Cover the potatoes and bake in a moderate oven for 2% hours.

How to Make Cheese Fondu.

Put one tablespoonful of butter in the chaflng dish and when melted add one cup of fresh milk, one cup of fine bread crumbs, two cups of grated cheese, a saltspoonful of dry mustard and a dash of cayenne. Stir constant ly and add just before serving two eggs beaten light.

How to Make Mushroom Sauce.

Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter and add two tablespoonfuls of flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and half a cup each of chick en stock and cream. Add the beaten yolk of one egg and chopped mush rooms and let stand over hot water for five minutes.

How to Make Striped Sandwiches.

Cut and butter very thin slices of .white and brown bread. Place togeth er, having within each pair a crisp let tuce leaf and one teaspoouf ul of grated cheese, Roll andl hold with a small pick.

How to Remove Oil Spots.

The trying yellow spots so often left by sewing machine oil on white goods may be removed by nibbing the stain with a cloth wet with ammonia before washing with soap.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEE 6, 1899.

Printed and published by Hknky Wiixis o Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, at their Printing Office, Burn** Street, Ashburton, WEDNESDAY, D«cembor 6, 1893,



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