THE HOME.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2059, 29 September 1880, Page 4

THE HOME.

Lemon Cheesecakes.—Beat up equal parts (say of sugar and butter, the yolks of two and the white of one egg, with the finely-grated riod and the strained juice of two lemons ; line some patty pans with puff paste ; fill them with the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven.

Haibwabh. —Take loz borax, ioz of oampphor; powder both fine, and dissolve in one quart of boiling water; when cool, the solution is ready for use. The camphor will form into lumps after being dissolved, but the water will be sufficiently impregnated. Another very simple one is the white of an egg well shaken in about a pint of rain water.

Cabinet Pudding. —Boz of stale sponge cake, loz of ratafias, 7oz of candied fruit, eight fresh eggs, half a pint of new milk, a gill of cream, a wineglassful of curacoa or brandy, and 2oz of loaf sugar ; boil the sugar in the milk, beat the eggs, add them to the milk whil it is warm, but not boiling. Let it get cold, then put in the spirit and the oream, cut the cake into thin slices, butter a quart mould, stick it tastefully with 3oz of the fruit, lay in the cake, fruit, ratafias, and onstard, in the order they are named, till it is quite full. Let it stand for an hour, that the cake may soak in the custard ; then cover it with buttered writing paper, tie a cloth over that, and steam over fast boiling water for an hour and a half. Turn out carefully, and serve with brandy sauce.

A Good Obmbnt.—A good cement for mendivg almost anything may be made by mixing together litharge and glycerine to the consistency of thick cream or fresh putty. This cement is useful for mending store jars or any other coarse earthenware, stepping leaks in seams of tin. pans or wash boilers, cracks and holes in iron kettles, &o. I have filled holes an inoh in diameter in kettles and used the same for years in boiling water and feed. It may also be used to fasten on lamp tops, to tighten loose nuts, to secure loose bolts whose nuts are lost, tighten loose joints of wood or iron, loose boxes in waggon hubs, and in a great many others. In all oases the article mended should not be used till the cement hos hardened, which will require from one day to a week, according to the quantity used. This cement will resist the action of water, hot or cold, acids, and almost any degree of heat.