Household Hints.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 163, 10 June 1909, Page 4

Household Hints.

water they are preserved in, then drain, and set in a stewpan with a piece of butter, salt, nutmeg, a pinch of sugar, and. if liked, a little thickening of yolk of eggs and milk. Minced Steak on Toast.—The best way to use up the remains of a steakis to chop it very finely and to put it on to simmer in a little good gravy. If the b'-ef is at ail dried, add a good sized iumn of butter, ami stir till all is thoroughly hot, but not boiling. Add pepper and salt to taste, and stir in at the last some chopped chutney. Serve on a nice thick square of buttered least, and dust a little chopped parsley over. Onion Soup should bo made constantly at this time of year, for onions are heat giving. Slice two lajge Spanish onions, four or five potatoes, and a s'b'k of celery ; boil till tender in a pint of milk add a pi =ce of Putter the si'/." of a walnut, season, with pepper a:id salt, a.'-d boil up while stirring thoroughly. Serv with fried dice of bread and grated Parmesan cheese. To Strengthen a Weak Throat gargle daily with salt and water for several months. When boiling fish add an onion to the water and sweet herbs tied in a piece of muslin. This is a French cook's suggestion and very tasty.