Household Hints

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 273, 2 July 1910, Page 3

Household Hints

WOMAN'S LACK OF DISCRETION According to a spirited critic of hur sexy, woman has little senes of limit. fNofhing will stop her, and no venture can be too great fdr her to dare. A man pauses to weigh the pros and cons (that's why he is so dull at timss). A woman is rarely dull. She is too unexpected. Woman, having found an interest, exhausts all her nervous energy in riding it to death, comes to a sudden stop, and —finds another. of this, however, proves lack of intellect on a woman's part. It is from lack of discretion in using her powers, not from lack of intellect, that she suffers. A man's intellectual ability serves him better than a woman's, and that is why he is often credited with a greater intellect than he really possesses. A few years ago a book, written by a woman, was unanimously pronounced by expert opinion to be one of the few really great literary productions. of this last halfcentury. Since then this woman has written other books, but it seems almost incredible —if it were not the fact —that she can be their author. But it was not her brain power that had failed her—it was her staying power. RECIPES. Rice and Tomato Soup.—Four large tomatoes, one ounce dripping, one onion, one quart of water, one and ahalf ounces rice, salt, pepper. Melt the dripping in the saucepan, lightly brown the chopped onion, add the tomatoes (cut in slices), water, and rice. Boil gently until -cooked. Add the seasoning and serve. Marinaded Steak. —Two pound of nice thick steak, one tabiH.spoonful each of pepper and salt, two teaspoonsful sugar, one tablespoonful of Worcester sauce, two tablespoonsful of vinegar. Score the steak and leave it in the mixture for three or four hours, turning it every now and then. Grill or fry, using the mixture for gravy. Celery with' Carrots. —Cut in short pieces, and boil in salted water until tender. Cut the same quantity of carrots in dice or balls, and boil separately. When done, drain and mix them together, adding a cupful of white sauce. Stew in this for about five minutes, an 1 serve. Baked Raisin Pudding.—Three desertspoonsful finely - chopped suet, three of flour, three of sugar, a few chopped raisins, a half-teaspoonful baking powder, one egg, one cup milk. Mix all dry ingredients together, thoroughly beat egg and add milk to it, then mix all together. Bake in a buttered dish for about three-quarters of an hour. Serve hot, with or without sauce.

Plain Bread-and-Butter Pudding.— Cut several slices bread and butter, about half inch thick, and cut into small pieces; sprinkle with sugar, and pour over hot milk; bake in a slow oven. This makes a very good plain pudding when eggs are scarce. A little raspberry jam is a pleasant addition. Lemon Pudding.—Mix together one yolk of an egg, three tablespoonsful sugar, one and a-half of cornflour, and the juice of one lemon; beat thoroughly; pour into it nearly a pint of boiling water; let it come to a boil and simmer for a few minutes. Pour into a buttered dish, and make a mer--ingue of the white of the.egg and three tablespoonsful of sugar; pour on top of the pudding and bake in a slow oven about twenty minutes, letting the meringue get a light brown. Serve hot or cold. \ Sponge Cake Pudding.-—Take two or three slices of stale sponge cakes, and spread jam on; whisk up one egg to a froth, and add one cup milk and a little sugar. : \Pour into mould with cake, and steam one hour, •