HOW TO PREPARE FISH.

Manawatu Herald, 17 September 1896, Page 4

HOW TO PREPARE FISH.

In Water, It Spoils the Flavor. Ir * Steamed FUhballs. Fish should never stand in \rater, as it fpoils the flavor. "Fish should never bo ,; . fried in butter. It should always be used while fresh. Plain "boiled or mashed potatoes should always be served with it. Squash and green peas go very well ■with fish also. Always save al! that , remains after a meal and warm up to r . help out another dish. The remains of boiled fresh fish car bo warmed up in a little butter, pepper, salt and water, ae • yon would Btew lobster. Cold fried and bapiled foil can be placed in a tin pan end aet into the oven 10 minutes, when k It will be found to be hot enough. f Fishbalia can be steamed for 10 or 15 minutes and then set into the oven to get crisp. If you have^a large piece of boiled .^•h which you wish to serve whole, yiace it on a plate and set into the steam- - dr aiid steam 20 minutes. If you have drawn butter to warm np, do not set it* on the fixe, but put it into a bowl and Bet the bowl into hot water. Cook butter as little as possible, as by cooking it becomes oily. When you do use it, al- .. w^pg add it three or five minutes before t&iring the diab. from the fire. Hott to Make 21'itton Broth. Prepare by cutting the mutton into thin slices; add cold salted water in the proportion of a quart of water to a pound of meat. Let it simmer an hoar and a half; then boil half an hour, strain through a cloth and season to taste. .f Crackers or stale bread cut into squares or browned in the oven may be served with beef or mutton broth. Bow to Keep a New Took to Shoes. When thoy are wet or Inuddy, take a ■oft, old, but clean blacking brush and brush off lightly as much of the superfluous mud as will loosen easily; then set them to dry thoroughly. When quite -- dry, brush off the mad, taking: it from •very orevice with a soft bit of old merino; then wring a small sponge out of cold water and wash over the leather With a firm enough touch to remove every bit of the mad, but not sufficiently hard to remove the gloss underneath the mod. It may be necessary to moisten the sponge several times to do this, but th»,leati»er will dry again quickly. Now ■feKad composed of several thickold black woolen goods and rub again with the light, firm by bootblacks, and you will back the original gloss. If perform the whole operation the shoes are on your feet, the perwill be retained. How to Make Fruit Salad. mHpuit salad should be served in orange fgßta from which the contents have been removed. Cut in the shape of [ baskets, with arched handles over the | top, and fill with chopped pineapple, thinly sliced bananas, white grapes cat in two and seeded, the palp and juice of the orange and Jamaica rum. How to Make Pineapple Cordial. For a cordial peel and cut up the pineapple, using the cores which have been rejected in preserving. Put the chopped pineapple in a preserving kettle, barely epfeAng it with water. Let the water j' JK'i.l until the flavor has been thoroughly Lpxtracted from the pineapple. Strain Hand then add a quarter of a pound of eugHsr to a pound of fruit if the pineapples HLre sugar loaf, or half a pound of sugar j 'o the same amount if they are the acid ■ •tvuvberry pine. Boil the sirap for 10 ■ Siicutes; then measure it and add a ■ quart of the best cooking brandy to a ■quart of the sirup. Bottle it and keep it ■ for about bxx months before making use ' of it, or longer if you wish, as it improves with nge. Sow to Scallop Fish. Skin and cat into small pieces a cod or haddock and lay in a deep earthen dish. Dredge in about half a cup of flour, a spoonful of salt, a teaspoonfulof popper. Cut about 2 spoonfuls of butter into email pieces and strew in, cover the whole with new milk and bake 40 mtomtes. Honr to Take Care of Children's Hair. Ifcyer use a fine comb. Severe cases of eetttnft are often caused by this means. The coAnb has only three offices— to open ■v^Vuo hair so as to brush all parts of the scalp, to part the hair and to disentangle snarls. A properly selected comb •hoold have thick, wide, perfectly smooth teeth, with well rounded ends and set wide apart. To remove the dandruff rob a little oil or grease well into the •ealp, washing the same off in warm water with soap. If this does not succeed, tea a physician, as dandruff neglected oattftde soreness of the scalp. How to Thicken Saaoea With Eggi. When the yolks of eggs are used for Jhickeninij a soup or sauce, beat them well; then add a gill of cold liquid to •very two yolks. Stir it into the hot liquid and stir all the time the dish is on the fix*, which should never be more than a minute. Bow the Belarht and Telocity of Clonda Are Determined. The height and velocity of clouds have been determined by means of photography. Two cameras, placed about 600 2eet apart, are provided with instantaneous shutters, simultaneously released by electricity. The observer measures the angle of inclination of the cameras and the position of the cloud as photographed on the two plates, and from these data a trigonometric calculation gives the dist*ne^ajid height of a cloud with great accsy^-T. . | slow to Clean Japanned Goods. In cleaning japanned goods never nee hot -v^ater. Wet a cloth slightly fc warm; water and rub the article to bj <deaa«Wl. Should any smear appear Bpriukie with floor and wipe dry. i Row to Clean Tortoise Shell. To! keep tortoise shell combs bright gnfy them after each wearing with soft JeaV.ber. Wnen they become dim, clean with Vo&ea stone and oil applied w*" 1