HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1903, Page 4

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE! KITCHEN. Roabt Goose—Half a poand of onions, one dessertspoonful of minced sage.quarter of a pound of brtadcrumbs, two teaspoon- ; fuls of salt, and half a teaspoouful of pepper. A goose should not be more than a year old. It must be well plucked, singed, drawn, wiped, and the head cut off near to the back. Cue off the pinions to the first joint, also the legs; run a skewer through the pinions, also the top of the legs. Stuff the bird as follows : Peel the onions and boil for half an hour; drain and chop them, then add sage and seasonings. Put this in the body of the bird and tie up the openioga; also tie the bottom of the legs together. Roast for one and three-quarters to two and a half hours, according to size; baste thoroughly. When done, pour off the fat from the tin, put into it one good tablespoonful of brown flour, half a pint of good stock, seasoned with salt and pepper; bell up, and serve » little round the goose, and remainder in a tureen. Also serve, this with apple sauce. Khbdive Pbabs.—Take one pound of •tewing pears, peel and core, making each hole large enough to contain a date. The dates must have first been well washed and drained. Put the pears into a jar, and add a few extra dates ; pour a wineglassful of cooking sherry over them, add a little sugar, and let them stew in a slow oven for about eight hours. Pears cooked In this way served with cream are delfelons.

MOOK SCALLOP PIE. j We are rather proud of this dish. It j WW mad* by chance one night, and was I pronounced " excellent." We agreed it j reminded us of something, and at last j without doubt it proved to be scallops. - | Another trial only confirmed the im-1 pression, and with joy we hailed it as a : new, delicious, and inexpensive dish for j atu readers. The ingredients for a quart pie-dish! 1 were :—One medium-sized marrow, one j medium-sized onion (Spanish), three ounces (about) of fresh breadcrumbs, one gill of milk, salt, pepper. Use a green marrow ; they have finer lesh and are less watery. First well butter the dish and shake over some crumba, leaving a thin layer at the bottom of the dish. Peel and slice the onion very thinly. Pat a layer of onion ia first ; thon peel and quarter the marrow, take out the seeds, and cut each piece lengthways in slices not more than half an inch thick. On the onion put a layer of these slices of mwrow ; next a good sprinkling of crumbs, salt and popper; again more onions aad so on till the dish is full. The last layers ought to ba of onions, aad crumbs last of all. ifow pour in the milk, but not over the top. Add some small pieces of butter to help the top to brown. Bake in a moderate oven till the marrow fetls quite soft ivhen pierced with a skewer. If the top is brown enough and the marrow still hard cover it with a lid. Serve very hot in a dish with a pie-dish ft 111 round.

KUR3ERY NOTES. Do not allow a baby to attempt to walk too soon, and then it will seldom suffer from weak ankles. A. baby ihould be allowed first of all to crawl about until its body and ankles besom* strong. If, however, the anklee do become weak, they should be bathed every morning for five minutes with lukewarm water and some tea salt, a small handful of the Bait being \ dlssolfail in a quart of water. After drying the ankles, they should be well rubbed with a little olive oil. In cases of -bow lent, never allow irons to be put upon the ohild's legs unless by medical advice. In oasis of thrush the mouth of the fhlld ought not to be rubbed with anything whatever with a view to cleaning it. Soarcely any other application is necessary In thrush than that of honey and bor«. A. little of this should in the gentlest manner be put into the mouth, on the tip of the finger, thre? •: four times a day. Improper feeding in usually the cause of this malady in infants. Many infants have thrush very slightly, the malady not extending beyond the throat and mouth. The ehild'B mouth is generally hot and painfol, sad It appears afraid to suck when snflutng from this complaint. Tarlety fn a ehild's diet Is excellent for lbs health, and builds up bone, muscle, a*d sinew, besides tending to regulate the bowels. If breakfast be at an early hour, allow the chili to have a glass of fresh satlk and a ttiea of stale bread and butter at sheet eleven, otherwise discourage eatlag ef drtaktng betweea meals. Good eoead halt, sack as onng **, grapes (with aha seeds Maoved), and bananas are important fm ahildiea te have, as the acid contained ia ripe frnit oertalnly aids digestion, sod is a splendid tonic. PARTY TROCK FOR a. LITTLE ON'K. "Whita Japanese silk intersected with laee makes ap very prettily for ehildren's dresses, and some pleasing colour effects can be given to a costame by wearing separate linings of sateen ; for instance, I a turquoise blua foundation could be worn | at one time, and ros« pink at another.