Royal Victoria cook book

VEAL ENTRE.—One pound of minced raw veal, put it through the mincer 2 or 3 times, 3 yolks and 2 whites of eggs, 1 tablespoon butter, | ounce flour, $ cup milk or stock, 1 tablespoon cream, $ teaspoon lemon juice, $ teaspoon salt, + teaspoon pepper. Mince veal then make a sauce of butter, flour and milk, then add yolks and seasoning, then whip the white and add lightly. Steam in a buttered mould 40 minutes or until firm. Serve with a potato border slightly browned. Make the mashed potatoes in a roll, turn mould on a tin, put roll of potatoes around, then brown them; when brown slip off tin to serve. Serve with parsley sauce. Mrs. GUNDY. TO PREVENT BLOOD POISON.— When you have received a scratch from a rusty nail or other rusty material use common varnish. Excellent for any sore. A. LEWIS. TO RETAIN COLORS OF MUSLIN, PRINT AND GINGHAM.—To every pint of starch dissolve a small piece of alum (about the size of a hazel nut) and add to the starch. TO REMOVE MILDEW FROM LINEN.—Soak in buttermilk and spread in the sun. Repeat until the stain disappears. TO CLEAN CLOTHES.—Half ounce glycerine, $ ounce alcohol, $ ounce sulphuric ether, 2 ounces aqua ammonia, 4 ounce powdered castile soap, enough water to make 1 quart. Mrs. M. ATKINSON. SOAP.—One can of Gillet’s lye, 54 pounds of grease, melted and strained, when nearly cool add the lye which must be dissolved in about three pints of cold water, boil up until it looks well mixed, then add more cold water and stir until it thickens. TO GET RID OF BUGS IN BEDS.—One ounce of corrosive sublimate to 1 pint of alcohol. Apply with a feather or brush to the beds. TO REMOVE GREASE FROM SILK OR WOOL.— Place a pad of blotting paper over the spot and press with. a hot iron. BUFFALO MOTH PREVENTIVE.—Equal parts of borax, saltpetre and camphor, finely pulverized and thoroughly mixed. Sprinkle around the edges of carpets, underneath rugs, in drawers or wherever moths might appear. Mrs. C. H. Ross. TO KEEP GLASS JARS FROM BREAKING.—When pouring in boiling fruit wrap a cold wet cloth around each jar. FOR CLEANING HAIR BRUSHES.—A teaspoon of ammonia in tepid water. Dip up and down until clean, then dry with the bristles down. A GOOD WASH FOR THE FACE—A good tablespoon of oatmeal, boiled in a small quantity of water, a lded to the water for washing, is the best emollient for any roughness of the skin. Another simple and excellent cosmetic is to infuse horseradish in cold milk, and wash the face with the infusion. TO RAISE THE CRUSHED PILE OF VELVET.— Hold the reverse side of the velvet over a basin of boiling water, and the pile of the velvet will be gradually raised. BAKING POWDER FOR CAKES, ETC.—Quarter of a pound of rice flour, } pound carbonate of soda, $ pound cream of tartar. Miss McCARTHY. TO KEEP TABLE SALT FROM LUMPING.—-Roll out a bag of table salt and place in a crock, mix through it one tablespoon of corn starch. Miss McCARTHY. GELATINE.—If gelatine is soaked over night it loses the strong taste and smell. Miss McCaRTHY. TO REMOVE GREASE SPOTS FROM WOOLENS. —JAPANESE CREAM—F our ounces white castile soap shaved into 1 quart warm water (or get pulverized). When dissolved add 4 quarts boiling water, and when nearly cold add 4 ounces ammonia and 2 ounces ether. L. H. G. TO REMOVE INK STAINS.—Rub well with lemon juice and let stand a while. TO REMOVE MILDEW.—One tablespoon chloride of lime, 1 pint water (boiling), strain through muslin cloth. TO CLEAN WHITE SILK.—Gasoline will make it look like new. Mrs. JAS. VAIR. GERMAN RECIPE FOR CLEANING FURNITURE, CARPETS, ETC.—First rub with turpentine and let it dry, then rub with ammonia and water—4 cup to a wash-basin, and dry. For red material vinegar can then be rubbed on. Mrs. Harrison, Toronto.