Patsy Rogan and the Fairy War Over Herring Fish
In a rural Ireland tale Patsy Rogan helps a tiny red haired fairy mend a horse shoe on a life and death quest. The fairy counts on Patsy and warns of a dawn verdict: if hoof prints run red Ireland wins fishery destiny. if not, Scotland claims the herrings. The battle ends with Ireland’s fisheries vanishing while Scotland’s rise, leaving Patsy with ten battered sovereigns.
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Patey Rogan
Cross Roads
Mullinafad
Patsy
Patsy Rogan
Tam
Paty
Etrangers
Irith
Scotland
Ireland
Irish Baye
Cotland
Patey
Evolution of Bedsteads and Fresh Salad Tips
The article contrasts wooden and iron bedsteads with metal and mahogany options, noting nickel is unfashionable for permanent rooms while twin bedsteads gain popularity. It also offers salad ideas using kidney beans, cranberries, grapefruit, and a macaroni rarebit recipe, followed by knife cleaning tips.
Apple Cake From Rich Biscuit Dough With Baked Apples
A recipe outlines rich biscuit dough using flour, salt, baking powder, egg, butter, milk, and vanilla. It instructs to roll, fill with quartered quick baking apples, top with cinnamon, then bake quickly. A sauce of flour, sugar, salt, and milk is poured over, with optional dried currants and cream.
Chafing Dish Recipe with Oysters and Cream
A tested chafing dish method reveals a savory mix of minced celery butter lemon juice salt and paprika. Add 24 oysters as the mixture bubbles then finish with cream and serve over toast for a rich starter.
Glycerine in Cooking This Handy Stabilizer for Flour and Jam
Readers are advised that a few drops of glycerine added to flour improves cake dough making. A teaspoonful per pound of flour lightens dough, while three teaspoonfuls per pound of fruit prevents sugar fermentation and crystallization during jam preparation.
Vinegar Boiling Vessel Advice Highlighted
The article warns that boiling vinegar in untinned copper or brass pans dissolves copper and contaminates the liquid with poison. It recommends using stone or well scrubbed cast iron vessels, preferably stone, to avoid contamination.
Recording the Great Event Wedding Books a Great Source of Interest
Wedding books offer a personal keepsake for brides and friends. Clever makers can craft albums with watercolor pages and inscribed top sketches in old English style. Each page records events from the wedding day, from gown swatches to bouquets, clippings, and wishes from guests.
Home Made Baking Powder And Cheese Storage Tips
A kitchen note explains making baking powder from carbonate of soda cream of tartar and ground rice in equal parts. It covers storing cheese wrapped in a damp cloth keeping it in a tight jar and methods to soften dry cheese with butter. It notes using homemade mix for sandwiches and cheese dishes and advises letting jam for tarts cool before spreading to avoid soggy crusts.
FOR THE HYACINTH LOVER
This piece offers simple steps to grow early hyacinths in pots. Plant bulbs one inch deep, sink pots in ash or cocoanut fiber, cover with glass, keep indoors without water until green growth appears, then uncover for two days near a window, turning bulbs daily to ensure even blossoms.
Hash a la Hanna_hash tale from Senate cook
Hash a la Hanna corn beef hash was popular in Washington years ago. The head waiter ordered it as One corned beef hash for Senator Hanna. During a rush, the kitchen counted fourteen Hanna hashes and the chef warned, He'll founder hisself.
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Hanna
Washington
Senate
Senator Hanna
Hisself
Luncheon dish mix from roast leftovers with lamb ham or beef
A luncheon recipe suggests mincing cold lamb ham or beef with Nam bread crumbs half the quantity, a small onion, salt and pepper. It is bound with an egg and remaining gravy, then baked covered with bread crumbs for half an hour. A practical luncheon dish.
Cure for Chapped Hands Paste from a 19th Century Remedy
A rough hand remedy suggests mixing a quarter pound of unsalted clarified lard with rose water, yolks of two eggs, and honey. Add almond paste ground to a fine powder to form a workable paste for smoothing rough hands.
Proper Toothbrush Care in Cold Water Rinses
After use rinse toothbrushes thoroughly with clear cold water then rinse in a 5 percent boric acid solution. Hang bristles up to dry in air and sunshine so water runs down the handle, preventing soggy bristles and unpleasant odor.
Cleaning Wooden Utensils Guide
Instructions advise scrubbing wooden spoons and boards with Bath brick or sand rather than soap. This treatment should whiten the wood and leave a smooth glossy surface. If stained with grease, wash with hot soda water before scrubbing with sand.
Nervousness Increasing
An essay by Margaret E. Sangster on the rising prevalence of nervous disease in America. It traces causes from excessive worry and overwork to narcotics and insomnia, notes social class disparities in treatment, and laments urban noise as a factor, calling for balanced work and better rest cures.
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Margaret E. Sangster
America
Garmera
Joseph B. Bowles
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