0 | 3 30 |
Soup, vegetable |Boiled | 1 00 | 4 00 |
Soup, chicken |Boiled | 2 00 | 3 00 |
Soup, oyster or mutton |Boiled |[B]3 30 | 3 30 |
Spinach |Boiled | 1-2 00 | 2 30 |
Tapioca |Boiled | 1 30 | 2 00 |
Tomatoes |Fresh | 1 00 | 2 30 |
Tomatoes |Canned | 30 | 2 30 |
Trout, salmon, fresh, boiled or|Fried | 30 | 1 30 |
Turkey, boiled or |Roasted |[B] 20 | 2 30 |
Turnips |Boiled | 45 | 3 30 |
Veal |Broiled | 20 | 4 00 |
Venison steak |Broiled | 20 | 1 35 |

[Footnote A: Minutes to the pound.]

[Footnote B: Mutton soup.]

The time given is the general average; the time will vary slightly
with the quality of the article.

MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES.

USES OF AMMONIA.

All housekeepers should keep a bottle of liquid ammonia, as it is the
most powerful and useful agent for cleaning silks, stuffs and hats, in
fact cleans everything it touches. A few drops of ammonia in water
will take off grease from dishes, pans, etc., and does not injure the
hands as much as the use of soda and strong chemical soaps. A spoonful
in a quart of warm water for cleaning paint makes it look like new,
and so with everything that needs cleaning.

Spots on towels and hosiery will disappear with little trouble if a
little ammonia is put into enough water to soak the articles, and they
are left in it an hour or two before washing; and if a cupful is put
into the water in which clothes are soaked the night before washing,
the ease with which the articles can be washed, and their great
whiteness and clearness when dried, will be very gratifying.
Remembering the small sum paid for three quarts of ammonia of common
strength, one can easily see that no bleaching preparation can be more
cheaply obtained.

No articles in kitchen use are so likely to be neglected and abused as
the dish-cloth and dish-towels; and in washing these, ammonia, if
properly used, is a greater comfort than anywhere else. Put a
teaspoonful into the water in which these cloths are, or should be,
washed everyday; rub soap on the towels. Put them in the water; let
them stand half an hour or so; then rub them