ix thoroughly and sift three times, put up in small tins.
The best baking powder.

VANILLA EXTRACT.

One ounce of Mexican vanilla bean, two ounces of loaf sugar, eight
ounces of French rose water, twenty-four ounces of alcohol 95 per cent.
Cut up the bean and pound with the sugar in a mortar, sift and pound
again until all is a fine powder. Mix the alcohol and rose water; put
the vanilla in a paper filter, pour over it a little of the liquid at a
time until all is used; filter again if not all is dissolved. Paper
filters may be obtained at any of the large drug stores. The extract may
be darkened by using a little caramel.

VANILLA SUGAR.

Half a pound of loaf sugar, half an ounce of Mexican vanilla beans. Cut
the beans very fine, pound in a mortar with the sugar; sift and pound
again until all is fine. Bottle and cork tight and keep in a dark
place.

SPINACH FOR COLORING.

Pound some spinach in a mortar, adding a little water; squeeze through a
cheese cloth, put in a saucepan over the fire, bring to a boil; when it
curdles remove from the stove. Strain through a very fine sieve; what
remains on the under part of the sieve is the coloring. It is used for
coloring pistache ice cream, jellies, etc.

TOMATO PASTE FOR SANDWICHES.

Skin and cut small three large tomatoes, cook until tender and press
through a sieve fine enough to retain the seeds; return to the fire, add
two ounces of butter, two ounces of grated bread crumbs and two ounces
of grated Parmesan cheese. When it boils stir a beaten egg quickly into
it, remove at once from the fire. It must not boil after the egg is
added, as it will curdle. Turn the mixture into a bowl and when cold, if
it is not for immediate use, cover with melted butter.

CHEESE PASTE FOR SANDWICHES.

Boil two eggs hard, separate the yolks from the whites, mash the yolks
smooth and chop the whites very fine; mix and put through a vegetable
press, then add butter the size of a small egg and three heaping
tablespoonfuls of grated American cheese. Beat together until it is a
fine, smooth paste. If not salt enough add a little, and also dry
mustard, if liked.

Miscellaneous Recipes.

TOOTH POWDER.

Precipitated chalk, seven ounces; Florentine orris, four ounces;
bicarbonate of soda, three ounces; powdered white Castile soap, two
ounces; thirty drops each of oil of wintergreen and sassafras. Sift all
together and keep in a glass jar or tin box. A very valuable r