Hints For The Cook

Ham should be broiled very quiokly and juet enougli to cook through. To retkaln the color of nny vegetabl", plunge it into cold water after boiling. Orange peel dried and grated makes yellow powder thiat is delteious for flevoring cakes and pudding. Dark brown silgar elowly dissolved m a little water on tihe Btove furnishe a gymp ecarcely inferior to the product of tlie maple. Potatoee, any time of the year, may be made mealy jf boiled in ualt and ater and draáned, and then covered ■wlth a thick towel and left on the back of the stove five minutes. I want to give a hánt to housewives wfco find it diffieult to ruise Uieir bread durlng eold weather. Bet Kponge in deep pan, Oen wrap tightly iheides and bottom of pan in a thick (■lotto, to keep cold nir from it. Cover top tigft.tly. It Wis ]c. n a Kiiocess witJi me. Before cooking onion.s soak a little wtille in snit water, anil while they are cooking piaoe in tjic pot a pleee of bread the size of an tfí or largor, ttiAd in a linen beug. TniB will remove tlw; odor. Oabbagie and otber régefatolee witii wnctarnttae odors inny 1k treated in tlic way.- Nortlh-westem AgTfcrultnrlet. Therc n geoxerally l-Jme enough in the oil. lmt its preaence is Indespensalle.