492 British Columbia Women’s Institutes

SPICY BREAD CRUMB GRIDDLE CAKES

1 cup sifted dry bread crumbs 1 cup flour

3 tbsps melted butter 214 tsps baking powder
2 tbsps brown sugar 14 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon 3 eggs, separated

2 cups milk

Mix together bread crumbs, butter, sugar and cinhamon, and brown
slightly in a saucepan, over a low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from
heat. Stir one cup of milk into the mixture, and let soak until milk is
absorbed. Beat egg yolks, add rest of milk, and stir in dry ingredients.
When smooth, stir in crumb mixture. ‘Then lightly fold in the stiffly beaten
ege whites. Bake on slightly greased, moderately hot griddle and serve
immediately with butter and syrup. Makes 12-15 cakes (14 cup batter to a
cake).

USES OF AMMONIA

All housekeepers should keep a bottle of liquid ammonia on hand, as it
is a most powerful and useful cleaning agent. 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 spoon-
ful in a quart of warm water for cleaning paint makes it look like new,
and so with everything that needs cleaning. In the laundry no bleaching
preparation can be obtained more cheaply. After going over your carpets
with the vacuum, a cloth or sponge wrung out of water with a few drops
of ammonia in it, and wiped over the carpet will brighten the colors
considerably. For cleaning hair brushes it is excellent. Put a tablespoonful
into the water, having it only tepid, and dip it up and down until clean;
then dry with the brushes down and they will be like new ones. When
employed in the washing use the water after for your house plants.
Ammonia is a fertilizer, and helps to keep healthy the plants it nourishes.
Ammonia is used also as a household medicine. Half a teaspoonful in half
a glass of water is far better for faintness than alcoholic stimulants. It was
used freely by Lieut. Greeley’s Arctic party for keeping up circulation.
It is a relief in nervousness, headache and heart disturbances.

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