Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-18
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Useful Recipes.
4 er.-The great point in making
good butter. and that which will keep, is
the freeing il from nil butternilk; and if
everything else is well done, il ,his point
is overlooked, good butter is impossible for
any length Of time. The mixture Of milk
N any degree with the butter, is sure to
produce irowsincSs Or an unpleasant tas'o
10 the butler; and the entire freedom from
this constitutes The grand secret of making
good butter. There are many who think
washing butter Incompatible with retain
ing the rich flavor, but If the water is cold
and pure, il is scarcely possible anything
should be washed away, tho bullermIk
which destroys The favor Of all bullerex-
copied. The best bniicr in tho world,
and that which ia all markets commands
the best price, viz, Dutch butter, IL inya-
riably made in this why; and where the
example has been followed, il has rarely
laled Of Success Let no one expect
good butter SO long rs coarse, impure salt
IL used, or partice Of the buttermilk 10
allowed to remain " It.
y Rice Pudding. Ono cup Of clean rico
and nine cups Of new milk apiece Of bat
ter the size OF hens egg, and sweeten
tosut The tasie-somc udd a few raisins,
and a little spice or lemon. Bake il a
slow oven, but do not bike dry. Its test
eaten when cold.
Tomato Catsup.--1'akc any quantity OF
tomatoes. and scald aud peel them. Press
them through a fine hair sieve, and boil
the pulp in either porcelain or bell me-
tal preserving kettle, as tin or iron will dis.
color il. Cover the kettle closely, and
keep i boiling slowly during four hours.
Then measure the pulp, ind 70 every two
quarts putin fresh tea spoonful Of salt.
Boil il an hour after the salt is in, stirring
itfiequently. Prepare IN equal proper
tons a mixture Of powdered Jamaica gin.
ger, nutmeg, mace, aud cloves. TO every
two quarts Of the liquid, add large tea
spoonful Of these mixed spices, and haIf d
tea spoonful Of cayenne. Sir in this sea.
sonIng, and then boil the catsup halt an
hour longer. Strain il carefully into
large pitcher, avoiding the sediment Of the
spices, and then pour Il, while hot, ihro'
flannel, into clean bottles, WHICH should
then be carefully corked and sealed. II
must be kept in dry, cool place. The
color will be q fine scarlet
Candies, Take Two pounds Of alum,
FOR every ten pounds Of talow, dissolve il
10 water before the tallow is put in, and
then melt The iallOw III the alum-waier,
with frequent stirring, and il will clarity
and harden the tallow SO as 10 make
most beautiful article for either winter or
summer use, almost as good Az sperm.
HAVE NO TIME TO sTUpY.--The idea
Of the want Of limo is a mere phantom.
Franklin found lime, In The mids, Of bis
|abprs, u dive into the hidden reccsses 81
aud 10 explore the unirodden
path ii science. The great Frederic,
with ar empire ut his direction, ia the
midst Of war, on the eve Of battles which
we're 10 decide ihe fate Of his kingdom,
found lime to,reyel IN the charms Vi PHI
Iosopby and intellectual pleasures. Eve
~ man has time Il he il careful 10 improve
II; and Il he does improve i as well as he
may, bccan reap three fold reward Let
mechanics and farmers then make use Of
The hours at their disposal, il they want to
obtain any Influence in society. Their
are the ile blood Of the ctmmuoily; thew
ian il they please hold The dcslipies Of
,ur republic; they are numerous, respecta.
bic and powerful and they have only to lie
educated half as well a. other professions.
p make laws for the nation.
AFoP. lie il like a set 81 new knives
I'D forAs; you can't put him 10 anything
iseials without inking away all his polish.
learning i obtained only BY labor--it
'annot " bought with money; otherwise
he rich would be uniformly intelligent.
They are getting names or things very
ast RsfcpIiiy Is now defined ssas an 90.
orIunale bias towards error"
He who hugs whos he does not want.
will soonAwnn. whit be cannot buy.