The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-09-29
Useful Recipes,

MUSTARD PoULrIcE.-Into a gilI of
boiling water, stir one table spoonful of In
dian meal, spread the paste thus made up-
on cloth. and spread over the paste one
elspoonfui OF mustard rs tits prepared for
the table, instead OF mustard flour
GINGER PoULTrcE.-This is made like
mustard poultice, using ground riprer.
instead Of mustard. A little vinegar i
sometimes added to each of these poulti.
ces.
SrRAMoNIuM PoULrICE.-Stiro one table
spoonful! OF Indian meal, into n Gill of boil
ing water, and add one tablespoonful of
bruised Stramonum seed.
Wormwood and Arnica are sometimes
use IN poultces. Step the herbs in half
pint OF cold water, and when all their
virtue IS extracted, stir in little bran or
rye meal to thickcn the liquid. This is
useful application for sprain or bruisc.
Mrs. Bliss.
POLKA GINoERBREAD.-Toa a pint OF
moiasses, add pound of butter. hound
OF brown sugar, two tablcspoonfus of pow
dered ginger, half u teaspoonful of pearl
ash, and as much flour as will kneed it
lnto stiff paste. Roll it out very thin
and cut into cakes bake on tin sheets in
quick oven. Ctron pared thin may be
added, and any spice you may fancy.
LAFAYETTE GINGER CAxE-One and n
half pounds or wheat -four, quarter of a
pound OF butter, one pint of molasses. one
pint OF brown sugar, tcaspoonful of pearl
ash dissolved in warm water. Stir all to-
gether, and bake in pans OF pattics. Cur
rents and raisens may be added A quick
oven is required for this cake.
A NICE WAY TO DRESS A COLD FowL
Peel off the skin, and pull the flesh in
as large. pieces as you can, then dredge j,
with little flour, and fry to nice brown
III butter; toss it up in rich gravy, well
seasoned, and thicken with piece of but
ter rolled m flour just before you send it
up, squeeze in the juice ofa lemon.
RECEIPT FOR MAKING LIGHT BREAp.-
Take pint of milk and let It come TO n
boil put in enough cold water To make Il
little more than milk warm; put in one
teaspoonful Of salt, two large aspoonfrk
of corn meal, and enoaGli aorr 20 make il
,.s thick as you can conveniently stir it.
Keep about milk warm If water rises to
the surface, stir your yeast up-and If il
does not begin TO rise in four or five hours.
stir in little more meal. When your
yeast rises sift your -four; put in a little
salt and piece OF butter haif As large as
a hens egg; mix up with warm water
grease your pans and warm them and fili
them full, and when the dough rises to the
top OF the pan, put it to bake. Bake to a
hight brown, then take it out Of the pan
and wrap il up. Bread ought not 10 be
cut under twelve hours after baking.
Valley Farmer
DEsTRoYIsoMILDEw.-Marshal T. Will
der, IN communication TO the Journal of
Agricuifare,speakibg ofmidew on grams.
greenhouse plants and elsewhere, says -
We have for more than is years used sui
phur for this purpose, and in no instance
has II failed TO effect speedy cure. We
have known instances where mildew. in
the space Of few days, would spread is
sporules over large rose-house, DESTROYING
nearly all the foliage Of the plants. and
this, by the use Of sulphur spread on the
wsl's and over the plants, was extirpated
in a short period"