Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-08-16
DOMESTIC.


The ROCHESTER, DEMOCRAT says that
there will be no peaches in western New
York, this fall.
Eg- Onions that are TO be fried, should
first be cut up in cold water; it extracts
mnch oftheir spirit, and makes them pleas
anter to the taste. Take them from the wa
ter, and dorp them into boiling lard or but
ter. Season as they fry, with salt, pepper,
&c.
gy There is something of philosophy
in recipe furnished for making bread
from flour manufactured from grown wheat.
The sprouting is said to destroy the alcohol
ic quality of the grain, SO chat its life is
gone, while the nutritious quality still re-
mains. II is said, therefore, that If gill
of alcohol is added to the dough in kneed-
ing, that il will make excellent light bread;
it is worth trying.
Corn CAKE.-A special premiums was
awarded to Mrs. Charles Wsmpole, at the
late fair of the Montgomery County Agri-
cultural Society, for u corn cake, made af-
ter the following recipe:
Take the whites Of eight eggs; one fourth
pound Of corn starch, flour and butter: hall
pound sugar; and tea-spoonfull of cream Of
tartar, half tea-spoonfull Of soda. Flavor
with almond to suit the taste.
A farmers Wrys IN rns OLDRE TIME
Sir Anthony Fitzherbsrt, Chancellor to
Henry the VIII. thus describes . model
farmers wife:
at is wyve's occupation TO winnow all
manner of cornes, to make malte. TO wash
and ironing, TO make hay, shere corn, and
in time OF nede to he'll her husband fill the
muck wayne or dung cart, drive the pillow,
load hay, corn, and such other-And &C
or ride to the market to sell butter, cheese,
egges, cheykns, capons, hens, pigs, geese,
and all manner of cornes.'
FARMERS, NOTE THIs.-Ina cloudy morn.
ing, it is matter of importance to the far.
mer to know whether it will be sunshine OF
showery in the afternoon. If the ants have
cleared their hole nicely, and piled the dirt
up high, it seldom fails to bring good
day for the farmer. or even if it should be
cloudy till ten or eleven o'clock in the fore
noon. Spider.webs will bevery numerous
about the tops of the grass and grain some
cloudy mornings, and so years observation
has shown the writer Of this that these lit,
tie weather-guessers seldom fail in theil
predictions Of a fair day.-SouM Cuh.
How TO PREPARE TOMATO SAUcR.-Gath
er your Tomatoes when fully ripe, and af-
ter washing mash them in some suitable
vessel. Then place them in a kettle over q
moderate fire, and when just warmed thro
press a cullender down upon then
then dipping from the cullender all the wat
cry juice possible. After boiling a shor
time, strain the mass through wire sieve
just fine enough to retain the rinds of th'
fruit-then return it to the kettle, and
boil downto the desired consistency some
prefer it thin, as it retains more of the fla
vor, taking all care that it does not become
scorched in the process. Heat the bottle:
you intend to use. in a steamer, to boiling
heat, and while they retain this heat, FL
them with sauce in boiling state. Their
cork Immediately with good corks, and
place them where they will cool slowly.
THE WHEAT uARvEsT--We are now in
the midst of the wheat harvest. The crop
is very heavy. In Winnebago, Marquette,
Waushara, Waupaca and our own county
it is believed that winter wheat will operogt
Thirty bushels TO the acre.-APpleton Ores
cent.