New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-22

impression tina, an alksi makes tie bread ,eud.,
II is indiscrlnnate,y used, and hence 90 mach 80
looking bread. These alhahes are only of -
when an acid Is to be reutrslzed, snd then they A..
be very spsrngly Used. Il is very difhenh q
tighten an ignorant cook, whose obstnaryi IA in 49,.
ton to her ignorance and whose threat Of leay;,.
not left unds,urbed in her kitchen friyh,e,s ss, -.
delicate mistress into silence and absence. r..
ulistresses there are who are able TO cor,sas =
these kitchen autocrais, or are competent % -
their ability TO execute what they have sDden..-'
Let an old hopseheeper resd what has been ~
and she viii cry out: La. whs, 8 'uss sboo, -
making, which any nnny csn do" Anda,h..
batch of good bread once 10 a fortnight, and H..
good luck, as she would call il, she thinks "A.
al about The matter and dis,ains 70 give a,,s,,,.
such triae. Yet, If you ask her why her brad
not bsbituslly good, she como, exp ain o,Aarx..
that the leaven was overworked, the yeast 70, -
the water too hot, or the -four was bad; ba,N.S
rationale she ia unable TO explain, yet she k.,,.s
about making bread Eyoa were to s,tenu. q :.
Tighten her, she would silence you by thank, =.
stars she never meidled with such kinds oft,.-s
edge"
l have known some very odd things .sks M.
smorg these neat, knowing old houseksepers I a.
SET the breakdown set sway with tie dough Of ..
last rising sdhering to the sides aud kent upeovu.
10 the paotry until called INTO use by the next bra,
making. have known the master Of the houss e,rl
up earlier than his custom, because his houseAe,.,
wanted bus warm pillow to place over hes dough -,
start i sising.' have seen in another family 4.
old quilted petticoat of the mistress taaen of /,
chilly morning TO make her dough warn. srJ :
gucemans old coat doing the same duty q, Anal.
time. Yet these people kept their houses clean AL
were cslled neat, and spent hours in hard vork nj
would have thought L waste of TIM 70 watch tos !,
suits 10 experiments. Ihsve ever found Il difcns,.
TO impress upon servants that repeated errors sra -,
cussble. The same labor and time are required "a "A
thing wrong and il 10 only nattention that ksn. "a.
ignorant. fear the sin Of ignorance d nor serr,J
than the knowledge Of work.
In Tx TRIBUNE of Nov. 3, the question ia Me-
the use Of soda, cream of tartar and saers,us Be- As
healthy as many now assert, and whyi Urs avs "a,
moe, celebrated writers npon bresd-msking give u,
preference TO bread mixed with yeast and we'll knssA
The prominence Of the Partisan bread is owing to ns
When boarding in the country in the vansyi
New-York, | observed the country girls I'll axk
cayed teeth, and the families in whom hsi os~rsa
this, used saeratus TO excess After returning haz
found il much in use in my mothers family, NJ
cream Of tartar bresd very common; lesven brsdv
the only loaf bread. My mother was subec TO srsh
of erysipslas. For over two years. since the incsr
tioa Of potato yeast, she has not had recarrccs
these know that sore mouth is the inevitable 90
sequence, after few times eating soda or sslsrss
bread.
The prejudices and habits of old people are hard
overcome, and their contempt for "uew'fanged y
tons" has checked the spirit for improvement 10 mag
young housekeeper. Not long since, relative WA
to me begging an account Of my way of making bred
complied with her request, and added every pStc,
lar so as to make the right result. She afterwrdh I'd
me it was too much trouble to give so much aii,sis
20 the mere making Of breadi and this is probabjA
solution Of the reason why bad bread is 50 comuOa
ONE WHO HAS Tried