Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-10
THE HOUSEWIFE,

4 TOMATO CATsuP.-The Columbia Coco. Sun
gives the following recipe for making tomato
ealsup, which is admitted on all hands to be-
me mos. palatable condment now made
WIZ some of our good housewives try it p
10 half-bushel of skinned tomatoes, add one
quart OF good vinegar; one pound salt; quarter
OF pound OF black pepper, two ounces of At
llcan cayenne; quarter pound of allspice; one
ounce garlic; six good onous: 2 pounds brown
sugar, and one handful of peach leaves.-
Boil this mass for three hours, constantly stir
ring it to keep it from burning. When cool,
strain it through a fine seive, or 4 coarse cloth,
and bottle it for future use. 1t will improve by
agsahd create and give zest to appetite, almost
under the ribs ofdcatl."
GREEN Cons FoR WINTER UsE.-Mr. o. L.
Baer, of Milford, Indiana, recommends the fol-
lowing mode OF preparing Green Corn for Win
ter use
When the corn is sufficiently advanced for
cooking boil on the cob, in the same manner
as 1t is generally prepared for table use. When
It is done cut it from the cob earthly, spread
it on cloth, and pnt il in the sun to dry
When it is wanted for use, wash it, and put it
IN sufficient water, slightly sailed, to boil for
an hour Then add little new milk and but
ter, and it is ready for the table
NEw MopE OF CuRINc MnAr.-A process has
recently been dicovered and II patent secured by
Messrs, Paddock and March, OF Cincinnati. Ohio
by which meat ofal kinds il is stated can be cured
and rendered tit for any foreign market in ten
minutes time. As soon as the animal is killed
ana before being skinned, salt is injected through
the arteries and almost instantly the whole animal
is impregnatel with it. Beefeured By this process
at Houston, Texas, with the Thermometer Mt so de-
grees, was found, when exhibited ut Cincinnati to
be perfectly sweet, and equal to the best meat cured
in the ordinary manner
PIcKLISG WALNuTs.-A lady Of great oxperi.
elee N such matters. gives the following recpe for
Hic@dlR llakiUfS 'Gather them dry nick them
through with lnrge pin to or three times, put them
into san ana water, shift lfen every three days for
fortnight lnlt Them into n sieve, and let them
stand Jay IN The mir, and then put them into an
earthen jar. Boil rs much vinegar MS will cover
them we'll, pour il boiling hot over Them LET Them
stand three days, then put them into n sieve md
let them stand in the air another 1ay then take TO
every quart Of fresh vinegar that NAV he wanted
nal an ounce of black mustard seed half and ounce
Of horseradsh cut into scs quarter Of an ounce Of
long pepper three cloves of garlic, u dozen cloves
TOUR Or h'c pieces Of raw ginger, few eschnluts
boil these ten minutes and pour it boiling hot over
your walnuts let stand aiortnight, then put them
rosn They will keep for years
RECIPES PoR TESTING EGGs.-There is no diff
hfullI hnHleNer III testing esgsi they are mostly
examined by a candle Another way TO tell evgs Il
to put them in phil of water and il they are GOOD
they will lay on their sides, always it bad they
will stand on the small end, the large end ALWAYS
w. unless they have been shaken considerable,
when they will stand either end up.-Therelore,
bnd egg ean be told by the way il rests in water
always end up, never on lis side. Any egg that lies
hai y good to ent, and Gun be depended upon An
ordinary mode IS To take them into room moderate
" dark and hold them between the eye and candle
Or lamp. lfthe egg be good-thatisifth the albumen
is still unailecteda light will shine through Of
reddish glow while, faileete, it will be Opaque or
dark.
MfcH ANN RATs.--Mr Gienny says Mice and
rats are very easily destroyed if we set about it in
earnest Get live plnster-ofparis and flour, mix
Them dry in equal quantities. lay it in dry places
ana sprinkle a lite sugar among il. Both rats and |
mice cat ravenously, the plaster sets firm directly
lller i is moistened, becomes lump inside them,
md kills to a certainty