Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-08-11
Useful ReceiDtS,

CHICKEN PUDDING. G.-Fricassec two young
chickens season them slightly with little
mushroom powder mace, nutmeg, and salt,
but no pepper. Previously, take the giblets
and stew them down with bit of meat to
make gravy; put two tablespoonsful into the
.aste, and keep the rest to ill up or put I'M
der the pudding. Two hours will boil it.
STEwED APPLEs.-Peel and slice two or
three good-sized apples into small stewpan.
| with y few cloves and some lemon or orange
peel, and let it stew for about one quarter of
an hour in two glasses of white wine. II
may be done while the family are at dinner,
and the apples eat better than in pie
| They should be thrown into cold water when
sliced, to prevent their becoming dry and
discolOred. The apples may be also mixed
with pears or plums, and will bo found excel
lent.
NIcronIA CAKE.-One and half pounds
sugar; II butter l doz. eggs, to one pound
-four; l cup cream ! teaspoon saleratus-
flavor with rose-water or nutmeg.
POUND CAKE.-One pound butter;' l of
-four / of sugar; 8 eggs--season with cloves
nutmeg and cinnamon-1 glass of wine and
some caraway seeds.
Rose DRors.-One pound -four !lb. white
sugar; lib. butter eggs a wine glass of
rose water ; cup of cream and teaspoon
ful saIeratus Drop on tins and sift sugar on
before baking.
! Golden PIPrTHs boil the rind of an or
auge very tender, and let it lay in water two
or three days. Take a quart Of golden pip
pins, pare, core, quarter, and boil them to a
strong jelly, and run it through a jelly-bag.
Then take twelve of the largest pippins, pare
them, and scrapc out the cores. Put u pint
of water into a stew-pan, with two pounds of
loaf-sugar. When it boils skim it, and put
in your pppius, with the orange rind in thin
slices. Let them boil fast till the sugar is very
thick, and will almost candy. Then put a
a pint Of tho pippin-jclly, and boil them fast
ill the jelly is quite clear. Then squeeze in
the juice Of lemon, give it boil, and with
the orangepeel, put them into pots or glasses,
and cover them close.
PIMPULAR DIsEAsEs--Are re exceeding vexa-
tons and spoilers of all beauty; they freauent-
ly develop themselves in young people of Ell
ther sex about the age puberty, and often ap-
pear again at subsequent periods of life
These affections are very common, aud though
not attended with danger to the health. or
contagious are disgusting to behold and diff
cult t. cure. The face, neck, back, and chest
are most liable to be attacked. Little red
pimples appear, which in a few days% .,
enlarged and form matter this natter -
ten elected by breaking small dark spots
are intersperscd about the face and more gen.
orally about the nose; these being squeezed,
throw of q white fatty matter, popularity
known as worms or magot. Such notion
of the real nature Of secretion is, for the most
erroneous; small animalculse are often found
to be tile tenants of these disagreeable ugly
plmples. To drive away such unpleasant
visitants great care should be taken that the
bowels perform their regular functions; pen-
ty active exercise in the open air is required
the skin kept clean, and a course flannel rub
bed frequently over the face to keep the pores
open, besides often applying cooling lotion
composed of II weak solution OF bichloriie Of
mercury and emulsion of bitter almold. In
some cases, however, it seems next to impcs-
si ID to get red OF those little black spots to
which we have just now SO particularly allud-
ed ard when the means we have reccomend
prove ineffective. we know what other courss
to suggest.
WINE SAUCE For PuDpINss.-One cup
butter; cup whits sugar. and a wine glass
CT wine halt nutmeg-mi1 all well tostbh-
er and beat il till light.