Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-01-26
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Recipes.
Fine GiagerLred9s-Rub one pound of
butter well into three pounds OF flour !;
then add one pound of powdered sugar, one
pound of molasses, two ounces OF ground
ginger, and one nutmeg grated. Warm a
quarter of pint Of cream, and mix all to-
gether Make it into a stiff paste, and
bake it in slow oven-Fdrmer and Gar
deRer.
From Mrs. Hales Receipt Book.
Baked Mh-Put half gallon Of milk
into jar, and tie it down with writing pa
per- Let it stand in moderately warm
oven about eight or ten hours. 1t will
then be of the consistency of cream. 1t
is used by persons who are weak or con-
sdmptiye.
Baked lHM.-Put half gallon Of milk
into jar, and tie it down with writing pa
per Let it stand in 4 moderately warm
oven about eight or ten hours. 1t will
then be Of the consistence of cream. 1t
is used by persons who are weak and con
sumptive.
Essence Of Nutmcg-Is made by dissolv-
ing OF. Of the essential oil in pint of rec
titled spirits. 1t is an expensive but inyal
liable mode of favoring, in the arts of cook
or confectioner.
II make Essence of Celery.-Soak for
fortnight half an ounce of the seeds Of
celery in one gill of brandy. A few drops
will flavor pint of soup or broth equal to
head Of celery.
7;'ncture Of Lemon peet-FiN wide
mouthed pint bottle full of brandy; when
lemon is used, pare off the rind very thin
and put it into the brandy. In two weeks
the spirit will be strongly impregnated with
the flavor of the lemon.
Sage Tea-Night sweats have been Gu
red, when more powerful remedies had fail
cd, by fasting morning and night, and
drinking cold sage tea constantly and free
ly.
Infusion for Rheumatism.- ounce
of gum guaiacum must be bruised and put
into pint of French brandy, in which it
must remain for at least thirty hours
When the gum is dissolved, shake the bot
tie, and pour little of this infusion into
rather more than wine glassful Of tepid
water; take this at bedtime, for three
nights.
Mixture for Rheumatism.-One ounce
of salad mustard must he simmered in a
pin, q soft water, till the liquor is reduced
to half pint; strain it through muslin,
and add pint of milk, fresh from the
cow. Let it boil only two minutes, and
take small tea-cupful, milk warm, night
and morning
To dry Corn for Winter use.-Sweet
com is the best Husk it. Have pot Of
boiling watcr-put in your corn and let it
boil three minutes-then cut it from the
cobs and put it in pans in warm oven. 1t
must be stirred frequently; when perfectly
dry put it away in bags When wanted
for use, soak it all night, next day boil it
an hour with a little salt; before it is dish
ed stir in -four, pepper, and butter,
Eeery Family to make their ocn lS,ceet
Od-With small hand-mill, every tami-
ly might make their own sweet oil This
may easily be done, by grinding or beating
the seeds of white poppies into paste,
then boil it in water, and skim off the oil as
1t rises; one bushel of seed weighs fifty
pounds, and produces two gallons of oil
Of the sweet olive oil sold, one half is oil
of poppies The poppics will grow in any
garden; it is the large head white poppy,
sold by apothecaries. Large fields are
sown with poppies in France and Flanders,
for the purpose of expressing Oil from their
seed for food When the seed is taken
out, the poppy head when dried is boiled
to an extract, which is sold at two shillings
per ounce, and it is to be preferred to OPT
um, which now sells very high Large for
tunes may be acquired by the cultivation
Of the poppies Women and children
could attend to the cultivation of any guam
tity required tor their own use, in making
oil, and it would be found a profitable
branch of industry, when engaged in on a
large scsle.