Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-23
THE EVENING STAR.
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In hot weather Il Is almost impossible to
prevent sinks becoming foul unless some chem
Zeal preparation 10 used. One pound Of cop
psras dissolved In four gallons Of water, poured
over the dnk three or four times. will com-
pletsly destroy the offensive odor. As q dis
Injecting agent to scatter around premises
affected with any unpleasant odor, nothing 10
better than q mixture Of four parts of fne
charcoal, by weight. All sorts Of glass vessels
and other utensils may be effectually cured
from offensive smells by rinsing them with
charcoal powder, after the grosser Impurities
have been secured of with sand and soap.
An EBrEcrUAL CURE FOR THE EAR ACHE.
Take a small piece of cotton batting, or
cotton wool, making depression in the centre
with the end Of finger, and fill 1t with as
much ground pepper as will rest on Eve cent
piese, gather it into Q ball and tie il up, dip
the ball into sweet oil and insert 1t into the
ear, covering the latter with cotton wool, and
use bandsgs or cap to retain it In place.
Almost instant relief will be experienced, and
the application is 80 gentle that an infant will
not be injured by il but experience relief rs
well - atults.-Boston Journal.
FOUNDING COFFEE.
see In exchanges an article stating that
pounded or rolled coffee has a flavor superior
TO that which ID ground. Many years ago
was told that such was the case by an old
soldier Of Bonaparte's army, and having both
mortar and mill, tried it, and came to the
decided belief that pounded coffee was the
richest and settled the most clearly. The mill
simply cuts the kernels into fine particles the
FOUNDER brushes them, and allows the essential
oil TO escape more readily.-FisLd Notes.
CHERRY PUDDING.
Take teacups Of buttsrmlik, 3 eggs, 3 tea
cups Of pitted cherries, a email tesspoonfull of
SOFA, and pinch Of salt. Stir the mixture
well, and thicken with wheat -four, until a stiff
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linen bag, and boil it q hours. The water
should be boiling when the pudding is intro
duced. Serve up with sauce to the taste.
Sweet cream and sugar make a very palatable
socompaniment.-Am. Agricultural.
CORN BREAD.
i have seen several recipes in the Rural for
making corn bread. but none think equal to
the folIowing:-Heat 3 pints Of sweet milk to
boiling; then stir in quart of corn meal and
put In warm place for two hours. 1t will
not need any sugar then, if your milk was
boiling hot. Put in dish. and steam two
hours and bake one, or cover and bake in the
brick oven about three hours.-LoUIsA,
Hebron, Pc.
nAsPBsRRY JAN.
Weigh the fruit, aid add threequarters of
the weight Of sugar; put the former into q pre-
serving pan, boil, and break it; stir constantly,
and let IL boil very quickly; when the juice
has boiled an hour, add the sugsr, and sim
nsr half an hour. In this way, the jam is su-
pertor in color and flavor to that which is
made BY putting the sugar In at first.
wAPFLEs.
Noticing an inquiry in n late number of tho
Rural, for making wsf1es, I send you a recipe
which l have found to be excellent To one
quart ofsreet milk take six eggs, a small piece
of butter, little salt; stir in enough -four to
make thick batter, and fry over a quick
fre.-A. P, Snithfsld, ". Y, 1861.
Twelve eggs beaten as for custar-i; i cup of
thick sweat cream, and little salt; have your
spider well buttered, pour in your mixture,
set IL over slow FIRE, stir it occasionally until
1t thickens, pour Immediately into q deep dish.
This makes very nice dish for breakfast
A. P, Snssth field, ". T., 1851.
BAKED TOMATO.
Tomatoes peeled and baked on a hot dish,
or even baked without peeling, and when done
seasoned with salt, butter and pepper, is a ius-
eious way Of preparing this excellent fruit.