Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-04-11
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

STEAMED Brown BREAD. Take two
quarts of sweet skim milk, one table,
spoonful of saleratus, one of salt, half a
cup of molasses put in equal quantities
of rye and Indian meal until the dough
is as stiff as can be conveniently stirred
with a spoon, then put it in two-quart
tins. Place sticks across the bottom Of
the kettle to keep the water from the
bread; place one Of the tins on these,
and the other in tin steamer placed on
the top of the same kettle, and let it
steam three hours. Care should be Ia
ken to keep the water boiling while the
bread is cooking When done, put it
in a warm oven long enough to dry the
top of it, not bake it. Yeast can De used
instead of saleratus, if any prefer it; but
the bread must rise well before putting
it in the kettle.
BUcKwHEAT CAKES. Stir buckwheat
flour into lukewarm water; it will take
nearly quart Of -four to pint of water +;
add a small cupful of yeast; set it to rise
over night, if wished for breakfast; leave
plenty of room in the vessel containing
it, or it will overrun; if it should be soul
in the morning, add soda until it is sweet
these cakes should not stand after baking
SO as to sweat, as that destroys the crisp
ness, which should be part of their ex
cellence; they should be served wher
taken from the griddle Use part of the
last batter to rise the next, when you
have them daily.
To HARDEN TALLow. Mrs. Gage, in
the Field Notes, gives the following
hints on hardening pot skimmings, so as
to make them into candles Boil in
clean, soft water for two or three hours,
then cool, and when fully cold, take all
the Under sediment from the cake, and
boil it again till it is white, clear and
hard. Should it still need hardening,
add alum and saltpeter to the water, in
the proportion of one pound of each to
twelve pounds of tallow. Dissolve these
in the water first, add the tallow, and
boil the water nearly out, stirring the
tallow well while boiling, to mix them.
To CURE DIPTuER1A. "A gentleman
who has administered the following rem
edy for diptheria, informs us that it has
always proved effectual in affording spec
dy relief Take common tobacco pipe,
(new) place live coal within the bowl,
drop little tar upon the coal, and let the
patient draw smoke into the mouth and
discharge it through the nostrils The
remedy is safe and simple, and should
be tried whenever occasion may require
Many valuable lives may be saved, our
informant confidently believes, by prompt
treatment as above. HalloaoeH Gazette.
How TO PREPARE TR1pE.- II have tried
almost every conceivable method for pre-
pairing tripe, and l send you the sub
joined directions, for the benefit of your
readers: When it is taken from the
beef, turn it inside out, taking care not
to get any more dirt than possible on the
outside, after which SOW it up and rinse
it well. Then put it in lime water over
night, and the next morning cut it into
pieces of convenient size, and lay them
on board or table and scrape them we'll
with knife, after which they should be
thrown into clean water and there remain
until the following morning, when it will
be fit for use. This is decidedly the best
way to prepare tripe, as it makes it look
much nicer, gives it better favor and
REQUIRES infinitely less labor.