Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-06-17
:pomesticgRccipes.'


State Agricultural Society oi South Caroline
i'll 1853, the following recipe for making Wor-
cester Sauce whicl'is said to be excellent:
Take one gallon ripe tomatoes, wash, and
simmer them in three quarts OF water, boil
>it half down and strain this through seive
When all Is drained add two "tablespoonslull
Of ginger, two of mace, two OF whole black
pepper, two of salt, one of cloves, one ol
cayenne; let them simmer in the juice until
reduced to one quart. pour in half. q pint OF
best vinegar, then POUR the whole through q
hair 'seive, bottle. in shalf pint bottles, cork
down, tightly seal and keep in q cool place.
RReIrE FOR PREPARING OriuM.-When the
poppy heads are ripe, with very keen knife
make vertical ineisions in them about sunset !;
lei the iucisions extend just through the outer
skin. A cream-colored juice will exude from
each incision.. Scrape off the juice very early
in the morning, before the sun has Tune to
evaporate it; put into saucer, plate, or tea
cup; place in the shade to dry; shape while
drying. rhe poppy heads are generally ripe
from three to four days after the petals and
stamens have fallen.
To MAKE GOOD VINEGAR.-The juice OF
one bushel of sugar-beets, worth twenty-five
cents and which any farmer can raise with
little cost, will make from five to six gallons
o. vinegar, eqlal to the best made OF cider or
wine. First wash and CRATE the beets, and
express The juice in cheese press, or In any
other way which little ingenuity can sug-
gest, and put the liquor into barrel cover
the bung with gsuze, and set 1T in tue sun,
and in fifteen or twenty days it will BIZ tit Tor
use. By. this method tue very best of vine,
CUR can be obtained without any trouble; and
hope all who like good vinegar will try Ii.
EGGS FOR BuRNs-The white Of AN egg
has proved of late the most efiicacious rcule-
dy for burns. Seven or eight successive ap'
picatiuns of this substance. soothe the pam
and exclude the burned parts from the air
This simple remedy seems to US lar pre'era-
bic to coiiudion, Or even cotton.-Scicntlnc
American.
KEEPING CIDER SwEET-A pint Of mus
tard SEED, put in a burrol OF cider, will pre-
serve it SWEET for several months. have
drunk fall cider in the month Of May, which
was kept'swee BY thls means.
MrLpEw on GRApEs.-Those kinds most
liable to mildcw have left on short stakes,
within three or four inches Of the ground, til!
they commence swelling off for ripenlng after
which it seldom appears. Should any appear,
covering >uca clusters with loose earth, tor
few dars, is good remedy. Then tie to
trcliis. Last year | saved fine vine ot
Sweet Waters in this way, while close 10y
another nearly all Glighseu, notwithstanding
used sulphur, which is always offensive,
thoroughly. This is nay experience. Pcrhap ps
others have T. 't'ced tral there Is certain eie'
ment pcrvadng the atmosphere, near the
ground. Which is dcleriireGia Ia the growth
Of uiidew. Z. G. A Country Gentleman.
VIxEGAR.-The quickest mode OF making
vi, esar is To mix five quarts of warm rain
water with two qnirl> Of molasseS, four q sart<7
o' Yeast. aud u half pint OF whi>key. In a.
short lime you wi, have the oest Vinegar
YOU ever tasted. So We are told by onc who
has tried IL.
BLACKBERRY WlxE.-The following is said
10 be All excellen, recipe for he Manufacture
Of superior wine from backhcrries:
Measure yt,,.r berries AID bruise them to
every gallon adding one quart Of boiling wa
ter; let the mixture stand twenty snur hnurs:
stirring occasionally; then strain III the iiqaar
into "A ca,l. To every gallon ;.ddng one W two
,r,uniS OF sugar; cork tight, aud i"t stani
ri, following Uctob, r, and yuu will have win,
ready Tor use, without any further Siralnlns
ur boiling. that will make lips smack as they
never snacacd under siini'ar influence belur'.
4 RECEIPT 10 DYE HLAcr.-We publish lo''
the L,l. Ii, nj cur lady leaders, the olior i"e
recipe 10 dye jrl il,ck, which has bee" fan
aslled the Atlanta 1nielligencer;
One pot of red oak ouzc; one do. of maple
dye: ore DE-. of str ny ley ) one u". OF strong
cnpueras water. Dip Tie nank iii the red
oak, and next IN the ley, and then in The cop
peras water five times. Ii is no hutnbug.
Try it.
THE WAY TO DYE KID GLovEs.-The editor
of the Mobile Tribanc has been shown KID
,luye whic; had been dyed by lady friend
Of his i. tie following manner: The gloves
were originally of an olive color. She put
them ON aud With a piece uf sp,nga besInear
ed and rubbed them over with writing INK
then with q SOU LOOlu DTUSu SuS iuoHeu I"'-ii
apaiu with mutton Suet. When dry, they
have beautiful soft glossy black color, equal
to the best black gloves.
For MAKING TALLow NDLEs.-Take any
quantity Of la!!ow, put it in large vessel of
Gear water, boil three or four hours, then
take it off and cool it; pour off the water
and ad clear water. Continue to boil, pour
off, and add clear water until the tallow is
bleached. To the fourth boiling a5d hall
pint of boiled ye, and like quantity to the
fifth, then to every pound Of tallow add one
once of alum, put it on the fire simmer two
hours; /; strain after simmering. Have the
wick of medium sze, Of fine bleGched thread,
dip it in spirits of turpentine; when dry it's
ready for molding.
CHEAP "NArrEa ISx.-The- Wilmington
Journal SAYS: ave write this paragraph with
a very black, free flowing ink made by boiling
IN water the bark Of the bay or dwarf mag
nol;a. cut into small pieces. The inl; appears
TO us to be equal in every respect to any other
we have seen, and is easily made from ma
.ar;,I nl.o;nahle almost anywhere in the low