The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-11

Shs Bunse,uife's department,

10 CURE HANS AND bKRF.-yoeePh n.
Hume, Burlington county, Iowa, contributes
to the american AsTicultsrist the following
directions for curing hams and beef, by which
he says he. has satisfactory treated many
thousands pounds of meat for home and for
market Provide sweet, clean, tight cask
or tub. Weigh the meat, pack it neatly but
not too closely, sprinkling few grains of
coarse salt upon each piece, and cover with a
weight to keep the whole in place. Take
enough clear soft water to cover the whole,
and dissolve in it good Turks Island salt un-
til fresh laid hens egg will float enough to
show the size Of a dime above the surface
For every sixteen pounds ofmeat, dissolve one
ounce of saltpetre in hot water, add one gill
of molasses for each ounce of saltpetre, stir
the mixture into the pickle, AID pour the
whole lnon the meat which should be entire
" covered. Hams should remain in this
pickle three weeks; then take them out to
drain. If the brine be not strong enough to
float the egg as before, add Sufficient salt tc
bring it up. Replace the hams and let them
remain four weeks longer. Then hang to
drain, and afterwards smoke them with hick'
ory or apple-tree wood, until they are about
the color of mahogany. Beef should remain
in the pickle six days. at first; then be re
moved and drained and again replaced fol
six days longer. After this drain and smoke
the same as hams. Meat so prepared IL
known in many places as Jersey Red" ant
is of first quality. m
ScALDED CREAM.-Strain the milk into til
pans, (those holding eight or ten quarts are
the most convenient and let it stand ten OF
twelve hours. Then carefully put it on the
stove or to prevent the milk from burning
on pot of boiling water, until it is scalding
hot, but not made to boil. Carefully carry il
back to the dairy or milk room, and let il
stand ten or twelve hours longer, skim it, and
you will have cream equal to any in Cornwall,
This process is generally used in Devonshire
in dniries of six or eight cows, and the cream
finds a ready market in London, at the. same
price as butter.
EXCELLENT STARCH FOR BosoMs, AND Col
LARs.-Pour pint of boiling water upon tw'
ounces of gum arabic, cover it, and let it stant
ever night; in the morning pour it CAREFUL.
i from the dregs into clean bottle, cork il
and keep it for future use. A tablespoonful
Of this,gum arabic water, stirrnd in aPiut Q
starch made in the usual manner, will give t
lawns, either white or printed, look of new
ness, when nothing else can restore then
after they have been washed. To every pin
of starch, add piece of butter, lard, tallov
or spermaceti candle, the size of chestnut
VEAL CAKE.-Bone breast Of veal, AM
cut it in slices; cut also slices of ham or leai
bacon, and boil six eggs hard butter dee
pan, and place the whole in layers one owe
the other, cutting the eggs in slices, and ses
soning with chopped herbs and cayenne per
per, and wetting the herbs with anchovy c
other highly favored sauce. Cover up tn
whole, let it bake for four hours, and whe
taken from the oven lay weight upon it
press it together. When cold turn it out.
Sour FROM MINcE PIE MEAr.-It may |
new to some young housekeepers, that Il
liquor in which beef has been boiled for ma
ing mince pies is worth something. "
have known experienced cooks to throw
away. 1t contains material for good soul
After the meat is taken OUT boil the waite
, if necessary, until it is strengthened BY eyal
oration Of the superGous moisturei add veg
tables and seasoning, and you have goo
dish for the following meal.
BEEF PickLE.-To one hundred pound
E beef, take four quarts salt, and half an cunt
of saltpetrel rub the beef well with it, an
pack closely in clean barrels; let it stand
few days, and then draw off all the brii
which has formed. THE first brine is blood
: and would hurt the beat if left on.) TIL,
0 make cold brine strong enough to bear
egg, adding halfan ounce saltpetre, and &C
er the beef with it.
CuRRAHT CAKE.--One cup of butter, thu
eggs, one cup Of water or milk. half I,
!, spoonful of saleratuS, nutmeg, cup Of 0,
rants. '-
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