The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-07-25
Domestic Receip Is.

Of milk scaldsd; while boiling stir 10 q
cupful Of Indian meal; swesten with mo.
'assss; Two sggs we'll beaten salt, spice,
butter. Bake balf an hour.
PLAIN MurFlSs.-One pint quite warm
water, seven large tablespoonful Of yeast,
ono egg. salt, -four enough to mako q
batter. It must be beaten a good while.
Rise i'll the morning il for tea, a. night, is
for breakfast.
BREAD CAKE.-Two cups Of bread
dough. three eggs, two cups sugsr, two.
thirds Of cup Of butter, one tsaspoouful
Of soda, one cup Of flour, two OF rsisins,
cloves, cinnamon. and nutmeg, according
10 the taste. Dough that has stood sey.
ersl hours after beco ming light, or till the
scetous fermentation commences, will
make the best cake.
BENTON SAUCE One tablespoonful Of
scraped horse radish, Que teaspoonful Of
made mustard, one teaspoonful of poun.
ded sugar, four tablespoonfuls Of vinegar.
Crate or scrape the horse radish very fns
and mix it with tho other ingredients,
which must all be we'll blended together.
With cold meat the sauce 10 a very good
substitute for pickles.
CARROT FRIrTERs.-Beat two small
boiled carrots to pulp with aspoou, add
three or four sggs, and h alf handful Of
-four; moisten with cream. milk, or lit
| tie white wine, and sweetsu to taste;
beat all well together, and fry them in
boiling lard. When Of a good color, take
them of, serve on . serviettt. having
squeezed over them the juice OF an orange,
aud str.wed them over with finely sif,sd
| sugar.
Unrivalled.
STEAMED OR BOILED PUpDISo.-Ous
cup sour cream, or milk, in which dissolve
a halt teaspoon Of sods: two cups Of
sweet milk make batter little thick.
or than for griddls cakes. and add two
eggs and half tsaspoon Of salt. Put in
a basin and steam an hour and half, or
boil in = tight vessel, immersed in the
bot water. Dried cherries or fresh En-
elish currsn.s stirred in the batter are An
improvement. Sauce, the same A. for
Sally Lunu; or. for farmers, rich, sweet:
snsd cream is excellent.
SORGHUM VINEaAR.-To six gallons
warm soft water add one gallon sorghum
syrup. Standing in the sun or BY Gre,
it will become good in about three weeks.
The bung Of the cssk should be left open
for the admission Of air. A piscs Of straw
paper. Or If you have it, some mother,
will hasten fermentation. The above
makes excellent pickles, though too dark
colored to look nicely upon the table
A stronger article (which many perhaps
would prsfer) can Be made BY larger
proportion Of syrup.
GRAPEs.-It is q curious fact that very
rich and highly manfred land has rarely
produced grape that would yield high
qus'ity Of wine. The grape that contains
the most saccharins matter will make the
best wine, and the different varieties diff.
fer widely in the proportion Of sugsr.-
In Italy and Sicily the very finest and
swestsst grapes grow on ths rocky rub.
bish Of volcanoes, and those that grow on
loose rocky soiIs or along billsidss covered
with rocks are often the best. These facts
ought TO teach Us not to select the rich sst
soils, and no, stuff them with organic
manure, for the sraps.-Ploughmar.
! CALT's Head SoUP.-Boil the bead
until quite tender, IN salt and water
Take the meat from the bones and cut
in smsl; pieces. Strain the wafer, aud
then put 10 the msa. With a tsaspoonfai
Of cloves. two pounded ru.msgs. . little
black pepper. asd as much red pepper -
will lay on five cent piece. Add q
piece Of buttss the size Of an egg, aad
one pint. Of Drowned Hour, rubbed up In
cold water. Boil all togs,hsr for haR
an hour, thea add two chopped sggs.-
A whole head, kvsr aud lights make