Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-05
PRESERVING GREEN CORN.
rFron. the American Agriculturist.l


The canning of corn in families so gen
orally fails that we cannot recommend the
tri,l. The next best thing to canned corn
is that which is properly dried The first
essential is good corn, the next is to dry
it carefully before it gets too old. Mrs.
NJ. L. Gage, Of Ross county, Ohio. conr-
municates the follosing sensible ideas
about preparing it !;
at is a wonder that SO few should have
but field corn for table use and
for drying there is still greater contrast
between the common field corn and the
Garden varieties. | have been used for
wears to drying corn. Boil the green ears
a minute or two, just to harden the milk,
then cut from the cob and spread On
cloth in the sun for two days, taking it in
at night; it will then keep anywhere
When cooked, it is better to soak few
hours. and boil in the same water. In
cold weather all that is wanted for week
or two may .be wet. 1t cooks quicker and
tastes better A little milk and flour
boiled in is almost as good as cream. |
have not given up drying corn, but for two
years past | have put some down in salt,
which gives another variety, and is more
quickly prepared AT first had difficulty
in freshening it, and then it was compare
lively tasteless, but now | boil the corn in
one water minute or two, turn the water
off, add few sliced potatoes, boil until
they are done, turn off the water, and add
c. cam or butter. We think this pie, ara
sion tastes more like summer corn than
the dried corn does. In sailing, | cut the
green corn without boiling, and pack it,
alternating one pint of corn and small
handful of salt. When the vessel is about
FULL put on a cover that will fit down to the
corn, and place small weight on it, as it
must be kept under the brine which it
makes from its own juice. | have for the
past two years been canning green corn
with tomatoes [ use about one fourth
part corry cooking the two together. I
have never heard of but one case where
green corn canned by itself did not spoil,
but corn and tomatoes canned together is
perfect success. !"
SWEET CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-Take
cucumbers when they are fully ripe: pare
them, cut length wise, and take out the
seed. Put them into weak brine over
night. In the morning, drain them, boil,
till tender in weak vinegar and water,
drain again, and put into jars; and turn
over them the syrup, hot. For the syrup,
or Sweet pickle" allow to each pound
OF fruit half a pound of sugar and one
pint of vinegar to each four pounds of
fruit. Boil the vinegar and sugar few
moments, then add mace, cinnamon and
cloves to your taste, let it boil and skim
well. This pickle is as good for cantel-
opes, peaches or other fruit, as for the
above.
LEMON PIE WITHOUT LEMONS Beat
the yolks of two eggs with three large
spoonfuls of sugar then mix evenly two
spoonsfuls of aous with two teacups q
milk: STIR the eggs and sugar. and add
one tablespoonful of lemon essence, line
your pie plate with paste, pour in the
custard and bake. When it is done. re-
move from the oven, beat the white of
two eggs with two tablespoonfuls of white
sugar, and spread evenly over the top of
the pie ; set it Ill the oven and brown
lightly.
TRANSATLANTIC IN THE NIGHT. "A
, gentleman, anxious to ascertain the effect
OF transplanting at night instead of in the
day, made an experiment with the follow
ing result He transplanted ten cherry
trees while in bloom, commencing at four
O'Clock in the afternoon, and transplanted
one each hour, until one in the morning.
Those transplanted durings~the day shed
their blossoms, producing little or no fruit
while those planted during the darker
portions maintained their condition fully.
he did the same with ten dwarf pear
trees, after the fruit was one-third grown
Those transplanted during the day shed
their fruit; these transplanted during the
night perfected their crop, and show
ed no injury from having been removed
With each of these trees he removed
some earth with the roots. This incident
is fully vouched for, and if !. few more
similar experiments produce the same re.
suit, 1t will b strong argument to hor
ticulturists, gardeners, and fruit-growers
to do such work entirely at night.
LADIES BooTs.-The Philadelphia
Telegraph says: 1.-THE only real re' olu