Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-11-26
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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| COOKING OYSTERS. the oyster season
has commenced, the following receipts for
cooking them, may assist the "gude nus
wife :',;tesrs.i et. s;l- r.; zyil..i7. s, g. -'.
Spiced. Oysters,-Two hundred oysters,
two dozen cloves, FIVE dozen allspice, also
mace, cayenne pepper and salt to TASTE
Strain the liquor through a sieve, put 1t in
a saucepan add the oysters, SPICE pepper
salt, and half pint of cider vinegar; place
them over slow; fire, and as soon as they
come to boil take them off, pour them into
large bowl, and set them away to cool,
when cold, cover them close.
Custer Patties Snake rich paste, roll
it out half an inch thick, then turn teacup
down on the paste, and with the point of
sharp penknife mark the paste lightly round
the edge of the cup, then remove the: cup
and cut entirely through; then with the
point of the knife make circle about half
an inch from the edge, cut this circle half
way through, place them on tin and bake in
quick oven; when done remove the centre
and fill with oysters prepared as follows: -"
Rinse the oysters, put them in pan over
the fire, and when they become hot stir in
the cream, butter and cracker season to
your taste with salt and pepper. When
they are scalding hot they are sufficiently
cooked. -... .s5 ,.......'...,...
ScaNoped Oysters One hundred oysters,
a bakers loaf crumbled, four eggs boiled
hard, salt and cayenne pepper to taste; chop
the eggs very fine and mix with the crumbs
which season highly with cayenne and salt.
Rinse, the oysters in cold water, cover the
bottom Of the deep pie dish with egg and
crumbs, then with d fork place layer of
oysters with two three small pieces of butter,
and. so continue until all are, in,reserving
sufficient crumbs for the cover. For those
who like tia little nutmeg or mace may be
added. Bake in quick oven three quar-
| tiers of an hour and serve hot. D" -h'il+1
r. Oyster Filters "A pint and q half of
milk y a pound and a quarter Of -four, four
1 eggs 5 the yolk of the eggs must be beaten
| very thick, to which add the milk and flour;
stir the whole well together whisk the
white to stiff froth and stir them gradually
into the batter, take spoonful of the mix
| ture, drop an oyster into it, and fry it in hot
lard let them be a. light brown on both
sides. The oysters should not be. put into
the batter all at once, as they would thin it.
Coop BREAD-The Boston Bee says that
William Hunt says, in little book, entitled
GOOD Bread, or Receipts for Plain Cook
ing :"
''The housewife who has at hand good
-four, cold water, and hot oven, can have
on the table, in less than fifteen minutes,
enough good, light, delicious bread, for an
ordinary family, which may be eaten hot.
Chat is, the Bread not the family with
perfect impunity."
The following is the recipe alluded to-:
/ ''Mix good fine -four with pure cold water,
and make dough that can be rolled out and
| cut into strips, which must again be rolled
into round from, the size of the thumb or
finger, and cut into pieces, three or four in
ches long bake in a hot OF quick oven, ten
or fifteen minutes brown them nicely, and
serve fresh. -44 . - .si5.tt j.
''This bread being free from yeast, sale
ratus, soda, or other deleterious substance,
will be found not only light, pure and sweet,
but the most palatablo and healthy bread
| that can be made of fine -four" .-
CURE For LocKJAw.-A correspondent
of the Scientific american recommends tur-
pentine as a certain cure for lockjaw. He
says: 'Let any one who has an attack Of
lockjaw take small quantity of turpentine,
warm it and pour it On the wound, no matter
where the wound is Or what its nature is
and relief will follow in less than one minute
Nothing betterc an be applied to a severe
cut or bruise than cold turpentine it will
give certain relief almost instantly. Tur-
pentine is also sovereign remedy for Group.
Saturate piece of flannel with it and place
the flannel on the throat and chest-and in
very severe cases three to five drops on a
lump of sugar may be taken inwardly
family should have bottle on hand" The
remedy is simple and can be easily tested
In all serious cases an application should be
made under medical advice.
AN Ice HOUSE EASILY MADE.-Last
January I drew one load of sawdust and
spread on the ground on the north side of my
horse barn, then drew the ice Sawed in
square cakes) and built up square pile
some eight by ten feet, and seven or eight.
feet high, filling up the spaces between the
cakes with pounded ice. / then set up scant-
ling, and built board house around it, two
feet larger each way than the ice then filed
| it with sawdust around, and two Or. three
| feet on top, and covered it with boards and
slabs. We have used freely through the
season, sold to picnic parties, given away to
sick. neighbors, and have plenty Of ice yet.
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SULPHUR FOR HoGs.--Wh Neither hogs re-
quire sulphur as an essential to their health,
Or whether it is sought by them as a condi
ment, may not be known for certainty. But
one thing is sure, they devour it with greed
whenever it is to be found. 1t is for this
purpose, probably, that they eat large guam
titles of soft coal, which contains large
amount of sulphur. Perhaps this is the
economical method Of supplying hogs with
sulphur during the winter, when they require
a good deal of carbon. But in the summer
it is better to feed it to them in substances
which contain less carbon, on account of their
producing less heat.
A thin shawl may be made warm by fold
ing newspaper inside lit. The paper is i'm
pervious to the wind and cold air from out
side, and prevents the rapid escape of the
warm air from beneath it. IF you suffer from
cold feet on journey, fold piece of news
paper over your stockings this is better than
rubbers. If you are cold in bed, newspapers
spread under the upper cover will serve as an
additional blanket IL. ....