The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-06-27

Penn, takes exception to certain ideas OF, this |
medium Of the aHouseReeperT Club Janet,
reporter Of the discussions Of the association
relation to brewers yeast. Brewers yeast"
says Janet, rises in two hours, and bread set
at two or four in the afternoon, and left to
rise all night would be very sour in the
morning. And then, to use soda to correct the
acidity that she carefully allows to generate is
not making the matter much better Soda
ought to be used very little by housekeeper |
who regards the health of her husband and |
children, as we'll as her own. 1t certainly |
should never enter into bread at alt 1t is bad
enough to have yeast in it. The time is |
coming, apprehend, when we shall make
bread without oven this Ingredient" In con-
tinuation of this discourse, Janet proceeds
forcibiy and pleasantly as follows: sri 4
There is point at which the sweetness has |
departed, even before the sourness begins. The
great art is to arrest the fermentation before 1T
reaches this point.
81 have had specimens sent me by neighbors, |
to show what excellent bread they could make,
and found that their ideas and mine differed
greatly. Light and white it certainly was,
but long before it was submitted to the sense
of taste, the sense of smell told that it was far
from sweet @ is
"For the reason that it requires careful
watching, I never have bread rising at night
Changes of temperature affect it, and must be
carefully noted. Early in the morning, say
six o'clock, make up your bread with lukewarm
water or milk and good homemade or bakers
yeast-neyer brewers, Knead 1T well, and set
n N
before-hand-it is wholly unnecessary and only
another opportunity given to become sour In
| summer, before ten O'clock, it will be light
enough to put in pans. Let it rise i'll them
twenty minutes-not longer, for hero the
| trouble generally lies: it is allowed to rise,
/ and rise, till it cracks and nearly runs over
Put it in the oven soon as it begins to rise
in the pans. The heat of the oven must be SO
regulated that the loaves will rot be Drowned
or crusted over during the first half hour. II
| they are, they cannot rise asSthey should.
| he first ha1
enough to give them beautiful light brown
| Good-sized loayes should be an hour in baking
POTATOES help to keep bread moist, and are
| wholesome but if put in the yeast increases
its tendency to sourness.
ain cold weather, while putting your bread
into pans, save out enough to make small
loaf, put it away in the coolest place you have
till the next morning, then roll 1t out as thick
rs your finger, cut itin squares or oblongs, try
them as you would potatoes, turning them
once; carry them hot to the table; pull them
open and butter them. You have q breakfast
dish fit for a king, and therefore fit for your
husband"
Cunning Of the FORA certain jagare, who
was one morning keeping watch in the forest,
towards the stump of an old tree. When
sufficiently near, he took q high and determined
jump on the top of it, and, after looking round
7 a while hoped to the ground again. After
Reynard had repeated this sprightly exercise
several times, he went his way. but presently
returned to the spot bearing pretty large and
heavy piece of dry oak in his mouth, and thus
burdened, and as it would seem for the purpose
of testing bis vaulting powers, he renewed his
leaps on to the stump. After n time, however
and when he found that, weighted as he was
he could make the ascent with facility, lie
desisted from further efforts, dropped the piece
of wood from his mouth, and, coiling himself
|, upon the top of the stump, remained motion
less if dead.
At the approach of evening, an old SOW and
IN
J track, passed near to the Stump In question
) Two of her sucklings followed somewhat be
r hind the rest, and, just as they neared hi
J ambush, Michel, with the rapidity of thought
: darted down from his perch upon one of them
and in the twinkle of an eye bore it in triumph
on to the fastnesS he had prepared beforehand
q COMPOUNDED at the shrieks of her offspring, thu
, old SOW returned in fury to the spot and unit
a late in the night made repeated desperate
attempts to storm the murderer's stronghold
4 but the fox took the matter coolly, and devour
g ed the pig under the very nesa Of its mother
Cats-These animals have met with yer
u different receptions among various nations. b
u the Egyptians they We're worshipped as deities
;; and at death were embalmed, and inferred il
u catacombs. If the statement of Herodotus
. correct, when the house of an Egyptian too
. fire. he first FASTENED to convey his cats to
u place of security and afterwards looked abou
n for his wife and children. In some cities
u Europe, on the contrary, it was the custom o
, st. Johns day, to burn cat, with all til
u houors of auto da te. Button was of til
II opinion that the cat was "a selfish and faithles
l' servant = Rosstau preferred the eat to til
., dog, because the ono had always preserved il
u freedom and independence, while the other ha
u willingly entered into bondage. Petrarc
- entertained the most lively affection for cal
10 Mahomet- preferred cutting OF tho sleeves
g his robe, to disturbing the repose of his favori
- grimalkin, that had fallen asleep upon
~ Ia Poets too have sung their praises, and artis
~ devoted their talents TO them; amongst IL
= | latter, Godfrey Mind of Switzerland is di
~ tinguished; he painted them in every situate
- and attitude.
x Animal IRtcHigenoe-The industry and il
rs genuity of mason bees mining bees, carpente
" bees, and wasps-upholsterer carder, lapidar
and humble bees, and social wasps-the Ca
pentry of tree-hoppers and saw-hies--tl
ingenuity OF leaf-rolling, nest-buildin
W carpenter and tent-making, and stone-masC
lie caterpiIiars-the extraordinary architecture
~ ants of every description, the galleries whiC
re they excavate in trees, the towers which thu
+ build the government which they organic
q their military establishments, their nurserie
ar and the almost infinite variety of modes
- industry exhibited by worms, moths, ~
NJ nla of of