The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-27
Gbe daethIu Clarion,


NIMKSFN5I RECIPES.
Plum PUDDrSG. and a half
pounds of Muscafel raisons, one and
three-quarter pounds of currants, one
pound Sultana raising, two pounds finest
moist sugar, two pounds bread-crumbs,
sixteen eggs, two pounds finely chopped
suet, six ounces mixed candied peel, the
rind of two lemons, one ounce ground
nutmeg.
A housekeeper writes: 'sHaving some
stone jars in which lard had been pack
ed, until they became unfit for use,
made them perfectly sweet by packing
them full of fresh earth, and letting them
remain two or three weeks. | suspect this
course would be equally effective in any
case of foul earthen or stone ware.
PUDDNG SAUcE.--On two eggs well
beaten to froth, with a coffee cup of su-
gar, pour four tablespoonful of boiling
milk, and beat all to cream then let IT
stand about twenty minutes in the top of
the tea-kettle, stirring it most ofthe time;
have wine glass of wine in the bottom
of the tureen, or flavor with lemon or
vanilla and turn the sauce on it.
BUcKwHEAr CAKEs.-One pint Of
buckwheat meal, one quart of water, salt
lust to taste, one gill of homemade yeast.
Mix the water-which should be luke
warm If the weather is cold-with the
meal, add the salt and yeast, beat it well;
when light, bake them on griddle.
Grease the griddle, pour on a little of the
batter. spread it so as to form a cake
about the size of breakfast plate. The
cakes should be very smooth at the ed
ees. When they are done on one side
turn. when brown on both sides, put
some butter on the plate, place the cake
on it, butter the top, bake another and
put it on, butter it and send to the table.
Buckwheat cakes are much better if they
are sent to the table with only one or two
on plate.-Exchange.
White Potato Pudding. one and
a half pounds of potatoes, boiled and
mashed very smoothly. Beat to a cream
three-quarters of pound of sugar and
one-half pound of butter, add to the but
ter and sugar the yolks Of seven eggs,
beaten very light; the juice of three ana
the grated rind of one lemon, wlneglass
of wine or brandy, and half a nutmeg
grated. Then stir in the potatoes, and
lastly the whites of the eggs. Ifyou find
this rather stiff, add a cup of cream.
Bake in one crust. Western Rural.
At recent meeting of the Farmers
Club of the American Institute, seedless
apples were exhibited by Lysander Bar
rett, of French Greek, West Virginia.
MIR. Greely alluded to the current opinion
that seedless apple may be produced by
inverting branch from an apple tree,
and planting it in damp soil. lie thought
the specimens on exhibition must be tax
en- as an evidence that seedless apples
can be produced.
John III. Klippart Secretary of the
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, writes
to Hearth and Home in favor of trans
planting plants at night. He says the
plants he transplants at night live and
grow as a rule, seldom whiting or wlther-
ing, while almost,all of those transplant
ed in sunlight wither, and many of them
! die. As an illustration, he says he trans
planted 600 strawberry plants at night;
their growth was apparently uninterrupt-
ed.
PLANTING TREEs.-In latter years, the
old way of cutting back the limbs of trees
to be planted has been abandoned in Eu-
rope. Now the limbs are not cut back,
but only such limbs removed which are
too close. The. middle limb and four or
five others are left in their natural state.
The second year these limbs are cut back
to about half of their length. The result
is, that soon after the planting in spring
leaves appear at the top of the branches,
and by their aid, new, small rootlets are
generated earlier than otherwise, and
that the trees in the second year form
stronger wood than if they had been cut
back the first year.-Prairie Farmer.
BoNE-DUsr FOR STRAWBERRIES. -
Bone-dust may be sown broadcast over
strawberry-beds in early spring or at any
time during summer. 1t is better to APP
ply in rainy weather, as then the soluble
portions are Immediately carried down TO
the roots of the plants. If the strawber-
ries are cultivated in hills, then hand
full of bone to each will be sufficient. We
usually apply it upon the surface, and
then work it in with hoe and cultivator.
The quantity to be applied per acre should
be varied according to the richness of the
soil, if poor, half ton or even ton will
do no harm, but much good. We com
slider bone a valuable fertilizer for all
kinds of soil, and there is little danger of
applying too much, provided it is mixed
with tba soil Hearth and Home