Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-04-15
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

| FARM AND FIRESlDE.
| BOILED CUsTARD AND FLoAT.-Take one
! quart of milk and sweeten with loaf sugar
| put it on to boil with some stick cinnam on
| in it; beat the yolks of six eggs, and while
the milk is boiling stir in the eggs slowly,
have the whites whipped to a froth and just
as it is ready to take off, pour them in, and
turn over through the custard once, then
quickly pour out to cool. Beat the whites
Of six or eight eggs to a froth, add four
tablespoonfuls of pulverzed sugar, beat
smoothly in; when the custard is stone cold
put the float on in spoonfuls, and on each
ball thus made put currant or any other
jelly convenient This is handsome desert
for dinner or supper table.
BRILLIANT AND DURABLE WH1TEwAsH.-
Take clean Jumps of well burnt lime, slacken-
ed. Add to ten gallons, one quarter pound
of whiting, or burnt alum, pulverized; one
pound of loaf sugar three quarts of rice
-four made into thin and well boiled paste;
add one pound of cleanest glue, dissolved as
cabinet makers do. This may be put on
cold within doors, but hot outside This
will be as brilliant as plaster of paris, and
retain its brilliancy for many years. This
is said to be better than paint for fences.
As this is the season for white washing.
We give the above capital receipt
New WHITEwAsH FOR WALLS.
one-fourth of pound of glue over night in
tepid water. The next day put into q tin
vessel with quarl of water; set the vessel
in kettle of water over the fire, keep it
there till it boils, and then stir until the
glue is dissolved. Next put from six to
eight pounds of Paris white into another
vessel, add hot water, and stir until it has
the appearance of milk Of lime. Add the
sizing, stir we'll, and apply in the ordinary
way while still warm. paris white" is
sulphate of baryts, and may be found at any
oil or color shop.
WHITE BEANs.-Marrows Preferred
Pick over and wash thoroughly. Boil slowly
in one simple soft water, in o covered ves-
sci, two or three hours, or until the beans
begin to fall to pieces, and the water, which
should barely fill the beaus when done, and
not stand above them, is viscid and jelly
like. Add little SALT and nothing else,
unless you have chosen, at the proper time,
to put in a few pared Irish potatoes, to eat
with them. Those who have never eaten
beans prepared in this way, without grease
of any kind, have very little idea how deli
cious they are.
CLEANING CoAT CoLLARs.-A correspon-
of the Agricultarist says: For cleaning col
lars and all wooden goods, I recommend the
soap-tree bark (Quiliaga saponaraa) which
can be procured at the drug stores. Break
piece about two inches square into small
bits, and pour over it half pint of boiling
water; let it stand an hour or two; then
sponge the collar we'll with the liquor
second sponging with clean water will clean
it nicely Both washing and rinsing water
should be as warm as for flannel We have.
by using this bark, washed black and blue
Empress cloth successfully, and have clean
ed hair cloth chairs which had been soiled
by contact with the head.
FAR1NA PUDD1Na.-Sprinkle two-thirds
Of a teacupful OF farina slowly into quart
of boiling water add half cup of white
sugar, and cup of milk Mix thorough
ly, and pour it into pudding dish, in which
quart and half of nice tart apples, peeled
and quartered, have been put Or mix the
apples and farina together. Two teacups-
full of picked raisins, previously stewed, may
be substituted for the apples. Bake one
hour
MIXED Corn CAkE-Take two cups of
coarse corn meal, scald with boiling water
and let it stand five minutes; then add two
cups wheat meal, with water enough to form
batter so thick that it will just retain the
shape of the spoon. If the corn is not very
sweet, add one heaping spoonful of sugar.
Pour into pan, to the depth Of one inch,
more or less, and bake to hazel brown in
good oven; this will require from forty
minutes to an hour and a half, according to
the size of the cake
To REMOVE STAINS FROM Ivory Take
piece of common white chalk, and scrape
or pulverize it in order to obtain powder.
Add as much water as is required to produce
paste apply the paste to the surface of
the ivory. If the stains are very bad, two
Or three, or perhaps more, applications may
be required. The result will be pure
with ivory without injury to the polish, or
the necessity of scraping.
70 BLEACH CoTToN CLoTu.-For five
pounds cloth take one pound of chloride of
lime dissolve the lime in warm, soft water,
sufficient to wet the cloth thoroughly with
out crowding turn the cloth often with the
hands, and raise it up to give it air. SO all
parts may be exposed. Continue this pro-
cess about three fourths Of an hour, then
ring out and rinse thoroug hly two or three
times and hang to dry.
CINNAMON CAKEs.-By Mrs L A. G..
cup of sugar; I of cup of molasses cup
of butter; Il tablespoonful of ground Gin
namon; 2 level teaspoonfuls of soda, dis
solved in large tablespoonfuls of warm wa
ter: stir we'll, and add -four enough to al
low to roll quite thin cut out with biscuit
cutter and bake in quick oyen-Am,sri-
can Agricultursa.
AMERICAN RAISED WAFFLEs-One pint
of sweet milk, one heaping teacupful of
butter, three eggs, a tablespoonful of thick
brewers yeast, one quart of -four. and an
other teaspoonful Of sweet milk. in which is
dissolved a quarter Of a teaspoonful of soda.
Let it rise until very light, then bake as
other watfles. Serve hot with butter aud
sugar.
1t frequently occurs in the spring VIXEN
the farmers are feeding their cows on cab
bages or turuips, that the milk becomes Sc
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