Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-04


scraped into pint of starch.
The Scientific 1merican says that
corned beef should not be put into
a pot until the water boils, and not
taken out until it is cold, unless you
want it dry as chip.
1t is said that four parts of the
yolk of egg rubbed together with
five parts of glycerine, form an ex-
cellent ointment for cutaneous atfec-
tons, and will keep, even ifexposed
to the air, for years.
To Fry CAichens.-Dissect, salt
and pepper them with cayenne, roll
them in flour, and fry them in lard,
when the whole is fried turn off the
lard and put in quarter of a pound
of butter, teacup of cream, little
white flour and some parsley scalded
and chopped fine, for the sauce.
To Make Brandy Roches.-A
writer in the Germantown Telegraph
says: "Pare them with knife as
thin as possible, then throw them
in cold water, make the syrup, put
ting four pounds of sugar to five
pounds of the fruit; when done suf-
ficiently take them out, and boil the
syrup up once or twice and pour it,
with an equal quantity of white
brandy, over the peaches.
To Preserve Gropes.-According
to the Grape Cmltm'ist grapes can
be kept perfectly plump, sweet and
,resh under ground. They should
be gathered as late in the fall as
possible, on a clear day, and laid in
a box eight inches deep, with lay
er of grape leaves from the vines at
the bottom, then layer of fruit, then
leaves again, until the box Is full.
Let the lid be nailed tight, and bury
deep enough to escape the frost, and
in the spring they will be as fresh
as when first picked.
Removing Iron Mo"M from Fab
rics.-A writer in the Chemical
Ne,cs advises rs the best method of
removing stains of iron mould from
fabrics, that the mark be first wet
with yellow sulphidc of ammonia,
by which it will be Immediately
blackened. After allowing it a
minute or two to penetrate, the
excess of sulphide is to be washed
out, and the black spot treated with
cold dilute chiorohydric acid, by
which it is at once removed. Fin
ally, wash well with water. This
method is said to avoid the serious
objection of weakening and rotting
the fibre.
Picking Green Corn.-This is q
much cheaper method, says the RI
raj World, of preparing corn to be
used in winter in a fresh state, than
that of canning it; When the corn
is past the tendcrest roasting ear
state, pull it; take off one thickness
of the husk, tie the rest of the husk
down at the silk end in close and
tight manner; place them in a clean
cask or barrel compactly together,
and put on brine to cover the same,
of about two-thirds the strength o.
meat pickle. When ready to use in
winter, soak in cold water over
night, and if this does not appear
to be sufficient, change the water
and freshcn still more. We have
used corn prepared in this way for
two seasons, and it is excellent, very
much resembling the fresh article
from the stalk.
Cough Mri,vc The Boston
.Journol Of chemistry gives the fol
lowing reipcs for the benefit of
thosc-and they arc legion-who
are troubled with harrassing and
annoying coughs that frequently
accompany many acute diseases, and
arising from nervous irritation of
the larynx, pharynx, or other parts
of the throat:
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