Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-15
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Tomato Recipes.

OHhEdAC EsSSARCts
The following recipes are contributed
by an estimable lady of Giles county:
ToNATO WIXg.-CTush one bushel Cf
fill ripe tomatoes. Strain through a
flannel cloth, and to each gallon of juice
add three pounds Of crushed sugar; put
into an open-mouthed vessel, and Ire g
muslin cloth over il. Let it stand until
fermentation ceases; then rack off, strain
and bottle ii. The Fejee Island and Til
con toma.oes preferred. This is an ele-
giant wine. Age improves it.
ToMATo PUDDNG.-Scald and peal
twelve large tomatoes, crush them; add
one tea spoon full of salt one teaspoon
full Of blgCk-1epper, one large table spoon
full of butter, one teascup of brown
sugar, one pint Of bread crumbs, one tea
cup sweet mix, shave down two large
ears Of gTlcn corn, mix well together;
put in baking dish; bake slow for thirty
minutes; bring 20 the table warm. An
exc. en- diGncr dish.
4 NICE BEEAKFL.T DISH OF TOMATOES.
81 c. SIX large tomatoes; cover the bottom
of deep dish with powdered sugar;
cover the sugar Wi'h grated nutmag; then
put in q layrT OF the sliced tOm1tOes, then
81 Tmklc ugeT ever them; then nutmeg on
the suS2I; ;lcn tomatoes; then sugar and
nutmeg, an so n until the tomatoes axe
used up. This should b. prepared thirty
minutes before being served
TOMATOES WITH FORCE MzAT.--Cut the
stem cud eff Uf twelve large tomatoes;
take GU q ! the seed; make force meat
OF o-c quart OF bread crumbs, half a
tCasp0UnlGl Of salt, halt tesspOOnful of
black pepper, one tablespoonful Of butter,
one large onion, chopped very fine, half
to&cU2 Of cream, mashed together smooth;
fiji the cavities in tomstoes with this force
meat; then place the tomatoes close to-
gelher in baking pan: sprinkle sugar
over tbem; place lump of butter the
sz3 If a partridge egg on each tomato,
ard kc them fifteen minutes. Crate
Eulmeg over them before Bringing to the
table. A most excellent dish.
5TO Dry Peaches.
IL yCU wish an article, out of which
the incest aud cheapest conserve can be
made, Obtsin carefully dried peaches. To
properly dry peaches without kiln, get
some thin rough edge sheeting from the
nearest mill, let the planks be as wide as
possible and cut them to the length of
seven or eight feet so that they can be
easily handled. The sun will drain them
into pretty good tray shape. Select
cling stone peaches of white, red or yell
low varieties, never the Indian. Let
them be almost, but not quite ripe. Peal
them carefully and cut off the meat into
small pieces, for the smaller the piece the
easier dried Spread thiuly on the planks
and place in the sun in the forenoon. At
night or if rain threatens, put the peach,
Cs under shelter as they are on the planks,
by no means bulkiDg them together, for il
bulked only few hours, before they are
well dried, they viii blacken and spoil.
After two days Of sun they can be bulked
at night. but must be spread in the sun
for several days longer. When well dried
put in bsgs with china berries or leaves
which will tend TO keep them free O
worms. 4 bughcl Of peaches makes on al
average five pounds when pealed and dri
cd, but those five pounds are worth
dollar in the cities.
Summer Beverages
As the season is at hand when plessan
summer drinks, free from alcoholic influ
ence, are frequently brewed by the house
wife orthe well brought up daughters, whC
ought to be taught little of everythin
in the way of household duties, we ap