The Lincoln County herald., 1871-01-05
Household Recipes,

IoTATo EAST. lWo large cups
grated potato, one half cup sugar, the
same of salt, stir we'll together, pour one
quart boiling water. and stir briskly over
the stove till it boils. When cool rise
with yeast cakes.
To CLEAN KNIVES. "A small, clean
potato, with tho end cut of, is q very
convenient medium of applying brick
dust to knives, keeping it about tho right
moisture, while the juice Of the potato
assists in removing stains from the sur.
face. A better polish can be obtained
by this method than by any other We
have tried, and with less labor.
New WAY OF COOKING PoTAroEs.-
Wash and wipe the potatoes dry. Place
them in fiat bottomed cast iron pot on
the back OF the stove, covering the kettle
with close fitting iron or tin cover.
The steam OF the potato is sufficient
moisture for them. They will cook in
an hour and ten minutes, and are very
nice and healthful-La Laws of Life.
USES FOR STALE BREAD. bread
may be cut into slices and softcned
by pouring small quantity OF boiling
water over it. Cover the pan containing
1t, to prevent the escape of the steam
As soon as the bread is soft, season the
slices with pepper and salt, have some
hot lard, ham fat, or sasage, dripped in
pan, dust little flour or Indian meal on
each slice, end fry them delicate brown.
Boiling milk, if you have it, is better
than water to soften the bread.
GRAHAM DIAMoNrs.-Pour boiling
water on Graham -four, stirring rapidly
still all the -four is wet. Too much
stirring makes it tough 1t should be
about as thick as can be stirred easily
with q strong iron spoon. Place the
dough with plenty Of -four upon the
moulding board, and knead it for two or
three minutes. Roll out half an inch
tl.ick. and cut IN small cakes or rolls.
If large quantity is required roll about
three fourths Of an inch thick, and cut
with knife in diamond shape. Bake,
in very hot oven, fcrty FIVE minutes.
To FATrEN TURKEYs.-Shut the
birds up in any place where they can
perch and roost warmly at night. Let
them have a trough of food by them
made of oats, barley, aud few beans,
all ground together, and Stacked with
milk to be nearly liquid. Let them be
ted three times per day good cropful
each time, but not more than they will
eat. They must have gravel and water.
IL put in good condition, three weeks or
a month Of this treatment should fattcn
them. The addition of q little pulver.
lied charcoal to their food will add ma.
teriully to the fatteuing process.
To REMOVE GREASE SpoTs Grease
spots may be removed from Light silk BY
placing soapstone dust upon the spots
then over-laying it with sheet Of blot
ting paper and placing warm fat iron
on the top, of all. Allow the latter to
remain on the paper above the grease
spots until it becomes cool, then remove
it and examine the silk. If you find the
soap stone dust adhering to the silk by
sticking to the spots it is sign that the
grease has not all been absorbed by the
dust. You must therefore repeat the
the operation until the dust ceases ad
herring to the spots. This is simple
and safe, though slow process. Grease
can also be removed from light colored
silk with alcohol, bcnzole, a mixture Of
camphine and alcohol also with the BIZ
sulphate Of carbon.
A CHEAP Ice. HoUsE.-A farmer cor
respondent thus tells how he had con.
strued an ice house: II sat posts in the
ground, so as to make house twelve
feet square, Ohree posts on each side
then board or plank it up eight feet
high on the inside, The surface earth
is now dug out six inches deep, sawdust
filled in ono foot deep, making it six
inches above the level of the earth. 7 he
ice is certainly packed nine feet square
aud six feet high, leaving q space, Of
eighteen inches between the ice and
boards, closely packed with sawdust
and tho same thick ness of sawdust placed
on the top. I'have an old fashioned
board roof over this ice house. The
space above the sawdust is left open, so
that the dir can circulate through, and
ihe sun shine in. The result is that we
have used ice daily aud have q plenty
eft. As to the cost, four men with one
cam cut. hauled end packed the ice, and
filled in the sawdust in less than two
days, Notwithstanding we had to haul
the ice one half mile"
Mr.. J. X. Knox has moved his bank
| into the new building on his lot opDosite