Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-15
VALUABLE RECIPES.

Take OF boiled beet, chopped fine
and salted, one pint; apples, chopped
fine, one quart butter or suat, one
~tea-cupful ono tca-cuptul sugar, n
pint each of boiled cider and water.
when cold add one pint of canned
or stewcd blackberries or raspberries,
one iea.spOonml Of pepper, one of
GLOVES two of cinnamon, and two of
all-spicc.
VIRGINIA Corn SOUr.-Onc dozen
ears of corn cut oil, and put in a
kettle with a pint and a halfof water
boil it until done, and the water is
nearly exhausted. Then pour into
the Kettle two quarts of new milk
break two eggs, and mix some boil
ing milk with them, before putting
in the kettle. Then add two table
spoonfHls Of butter; mix with n
tablespoonful OF flour salt and pep
per to taste let it remain several
minutes in the kettle, and then serve
up.
How TO KNIT A TIDY.-We take
these directions from The Household:
Cast upon very coarse needles nine
ty-twO stitches, knit across plain like
the heel of a stocking, seem back
knit across plain as before, then
seam back. Commence; narrow
eight stitches into four, put your
thread up ever once, making a loop
hole, and knit one stitch, thread over
knit one, thread over, knit one, thread
over, knit one, thread over, knit one,
thread over, narrow eight times,
thread over, knit one, thread over,
knit one, thread over, knit one,
thread over, knit one, thread over,
narrow eight times, thread over,
knit one, thread over, knit one, thread
over, knit one, thread over, knit one,
thread over, narrow eight times as
above on the right side, across, seam
back, knit across plain, seam back,
making three times across between
eyelets according to rule. You can
have it as long OIL as short as you
choose. have n for a common
lounge made of carpet warp. Trim
with fringe or not, as you think best.
APPLE FRITTEHs.-Onc quart of
flour, with a tea.Spoonful of pow
dered yeast, little salt, one pint of
milk, three eggs, two nice apples
sliced very thin. Fried in hot lard.
TO GET RID OF FLIEs.-The smoke of
the dried leaves of a pumpkin burnt
on a bright fire, will cause flies to
quit IN apartment instantly, Grit will
Kill them. Birds must be withdrawn
before the operation and persons
should abstain from going into apart
ments Immediately after, as the
smoke causes headache. The en-
ploymCnt OF laurel oil is also n pre-
servativc against flies, as they cannot
bear the smell of it.
A HOME MADE DIsINFECTANT.-
Dissolve a busel Of salt in n barrel
of water, and with the saltwater
slack a barrel of lime, which should be
wet enough to form u kind Of paste.
For the purposes Of a disinfcCtant,
this homemade chloride of lime is
nearly as gCod as that purchased at
the shops and drug stores. Use it
freely about sinks, cellars, cutters
and outhouses, and in this way pre-
vent sickness, suffering and expense.
Home nRd Heath.
CEMENT ToR LEATIER.-A good
material for cemcnting leather, is
made OF ten parts sulphide of carbon,
one part of oil of |turpentine with
enough gutta.percha to make a thick
flowing liquid. Leather filled with
grease cannot be Ccmcnted as it
should be, and where the parts to be
united contain oil, trim them well,
fold q cloth over them, and apply a
hot iron for a short time, then apply
the cement to both parts, and press
together until entirely dry.
CHOLERA MoRBUS.-Takc u tea
spoonful of salerNtus; of powdered
cinnamon and cloves each a tea
spoonful pour on them q pin. of
boiling water, and when nearly cold,
add tCaspOonful Of an anodyne in.
lection, made of a pint Of starch, half
y gill of mOlQssCs n spoonful of
sweet oil or lard, d tcaspoonful of
salt, and half a VeaspOonful of land-
anum.
MILK PANCAKES,-Put tour y0lks
and two whites of eggs into II PITT
of milk, and drcdgcin flour until you
have a smooth light batter; add q tea
spoonful of grated ginger and a glass
of brandy. Well, heat some ~tritters
in your frying-pan and fry your pan.
cakes Of q nice brown color. Drain
them carefully from the fat, and serve
with pounded and sifted sugar strewn
over them. Garnish the dish with
sliced lemons.
SUGAR PIEs.-One cup of brown
sugar, add to it half a cup of water
boil until thick when cold add two
eggs, beaten with a teaspoo..ful OF
flour; then a piece of butter the size
of an egg. melted, aud put in the
last; season to your taste. Bake
your crust q little before you put in
the mixture.
ENGLISH Said SAUCE--Pound in
a mortar the hard boiled yOlk Of al
egg; mix with it "a teaspoonful OF
salt, a teaspoonful OF mustard -four
a mashed, mealy potatoe, two desert.
spoonfuls each Of cream and olive
oil, and a tablespoonful of good vim.
egar,
PIQuANTE SALADS, - Two hard
boiled yolks of eggs, and two raw
ditto, mashed, smoothcd together
with tablespoonful each of cream
and salad oil ; add sufficient vinegar
to make it pretty sharp.
TO MAKE CELERY SIuCE.--Wash
and pare a bunch Of celery, cut il
into pieCes,and bell il gently till il
is tender; half Il pint of cream, and
a small piece Of butter rolled in flour.
and boil it gently. This is good
sauce for fowls of all kinds, either
roasted or boiled.