Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-03
Recipes for the Housewife and
others.

OIRefSs
CREAM CAKE.-One cup cream. one
and half cups sugar, two cups -four,
two eggs, one teaspoon soda; flavor
with lemon.
To MAKE FLAT-IRoNs SMooTH-Rub
them with clean lard, and wipe dry;
or rubbing them with little beeswax
while hot will have the desired effect.
FRIED CAKEs.-Three eggs, one and
a half cups sugar, one cup sour cream,
one and a half cups buttermilk. one
teaspoon soda, do not mix very stiff
DRoP CAKEs-One quart sweet milk,
two eggs, one teaspoon soda; salt to
season; flour enough to make the lat
ter so it will drop from the spoon; fry
in lard.
To MAKE STALE BBEAD FREsH-
Put the loaf into a clean tin, and cover
closely to exclude all water, and ct
into steamer, or kettle of boiling
water, for half an hour; then remove
from the lin, and it will look like fresh
bread, and be really almost equal to
new loaf.
Sour MILK GRIDDLE CAKEs.-Stir
into one quart of sour milk enough
! -four to make the batter as thick as
waffies; add an even teaspoonful of
salt and two we'll beaten eggs. Dis
| solve an even teaspoonful of soda
and beat in when ready for frying
This is very good, bake in waffie-irons.
| How TO TREAT STY-The sty is
small boil protruding from the eye
lid. It will usually pass away of itself,
but its cure may be hastened by apply
ing a warm poultice of bread and water
in a small linen bag. Apply three or
four times a day, and each time foment
the eye with warm milk and water
BEDBUGs.-One who has tried it,
gives this way of exterminating the re-
pulsive hedbug: "If any of our read.
ers need sure remedy for bedbugs,
they can have mine, and cleanse the
house ofthis troublesome vermin with
out expense. They have only to
wash with salt water, filling the cracks
where they frequent with salt, and You
may look in vain for them
GREEN Corn CAKEs.-Mix pint OF
grated sweet corn with three table
spoonfuls of milk, teacup of flour, Q
large teaspoonful of melted butter, s
aspoOnful OF salt, little pepper, ano
one egg. Drop this mixture by tht
large spoonful into your frying pan
and fry them till brown; use butter
for frying. These are nice served uI
with meat for dinner.
lon of milk add one gill of diluted al
cohol, at 45 per cent, and when it hal
become sour, separate the curd from
the whey by ffltering, and set aside th'
latter for month or more, when i
will be found to be good vinegar, con
tanning no Tactic acid SKINNED mill
will answer as good purpose as any
other
GREEN PEA SoUP.-Four lbs. o
beef, cut into small pieces, half peel
green peas, one gallon of water Boi
the empty pods Of the peas IN tn
water one hour before putting in th
beef Strain them out, add the bee
and boil slowly for an hour and hal
longer. Half an hour before seryir
ad,! the shelled peas, and twenty min
utes later, half cup of rice flour, will
salt and pepper After adding the ric
-four, stir freq emily to prevent scorch
ing Strain into hot tureen.
To CLEAN OUT MosQUIToEs.-Tak
of gum camphor piece about one
t third the size of an egg, and evaporat
t it by placing it in q tin vessel, hOldin!
F; it over lamp or candle, taking car
l that it does not ignite. The smok
S will soon fill the room, and expel th
e mosquitoes. One night was terribl
annoyed by them, when l thought O
e and tried the above, after which
: never saw nor heard of them tha
:, night, and next morning there wa
s not one to be found in the room, tho
2 the window had been left open 6
t night.