Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-22

After crackers have got to be old,
tough, and tasteless, put them into an
oven on tin and brown them little,
and they will be as brittle and nice as
when first from the bakery.
To CLEANSE THE INSIDE OF JARs.-
Fill them with water and stir in a
spoonful or more of pearlash: empty
them in an hour, and if not perfectly
clean, fill again and let them stand a
few hours. For large vessels lye may
be used.
To JUDGE THE AGE OF Fow1s.-u a
hens spur is hard, and the scales on
the legs rough, she is old, whether you
see her head or not, but her head will
corroborate your observation. # the
under bill is so stiff that you cannot
bend it down, and the comb thick and
rough, leave her, no matter how fat
and plump, for some one less particu.
lar. A young man has only the rudi-
ments of spurs the scales on the legs
are smooth, glossy and fresh colored,
whatever the color may be; the claws
tender and short, the nails short, the
under bill soft, and the comb thin and
smooth.
To JUDGE THE AGE OF TURKEYS An
old hen turkey has rough scales on the
legs, callosities on the soles of the feet
and long, strong claws; a young one
the reverse of all these marks. The
old turkey-cock has long tuft or beard,
o young one but a sprouting one; and
when they are of, the smooth scales on
the legs decide the point, besides the
difference in size of the wattles of the
neck and in the elastic shoot upon the
nose.
10 JUDGE THE AGE OF GEEsE.-An old
goose when alive is known by the rough
legs, the strength of the wings, partic-
| ulariy ut the pinions, the thickness and
and strength of the bill, and the fine.
ness of the feathers; and when pluck
ed, is known by the legs, the tender
ness OF the skin under the wings, by
the pinions and the bill, and the coarse
ness of the skin.
To JUDGE THE AGE OF DucK.-Ducks
are distinguished by the same means.
but there is this difference, that O
duckling's bill is much longer in pro-
portion to the breadth of it's head than
the old ducks
TO JUDGE TIE AGE OF P1aEoNs-A
young pigeon is discovered by it's pale
color, smooth scales, tender cola psed
feet, and the yellow long down inter-
Persed among its feathers. A pigeon
that cansfy has always red-colored legs
and no down, and is then to old for
use.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-1 cup butter. 2
cups sugar, eggs leaving out 2 OF the
whites, scant cup of sweet milk, 2
full teaspoons of baking powder, mix
we'll in 3 cups of flour. Bake this in
two long tins. For the frosting beat
the whites of 2 eggs to q stiff froth.
add n scant cup and half of sugar, 3
teaspoons vanilla and six tablespoon
fuls of grated chocolate. The cake
must be cold b fore the frosting is put
on.
How TO Cook FISH IN INDn.-The
following method of cooking fish
is very much in vogue in India and,
indeed, constitutes part of the morn
ing meal of every white inhabitant
when fish can lie procured, any kind
answering the purpose almost equally
we'll. First fry the fish to o golden
brown, with egg and bread crumbs and
clarified butter. Keep it very hot in a
metal dish while boiling some fresh
eggs (half done), and have a pot of rice
prepared and desiccated. Take the
fish, and, with fork in each hand,
break it up and remove all bones as
speedily as possible before it becomes
cold. Fill the plates with rice for each
person, sprinkle black pepper and salt
thereon; chop up rather fine two or
three green chillies Tor capsicums), and
sprinkle some over each plate of rice.
or. US substitute, use little Cayenne.
Now break two eggs over each plate of
fish and rice, stirring oil together with
two forks.