Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-01-26
Useful Hints.

THE PHLosoPHY OF FRYING. ALI housekecp-
ers know that to fry WELL their fat should lie
hot. But they do not attend to it half ms
scrupulously as they would if they understood
the true philosophy of it, Boiling, bubhlipp
hot fat can not penetrate anything, and cooks
TO perfection tepid fat penetrates everywhere,
and does not cook at all, but actually prevents
cooking. Any housekeepcr who read. this.
and chooses TO profit by it, need never put any
greasy, fried, halfcooked and indigestible food
upon the table.
The whole secret consists in having the fat
boiling before the things are put in There is
one other condition which follows naturally
from the first one, but which is almost inva-
riably lost sight of even by good cooks, and
that is that fat should entirely cover the arti-
Gle TO be fried. The reason of this is, that The
part not Mt once covered By the fat remains
cold, cools off the fat near it, and then absorns
the tepid fat The same as if 1T had never been
hot. Frying pans should be deep well filed,
and heated to the boiling point and then il is
easy to turn out fried food nicely crisp, brown
and dry, on the outside, and perfectly soft
moist and well cooked within 1t is peculi-
arity of the outside crust of things fried in
boiling fat that the fat itself drips off from it
as readily as water; hence, well fried articles
are neither greasy in appearance nor very
greasy in reality. Frying ought TO be MS boil
ing - Christian Union.
CURlSG HAMs-The following is an old yir-
ginia receipt for curing hams, said to be first
rate:
" For each hundred pounds of ham, ten
pounds salt two ounces saltpetre, two pounds
sugar, and one ounce red pepper, and from
four TO four and half gallons of water, jus,
enough 10 cover the hams after being in n
water-tight vessel Tor enough salt to make n
brine TO float fresh egg high enough, or opt
OF the water. From five TO six weeks in brine.
hang mp, smoke. and then put in papers and
bagged with the hook turned down, and hung
till wanted.
TARRED PAPER Upon TpEEs.-It is NOT ne
cessary to use lacks 10 fasten The tarred paper
around the trunks Of trees TO. keep off rabbits
The lower edge of the paper shonld be an
inch or so below the surface of tho soil md
the upper part fastened by string. Tacks.
however, would do no appreciate harm. In
the cases in which we have known of the use
OF the paper il has been left on all the year,
that it might serve MS protection against
borers in summer as well as against rabbits in |
winter.
To KILL WHITE GRrBs.-Ground which is
infested with white grubs or cut worms should |
be turned over now. If it is possible to coax |
10 the field flock of poultry, they will take |
every worm that their sharp eyes will discov- |
er, and follow the plow very eagerly for them. |
Crows and skunks will more readily find these |
worms when the ground is turned up and |
foosened.
FARM AcCouNrs.--Now is the favorable op- |
Portuni,y for farmers to commence keeping |
If n farmer, keeps no accounts, he |
comet he "a progressive farmer, for he cannot |
know whether he progresses or not Let the
farm be divided into fields be charged with The
value of what il contains just now, and abass
is gained for future charges and credits Deal
with each field as if you sold and bought
from it,