The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
VALUABLE RECIPES.


MEFFISs.-One quart of -four, a pint
of warm milk, a little yeast, two eggs.
little salt, two spoonfuls of butter melt
ed; let it set to rise: when light put
IN rings
BARLEY COFFEE.-Take common bar
ley, or the skinless if it can be OBJ
tanned, roast as you would coffee, and
mix In such proportions as suits your
taste. 1t is very good.
HAM TOAsT.-Chop some lean ham,
put in a pan, with a little pepper, a
lump of butter and two eggs beaten
when well warmed, spread it on hot
buttered toast and serve.
PLAIN CUsrARD. quart of milk.
four to six eggs, three spoons of sugar.
Set in a kettle of boiling water fifteen
minutes, stirring all the time. Flavor
with lemon or vanilla.
VEAL PE.-Take a shoulder of veal,
cut it up and boil an hour, then add a
quarter of pound of butter, pepper
and salt, cover the meat with biscuit
dough, cover close and stew half an
hour and it will be ready.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CooKNG
BEETs. Bake them. It requires about
two hours to bake medium-sized beet.
l hardly think any person will resort
to the old method of boiling them after
eating one meal of baked beets.
To CURE FRECKLEs. two
| ounces of lemon juice, half drachm
powdered borax, and one drachm of
sugar. Mix together and let them
stand in a glass bottle for a few days,
then rub it on the hands and face Occa-
siOnally.
SWEET PICKLE (peaches).-BoiI a
pickle made of one pint and half of
cider vinegar, three pounds and half
of sugar. with mace, cloves and CHINA
mon. Pour this boiling hot over six
pounds of fruit-plums require five
pounds of sugar to six of fruit.
Corn STARCH PASTE. Corn starch
make the best paste for scrap books.
Dissolve a small quantity In cold water,
then cook it thoroughly. Be careful
and not get it too thick. When cold
it should be thin enough to apply with
a brush. It will not mold nor stain
the paper. It is the kind used by
daguerreOtypists on fgem" pictures.
PEPPER SAUCE.-On peck or one
hundred pods of bell-peppers, take out
the seed and add one gallon of vinegar,
boil until soft enough to strain, then
add two tablespoOnfuls of mustard,
| three Of salt, one of black pepper, three
of sugar, and half pint of onions
chopped fine, add spice if wanted.
Boil after mixing until the onions are
cooked.
CARPETED Floors. When carpet
is taken up to be cleansed the floor
| beneath it is generally very much GOV
| cred with dust The dust is very fine
and dry and poisonous to the lungs.
| Before removing it sprinkle the floor
with very diluted carbolic acid to kill
any poisonous germs that may be pres
ent, and to thoroughly disinfect the
floor and render it sweet.
FLOUR PUDDING. one quart of
sweet milk, one teaspoonful of salt,
half teacup of sugar; mix, boil and
! thicken with one tOlcup of wheat -four,
| wet with cold milk and stir until it
boils again, then remove from the fire.
| When half cold add two well beaten
eggs, and flavor with nutmeg or lemon.
Add raisins if you choose. Bake half
an hour. To be eaten cold, with or
without sweetened cream.
To PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY.-Get
| a tub nearly full of rain or river water,
! and put two pieces of thin wood across
it, and set the beef on them at about
distance of an inch from the water
! Heap as much salt as will stand on
| the beef, and let it remain twenty
four hours; then take the meat off and
boil it, and you Will find it as salty as
if it had been in pickle for weeks, the
water having drawn the salt complete
| ly through the beef.
SPICED BEEF.-Chop fine the tough
ends of two very large beefsteaks, and
a piece of raw suet about as large as
! half an egg, season with pepper and
salt, and a little dried summer savory;
then add two well-beaten eggs, with
about half pint of dried bread rolled
fine, or as much rolled crackers, and a
| piece of fresh butter as large as an egg,
make into along roll, with -four enough
to keep it together, put into a baking
pan, with dripping as large as half an
| egg, and water enough to keep from
burning. Bake as you would a roast
ing piece of beef; when cold, slice thin
for the table. Some eat it with vinegar.
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