Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-10-24
Farmhouse Notes.

LEMON TAFFY.-Boil together until
candy is formed three pounds of fair
brown sugar, quarter OF pound OF
butter and one pint of vinegar. 1t
much resembles lemon candy.
SLAP JAcKs.-Dissolve a tablespoonful
of bi-carbonate of soda IN little warm
water. and stir it into a quart OF sour
milk; add three well beaten eggs and
-four enough to make very thin batter.
Beat it till light; grease q spider and set
it over the fire. Put on batter enough to
make a round, thin cake, turn 1t when
half done. and bake brown and light.
Pile the slap jacks on hot plates, with
butter, sugar, and spice on each one.
Cut the pile down in quarters, and serve
very hot.
RAEED BEANs-NoRwICH.- small
white beans, put to soak at P. NJ, IN
deep vessel; change the water late IN the
evening, and again next morning, and
parboil for two hours, changing the water
at the end of the second hour. Then pour
off nearly all the water; take raw pork
secured on top; put the beans in a deep
dish, the pork in the middle, sinking 1t
so as to have it Just level with the surf zee.
Add very little molasses, and bake at
least six hours, raising the pork toward
the last so that it may crisp on top.
PoACHFD EGGs.-Boll a pint of milk
While boiling beat six eggs to froth.
Just before the milk begins to boil, add
half tablespoonful of butter, and a tea
spoonful of salt, and stir into it; then
pour in the eggs, stir without ceasing,
but gently till it thickenS-not more
than two minutes. Take it from the
stove or range, and continue to stir half
minute or so, and then pour it over
two or three thin slices Of toasted bread,
which has been spread with butter, ard
all prepared in a deep dish before the
eggs are put into the milk. This is very
nice for breakfast.
UNFAILING SPONGE E-CAKE.-Weigh one
pound of fresh eggs in the shell.an equal
weight of pulverized white sugar, half a
pound of fine -four. Break the eggs and
beat separately the yolBs and whites
We always, when practicable, have one
person to beat the yoiks steadily the
same length of time it takes anO her per
son to beat the whites until they stand
up perfectly stiff and dry. Add the sifted
sugar gradually to the yolks, then mix
in the whites. Lastly, cream gently in
the -four, and be sure not to beat at AL
afterward, or you will certainly spoil the
cake. Crate in the peel of one lemon,
and add also its strained juice; more if
the fruit is indifferent. Lemon is incom-
parably 20 be preferred as the seasoning
for sponge-cake, but if they are not to
be obtained, substitute mace.
For BEGINNERS WITH BEEs.--A writer
offers this trio of suggestions: Do not
90 headlong into this or any other
branch of rural industry. Be content
with small beginnings, and take time to
gather experience. Commence with one
stock of bees and before you buy even
one, get some recent treatise on bee
keeping and post yourself, at least in re-
gard to the outlines of apiarian science.
Begin with movable frame hive OF some
sort. Bees have been kept advantage
ouslv, and may he still, in straw or COM
mon box hives; but to attain the best re-
sults, movable frame hive is necessary.
This kind CT hive admits of access to the
bees, control over them, and from one
seasons observation in such hive more
may be learned about bees than by keep
lug them 20 years in a straw or box hive.
A single stock in such a hive will cost
about ten dollars inclusive of patent right
and Surply tbiS is NOT an investment
Ia -hagin with, that ,lHod frisllton any
body. Donot expect sudden and large
profits. nor be discouraged by reverses.
There is no speculation IN Bookkeeping,
any more than in any other branch of
rural economy. Here, as elsewhere,
diligence, care, energy and persever-
ance are essential to success.