The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
VALUABLE RECIPES.

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MvFFrSs..-One quart of -four. n mint
/ OF warm milk, Il little yeast, two oa ptn'
little salt, two spoonfuls of butter mH%IiII'
ed; let it set to rise: when light nmt
in rings. p"'
BARLEY COFFEE Take common hon
Icy, or the skinless if il can Ln nh
tanned, roast as you would coffee omI
mix in such proportions as suits y Im.
taste. 1t is very good.
HAM TOAST Chop some lean ham,
put in q pan, with a little pepper =
lump of butter and two eggs baotnn".
when well warmed, spread it on Loi
buttered toast and serve.
PLAIN CUsTARD.-One quart of mill,
four to six eggs, three spoons of suga.
Set in a kettle of boiling water tiftocn
minutes, stirring all the time. Floyor
with lemon or vanilla.
VEAL Pm.-Take a shoulder Of vooI
cut it up and boil M hour, then add -
quarter of a pound of butter, pcnncr
and salt, cover the meat with bisrrit
dough, cover close and stew half an
hour and it will be ready.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CooKrya
BEErs. Bake them. 1t requires about
two hours to bake n medium-sizcd beef
| hardly think any person will resort
TO the old method of boiling them after
eating one meal of baked beets.
To CURE FREcKnEs,--Takc two
ounces of lemon juice, half II drachm
powdered borax, and one drachm Of
sugar. Mix together and let them
stand in n glass bottle for Il few days
then rub it on the hands and face ocr9.
sionally.
SWEET PICKLE (peaches). Boil u
pickle made OF one pint and a haIrof
cider vinegar, three pounds and a 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.
Conn STARCH PAsTE.-Corn starch
make the best paste for. scrap-baoks,
Dissolve q 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. 1t will not mold nor stain
the paper. 1t is the kind used by
dag1lerreotypists on "gem" 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 a half pint Of onions
chopped fine, add spice if wanted.
Boil after mixing until the onions are
cooked.
CARPETED FLooRs.-When a carpet
is taken up to be cleansed the iloor
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 disinfcct the
floor and render it sweet.
FLOUR PUDDING.-Take one quart Of
sweet milk, II teaspoonful Of salt,
half u teacup of sugar; mix, boil and
thicken with one telcup Of wheat iouw,
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 ~raisius if you choose. Blk half
IN hour. 10 be eaten cold, with OIL
without swectenod cream.
TO PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY.-Gct
n tub nearly full Of rain OF river water,
and put two pieces of thin wood across
it, and set the beef on them ut about u
distance of an inch from the water.
Heap MS much salt as will stand On
the beef, and let it remain twenty
four hours; then take the meat of and
boil it, and you will find it as salty rs
if it had been in pickle for weeks, the
water having drawn the salt complete
ly through the beef.
Sr1oED BEEF.-Chop fine the tough
ends of two very large beefsteahs, and
IL piece Of raw suGt about as large as
half an egg, season with pepper and
salt, and Il littl0 dried summer saYoYy;
then add two well-beaten egg, with
about half a pint Of dried bread rolled
fine, or as much rolled crackers, and Il
piece of fresh butteras large us an cgg,
make into along roll, with flour enough
to keep it together, put into Il baking
pan, with dripping as large as half an
egg, and water enough to keep from
burning. Bake Us you would II roast
ing piece of beef; when cold, slice thin
for thetablc. Some eat il withyinag,t.