Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-24

pint; to this add one egg, well beaten, on,
cup of -four, half cup Of cream or butter
milk; salt and paper them to taste; fry II
butter.
Breakfast Puffs.
Take two eggs well-beaten and stir into
pint of milk little salt, piece of bntta,
and pint and half of -four. Beat the
eggs and stir the milk. Add the salt. melt
the butter and stir in. Then pour all into
the -four, so as not to have it lumpy. Stir
up thoroughly, and grease the cups into
which the batter is poured, filling them
two-thirds full. Eat with sauce.
! Coed Pie.
One cup Of Molasses, one cup of good
! vinegar, one cup of wster, one small spoon-
full Of extract CT lemon and piece of bntta-
the size of a hens egg. Let It all come tn
boil and thicken it with corn starch,
This makes two pies. Don't put on ton
crust, but lay strips OF the paste on, as there
is danger OF its foaming over.
To Drive Away Ants.
We were much troubled this season nv
having large black ants find their wav IN
our sugar box wherever we could place IL.
Remembering to have read somewhere that
the common elder would keep ants away
from anything about which it was placed. /
gathered an armful of the young sprouts
and put them around the box. We have
not since been troubled in the least by
them.
Brandy Peaches.
Take hard peaches, rubbing them with
flannel, and prick them with a needle
Make syrup of half q pound of sugar to
one of fruit, and boil the peaches in it until
perfectly tender. Then strain the peaches
out, and lay them on platters. Take one
pint OF brandy to each pint of the LIQUOR.
and turn it bot upon the peaches. After
they become cold, put them into Jars and
seal up, being sure to keep them in cool
place. Other fruits can be done In the
same way.
Indian hammock.
Take one pint Of Indian meal, and stir
into it pint of sour milk-fresh BITTER
milk is better-half teaspoonful of salt, a
spoonful of molasses, and a spoonful Of
melted butter. Beat two eggs and add, and
then stir in pint of wheat -four; then thin
1t with milk to the consistency of drop
cakes, and when ready to bake, add two
heaping teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved In
hot water. Pour into square buttered pans
an inch thick, and bake fifteen minutes.
his quantity makes two pans. Try it.
CantaIOupe Sweet Pickle
Take perfectly ripe cantaloupes, quarter,
remove the seeds, peel, place in a stone jar |
and pour on scalding vinegar enough to |
cover them. Let stand one day, then pour |
OF the vinegar, heat and return it as In the |
first instance. Repeat on the day follow |
in, giving the fruit the third scalding and |
the third soaking. On the fourth day take |
out the fruit, weigh 1t, and to every five |
pounds add three pounds of loaf sugar and |
one quart of fresh vinegar. Put in CHINA |
mon, cloves, ginger, mace and alspice to |
suit the taste. The cloves and spice should |
be used sparingly, as their dark color Injuries |
the appearance of the pickles. Put all over |
the fire in porcelain-lined kettle and sim
mer until the fruit is tender enough to adj |
NIT the passage of straw through it. |
Take off then, and pour back into the jar. |
Let stand twenty-four hours, then pour the |
syrup off into the kettle, bring it to the boil |
and return to the fruit. | consider this the |
finest pickle in the world.