The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-21
RECIPES.

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APPLE CoBBLERs.--Pare, core, an
, slice twelve large tart apples. Adj
J to them the juice OF two lemons an
| the grated peel OF one; sweeten t.
| taste; stew very slowlyfor two hours
|. turn into q mold. When cold, serv
{ with cream.
HoMrNY PUDDING,-Prepare as TO
: batter cakes, add one egg to eac
B pint, some cinnamon, sugar to sui
the taste, and a few raisins, and bak
like rice pudding. A little butter o
chopped suet may be added. Serv
hot or cold, with or without sauce.
Hickory NrT CAKE-Take one
half cup butter, two cups sugar, ant
four eggs beaten separately, tire
cups of flour, one-half cup swee
milk, two teaspoons Of baking-pow
der, two cups of hickory-nut meat
cut fine, one teaspoon extract va
nilla.
TO WASH C~ALIco.--To prevent cal
leo from fading while washing infuse
three giIls of salt into four quarts O.
water; put the calico in while hot
and leave it till cold. In this way,
the colors are rendered permanent,
and will not fade by subsequent
washings.
French BREAD,-Two quarts OF
flour, scald one pint of it butter
half the size of an egg; mix with
cold water two-thirds cup of yeast ;
when mixed, knead fifteen minutes,
using as little additional flour as
possible rise twelve hours, cut and
work with a knife ten minutes before
putting into the pan to bake.
HoMlNY BREAKFAST CAKE,-Mash
the cold hominy with q rolling-pin,
aud add q little flour and milk bat
ter, 50 as to make the whole thick
enough to form into little cakes in
in the hand, or it may be put npon
the griddle with a spoon. Bake
brown, eat hot, and declare you
never ate anything better of the cake
kind.
FLOATING IsLAND.-Beat four yelks
of eggs with two tablespoons OF SUI
gar; one tablespoon of flour; then
stir into one quart milk and bring it
to a boil, stirring it all the time ;
have the whites beat nicely and slip
it on the top of the milk, dipping a
little CT it on to cook the egg; then
CRATE nutmeg over the top; let it
cool, and it is ready for the table.
FoR A SpRAIN,-Wet the injured
part with a flannel dipped in hot
water if the sprain be very painful
wet the flannel with laudanum and
cover the whole with a dry cloth.
Then, with the arm in a sling, if it
be the wrist that is sprainod, OF the
leg in a horizontal position if it be
ankle, wait and see if it be necessary
to send for the doctor.
Cold SLAw.-Cut the cabbage rath-
err fine into a basin or large bowl ;
sprinkle u little salt over then with
q potato masher thoroughly bruise
the cabbage take three tablespoons
sugar, half pint best sweet cream,
four tablespoons vinegar; stir well
together, and mix through the cab
bage. The cabbage should not be
too green, Many persons do not
know the value Of cream il cooking;
it is far preferable to butter in u
great many things.
Activity AND HE>ITn.-All obser-
walton attests that the healthiest
persons in the world are those most
entirely employed. The fact is true
with regard to women as well rs
men, and in respect to mental rs
well as physical labor. The adage,
at is better to wear out than to
rust out" is true in the ordinary
sense in which il is quoted, but it
should always be remembered that
rusting out is a more rapid process
than wearing out, The CHASTITY god
dess of ill-health and disease de-
in sluggish blood and indolent
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