The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-07-24
USEFUL KNowLEDGE

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: 'Tr-FoP CAKE. One. and half cups
white sugar, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 eggs,
the white separated from the yelk, and
beaten to stiff froth. Butter, size of
a tablespoon bowl, melted and turned
into the milk; teaspoonfuls of cream
tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, spoon
full of lemon, and a little salt.
SPoNGE CAKE.-Four eggs, thewhites
beaten until plate could be turned
quickly over without splitting the con-
tents 1 cup fine sugar, the yelks and
sugar beaten to a cream II cups of
-four soda. size of a pea, dissolved in a
spoonful of cold water; a little salt.
Bake in a deep tin in a quiclloven.l !
To CLEANSE FEATHER BEDs.-Take
them on a,sunny day over aIine or fence,
and with a stick beat all the dust out.
then lay on some elevated place to
give the air free circulation, and let
them remain there through short rain.
Shake up and turn every day, and your
beds viii seem like new ones. Be snre
they are thoroughly dry before using.
FRENcH MUsrARD.- Slice up an onion
in a bowl; cover with good vinegar;
leave two or three days pour off the
vinegar into basin put into it one
teaspoonful pepper, one of salt, one ta-
blespoonful brown sugar, and mustard
enough to tIlicken Emooth the mus
tard for. vinegar as you would -four for
gravy; mix all together set on the
stove and stir till it boils, when remove
and use it cold.
COUNTRY PUDDING. Mix the yelks of
three eggs smoothly with three heaped
tablespoonfuls Of aour, thin the batter
with new milk till it is the consistency
of cream whisk the whites of the eggs
separately, stir them into the batter,
and boil the pudding in hourid cloth
or basin for an hour. Before it is
served, cut the top quickly in cross
bars, pour over it a small pot of rasp-
berry or strawberry jelly or jam, and
send quickly to the table.
ExcELhENF CUsTARD PIE.-Take one
quart of milk, five eggs take out the
whites of the eggs beat the eggs add
half cup of sugar, a little salt; flavor
to suit the taste fill the pies and bake.
While the pies are baking, beat the
whites of the eggs to a froth, adding
one spoonful of fine white sugar; beat
again, and when the pie is done baking
spread the frosting over the tops Of the
pies; set in the oven to brown, and you
have pie that will satisfy the appetite
of the most fastideous.
DRINKING IMPURE WATER.-Set a
pitcher of iced water in room inhabi.
ted, and in few hours it will have ab,
sorbed nearly all the perspired gases OF
the room, the air of which will become
purer, but the water utterly filthy.
This depends on the fact that water, has
the faculty of condensing, and thereby
absorbing nearly all the gases, which il
does without increasing its own bulk
the colder the water is, the greater its
capacity to contain these gases. At or
binary temperature, pint of water viii
contain pint of corbonic acid gas, and
several pints of ammonia. This capaci
ty is nearly doubled by reducing the
temperature to that of ice. Hence wa
ter kept in the room awhile is unfit fol
use, and should be often removed
whether it has become warm or not
Andf0r the same reason the water in
pump should all be pumped out IN tn,
morning before any is used. Tha
which has stood in pitcher over night
is not fit for coffee or water in the morn
ing. Impure water is more injurious t,
health than impure air, and every per
son should provide the means of obtain
ing fresh, pure water for all lomestit
use.-Dio LetCis.