The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-03
Domestic Recipes.

APPLE CREAM.-Bol twelve apples in
water till soft take off the peel and
press the pulp through a hair sieve,
upon a pound of sugar whip the
whites of two eggs, add them to the
apples, and beat all together until it
becomes very stiff and looks quite
white. Serve it heaped on dish.
To CURE A FELoN-As soon as it
makes its appearance, apply poultice
of equal parts of saltpetre and brim-
stone, mixed with sufficient lard to
make paste, and renew as soon as it
gets dry. a few applications will effect
cure.
REMEDY FOR CHILBLAINS.-A writer
in a Vienna medical magazine says that
concentrated solution of chloride of
iron is an unfailing remedy for chill,
blains.
FRECKLEs.- FIR the benefit of young
persons afflicted with freckles, we
would inform them that powdered nitre,
molstened with water, applied to the
face night and morning, will soon re-
move all traces of them.
| FRENCH ROLLS OR TwIsT.-One
quart of lukewarm milk, teaspoonful
of salt, teaspoonful of yeast, and
-four enough to make a stiff batter.
| When very light, add beaten egg and
two teaspoosful of butter, and knead
in -four until stiff enough to roll. Let
it rise again and when very light roll
out and cut IN strips and braid 1T
Bake thirty minutes IN buttered tins.
ARROW Roof BISCUITS FOR INvALlDs
AND CHILDREN. Rub together three
quarters of pound of sugar and the
same amount of butter, until they rise,
beat three eggs well and mix with it,
then stir in two cups of sifted arrow
root and two cups of slfted flour roll
them out thin with a biscuit cutter,
place them in buttered tins, and bake
them in slow oven.
RUsKs.-One pint of warm milk, one
teacup of yeast or one yeast cake, half
a cupful of butter, one Of white sugar,
| flour enough to make the dough of the
consistency of biscuit. After the
sponge of milk, yeast and flour is light
enough add the other ingredients. Let
it rise again, then mould into small
round cakes put in buttered tins and
| bake half an hour. Beat the yolk of
| d1 egg III Iullh, dlltl IuD over Tue bOD Oh
each rusk as soon as baked.
CEMENT FOR LEATHER. 10 parts
bisulphide carbon and part spirits of
turpentine. add enough gutta percha
to make a tough, thickly flowing liquid.
The surfaces to be joined must be per.
fectly free from grease, which is &C
complished by laying cloth upon
them and applying hoS iron for a
time. The coat Is applied to both sur
faces, and pressure made till the joints
are dry.
To WHITEN BEEswAX.- In March or
April melt yellow wax without boiling;
then having several pewter dishes
ready, dip the outside of each dish ip
fair water; then dup them into the wax,
and take up a very thin plate of wax
the thinner the better; take them off,
and expose them upon the grass to the
sun. air, and dews, until they are milk
white, turning them often.
| To SOFTEN PUTTY. To remove old
putty from broken windows, dip small
brush in nitre- muriatic acid or caustlc
soda, concentrated lye,) and with it
annoint or paint over the dry putty that
adneres to the broken glass and frames
Of your windows; after an hours inter
val, the putty will have become SO soft
as to be easily removable.
GENUINE Boston Brown BREAD
Four coffee cups full of sifted Indian
meal, two cups of coarse -four, either
wheat or rye; one teaspoonful of salt
one teacup molasses, and boiling water
enough to make 1t as thick as griddle-
cake batter When nearly cool. add q
tea cup of yeast, either home made oil
distillery. Put the mixture into ar
iron baking dish, cover tightly, and
let 1t stand III a warm place till Il
cracks over the top (Which should bt
smoothed over with wet hands before
it is placed to rise). Bake it five OF
six hours in a moderate oven, which
} will not burn the crust to a cinder