The Placer herald., 1873-12-13

To PRESERVE GRAPES. Sit is said the best
manner of keeping grapes fresh for Winter
Use is the method pursued in Spain, namely,
to pack the entire clusters in thick, open
mouthcd stoneware jars, laying dry, putt lg
fresh hardwood sawdust between them so
tbickly as to fill up all the interstices; then
to place the jars in a cool, even atmosphere,
excluding all light. Some practice the fol-
lowing method: Cutting the clusters just
before they are entirely ripe, dipping the
ends of the stalks into mixture of hot
resin and sealing wax and suspending them
in a cool. dry and dark atmosphere. 1t is
not known to every one that the grape can
be put up like other fruits for Winter use
but try it and see. There is no fruit easier
TO manage this way, or that retains its
natural flavor and excellence better. Make
syrup of quarter of pound of sugar
for one pound of fruit; put the grapes whole
into the scading syrup and skim out coon,
and let them partly cool, and then can them
as you would any other fruit. If you wish
TO have the pulp clear Of the seeds, you
have only to run it through colander.
No cant ed fruit makes a more healthy and
pala,able pie than the grape prepared in th :
way.
How TO MAKE Toast. A dish of good
toast is rarity and is an enjoyment For
breakfast few things surpass it to those who
are accustomed to that dish at Lat meal
1t is light, dgestibe and reliable, and is not
very expensive. A cup of good tea or
coffee, with baked Spitzenburg, or dish
Of any other sub-acid in addition, will make
a satisfactory meal to reasonable man.
IN toasting bread the following rule should
be observed: Warm your bread well, by
changing the sides of the slice when heated
through, brown as desired-there should te
rather little than much browning, and the
slices should be quite thin, say quarter Or
three. eigh,hs of an inch, no more. But do
not scorch; avoid that in all cases. The
philosophy of browning is 10 take your time
until you are DONE Where the toast ac-
cumulates keep hot dish but use as soon
as possible. What is d, .rable in toast is
the ricl, color and flavor formed by changing
the starch into dextrine or gum. Heat
evaporates moisture in bread as well as else
whete. The moisture that ESCAPES from toast
leaves the bread light, soft and porus in
side.
LOOK TO Your FRUrr. The Agricultural
editor Of the Sacramento Record give, the
following advice to those who have laid
away apples or pairs for Winter use: "We
would say look to them often. 1t is hardly
possible to pick and pack fruit so carefully
but that nov and then an imperfect spec
linen will be LETT in the packages These
imperfect specimens, whether the imperfec-
tions arise from a bruse received while
handling or from an insect, are most sure to
begin to decay within one or two weeks
from the time of picking, and if allowed
to remain in contact with the perfect fruit
the infection will spread rapidly. Fruit
packed away for Winter use should be over
hauled every two or three weeks, and the
decayiug ones thrown out or used BY
this precaution much loss may be often
avoided, and large bulk of the fruit be
kept in perfect condition until late in the
season.
A SIMPLE Group PREVENTIVE. Take a
piece Of black silk two or three inches wide,
sew it around the child's neck, let him wear
it constantly, changing it when it becomes
much worn and thin. Our little one, who
was always subject to the Group, has never
been troubled in that way since we use the
sak, although many night he has gone to
his G. ID 70 hoarse he could hardly speak
Tryit mothers. 1t certainly will do no
harm if it does no good. You had better
Nave Your little ones encased in black silk
than Dee lhem Suffering from that fell de-