The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-23
farm, Garden and Household.



cup OF sugar, beat together one.half
hour, add one co6eecup OF flour, stir.
ring as little Us possible after putting |
in the -four, Bake moderately.
TEA CAKEs-A quart OF flour, one
pint Of sour cream, teaspoontul saler-
atus, two cups Of molasses, little Gin
nRmon and salt, make stiff paste, aud
bake it in moderate oven.
Here is lemon pie with raising IN it.
Rind and juice Of one lemon, one egg,
one cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls OF
corn starch dissolved in two-thirds
Of cup Of milk, one cup of rainins, and
butter one.hali the size of nm egg.
CREAM CAKE WITHOUT EoOs.-Four
cups flour, three cups of sugar, one cup
butter, two cups OF sour cream, three
teaspoonfuls salerAtus dissolved in n
little cold water, one.half grated nut.
meg, and a teaspoonful essence Of lemon
SPREADING SAUCE FOB PuDDN0s-
Butter four ounces sugar, six ounces
one nutmeg. Crate the nutmeg and
rub all together. These are about the
proper proportions ; more or less nut
meg can also be used, or my other
hayoring in its place. This sauce is nice
on baked puddings, hot or cold, and to
tell it all, 1t is not bad on bread.
PRESERVES ron CHmDnES.-Putsliced
apples, or plums, currants, goose.
berries, &C., into stone jar, and
sprinkle as much good brown sugar rs
is needful to swceten the fruit we'll.
Cover the jar with coarse dough, and
let it stand all night in the oven until
the fruit is tender. Spread this upon
slices Of good homemade bread, not
freshly baked, and it forms n healthful
and inviting diet.
To Written BEEswAx. Melt yellow
wax without boiling then hayingseyCrl
pewter dishes ready, dip the outside
bottom Of each dish into clear, cold
water then dip them into the wax, and
take up very thin plate Of wax. the
thinner the better take them on, md
expose them upon the grass to the SUM-
air, and dews, until they are milk.white,
turning them often. Then melt it over
slow fire md dip it ont into pans or
dishes to form cakes.
COLLEGE, YEAST. TO q handful Of
hops add two cups of boiling water
let it boil few minutes, strain it, pour
il over enough flour to well scald it.
The paste must be thick enough for a
spoon to stand upright in it. Let It
cool until milk warm then add one
teacupful OF brewers yeast when risen
enough add two tablespooinuls OF salt,
two Of ginger and two OF sugar. Half
n fanNnnft,l ~ tbfa t.nast 10 urftt ota,,1 F,r
four or five lOayes OF bread,
Fruit surgery.
It very often happens TINT fine irnit,
especially pears and apples, is attacked
by birds and insects so as to make n
wound, which, II left to itself, will
cause the fruit TO rot. It has been
found that by cleaning out the place
affected, and removing all the dirt and
disorganized aud bruised matter, and
filling up the cavity with plaster Of
paris, further decay may he arrested,
and thefrlit becomeiully ripe. A little
space may be worked out from under
the edges Of the skin, SO that when the
plaster is pressed inward twill keep its
place. The exclusion OF the air, con.
sequent upon the application, is all that
is necessary to prevent the progress Of
decay. This would, of course, be in
oxpedient in many cases, but when large
and valuable apples and pears are in.
yolyed, the trouble will be but trihing
in comparison with the result accom-.
plished.
Keeping Butter In Hot Weather.
The american A1rictiltGrist, in re.
ply to Jas. +. O., Orange Co., n. O.,
soiling system will prove successful in
your section where with rich soil and
mild cliaIate green crops may be Sc.
crsyd throughout most OF the year, il
only proper selection is made. Then
with proper care in keeping the milk
aud packing the butter, there would be
no reason why success could not be rs.
Bured. With IN iCe.house and m un.
derground dairy the milk and butter
might be kept cool. In packing the
butter care should be taken to procure
new white oak frkius or pails holding
80 or 100 pounds, which should be
soaked in brine before being used. The
butter should be packed closely in lay.
cih VI hAA lHCles UT luGTGnuOuI VIII
handful Of the best dairy salt sprinkled
on each layer before the no1t layer is
put down. When full the butteri is to
be covered with piece Of muslin neat
~ fitted; this is covered with layer Of
salt, and the the frkin headed up tight
~ and kept in n cool place.
Furniture Polish.
A new patent furniture polish, in.
vented recently, is composed Of the fol.
lowing Ingredients Two gallons raw
linseed oil, one and one.llalf gallons
turpentine, one.fourth pound dragons
blood, one.fourth pound resin, one.
fourth pound alum, two ounces iodide
potassium, one-half pound sulphuric
acid, eight ounces nitric acid; using
avoirddpois weight for the dragons
blood, resin, alum, iodide potassium,
and sulpliuric acid; common wine or
liquid measure for the oil and turpen.
tine; apothecaries' measure for the
nitric acid. The directions for prepar.
ing the polish are MS follows First, put
the oil and turpentine into IN eRrthen
vessel then pulverize the dragons
blood, resin, alum, and iodide potassium
to fine powder. Stir this powder
slowly into the oil and turpentine then
add the sulphuric acid, slowly, stirring
continually, Let this mixture stand
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