The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-10
Farm, Garden and Household.



CocoA.Svr DALLS-one and hall
pounds OF sugar, one pint Of water, one
tumblerful Of cocoa.nut milk. Boil it
nntil Il candies. Stir itintO good'sized
Cocoa.nut, grated. When cold enough,
make into balls.
APPLE PrDpNG.-Take ten eggs.
Leave out half Of the whites. j pint OF
apples stewed and passed through o
sieve, half pound Of butter, the rind
Of two lemons, and the juice Of one.
Swosten it as you please, and bake in
pastry. THIS quantity willtill two deep
pie.plAtes.
LEMON PuDDIYd.-The peels Of two
large fresh lemons grated on sugar, or
boiled and bsat in n mortar; half a
pound of sugar; the juice Of n large
lemon; half u pound Of butter; ten
eggs, half the whites loft out. Beat all
well together, and after lining your dish
or plates with puff paste, bake. Sift
over the top finely powdered sugar Just
before you send to table.
Coon MonAssRs PUppISGs To one
pint Of molasses, measured after il has
been stewed until very thick, add q
heaping tablespoonful Of butter and
four lightly beaten eggs, the whites and
yolks whisked up separately. Flavor
highly with the rind and Juice OF
lemons, or in default Of these, season
with cloves or nutmeg, Bake in pie
plates lined with pastry, plain or rich
us preferred.
PUMPKIN PUDDING. - One quart OF
pumpkin after it is stGwed and mashed
Rne through sieve, one pint Of rich
cream, six spoonfuls Of chopped beef
snet, or quarter OF n pound OF butter,
and eight table-spooniills Of sugar, four
eggs, a wine.glaSsful Of wine, and half
that quantity OF brandy, half q nutmeg,
and desscrt-spoonful OF ground gin.
ger. This recipe will do for potato
pudding, Irish or sweet II sweet, less
sugar is required. Line pie-plates with
pastry rolled thin at bottom, and orna.
ment the top with twisted strips laid
crosSwisG.
To SPrcR A RouSp OF BRRP.-one
ounce Of powdered Cayenne pepper,
half an ounce OF cloves, half m ounce
Of allspice, and two nutmegS. Rub
into your beef first MI ounce Of salt.
petre, then cnpful Of sugar, and two
handfuls OF salt. Break up the spices
fine, and add them, laying the round in
large bowl or other covered vessel
tight enough to hold the brine that will
be forming. Turn tho beef every morn.
ing, rubbing tho spices in with the
hand. II may bo cooked in fortnight,
or left for six weeks. Stew in pot,
with beef suet strcwed fine over it,
Add some beef gravy, or quart Of wa
Ter and bottle of port vino or claret.
II must be done slowly, taking care to
keep in the steam. It will require three
or four hours, perhaps five, according
TO the size. Cook II also in the pickle
drawn from tho beef, adding three or
four gallons n boiling water. Take
care that it does not touch the vessel II
Is boiled in. II you choose you may tic
it in cloth, or wrap itin coarse paste
made for the purpose. A large round
often keeps until too hard and dry to
use; it is better than ever then for n
relish II grated up fine, and is cspeci-
ally nice for tea,
Farmers Visiting Each Other,
Better, hut not q substitute fol
the interchange of experience through
the papers by farmers, is the practice
Of visiting and talking with eacll other,
examining each others means and
methods OF doing business, exchanging
suggestions on the farm and stock man.
agement and relative TO devices for
facilitating work. Scarcely any farmer
will consider his time lost who deyotes
n certain proportion Of it each year to
this method Of acquiring information
and suggestions for use in his own hus-
bandry; for there IRE some things far
mers must learn which no amount OF
newspaper description will teach-no-
thing but actual observation willAnswcr.
This sort Of education, it seems to us,
Is too much neglected by farmers. Ex-
perience has taught us how profitable II
is, how much it saves in the way OF ex-
perimcnts, and how much II enriches in
tho way Of actual suggestion Of improv-
ed methods, and by tho accumulation
Of facts that never reach the public, be-
cause so few farmers over write them.
II is, therefore, urged here that no pos
sible investment OF time cali give great
er compensation than that expended in
exchanging visits with the best farmers
OF q township or county.